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Describe the issue
Imported .m3u playlists aren't reflected in playlist links after reboot
Describe your network setup
Synology DS1522+ running Audio Station and Roon on NAS.
Primary 1: Ethernet-connected RoPieee > USB > RME ADI-2 DAC (AKM) > XLR > McIntosh MA8900 > Salk SS 9.5
Primary 2: Ethernet-connected Windows 10 Pro > USB > DA2 module of McIntosh MA8900 > Salk SS 9.5
Secondary: AirPort Express > Denon DRA-395 > Polk Monitor 10B
Tertiary: Many smaller AirPlay and Bluetooth speaker setups throughout my home
The complete problem — and what I think is a solution
Now that many more pressing bugs have gotten addressed in Roon, I will add the one remaining bug that I have to the list, at last:
I have a folder of .m3u playlists that sit in my music collection. These are shared between Synology Audio Station and Roon, and work splendidly in both.
In my view settings, I have opted to “Show playlist links” in my track listings.
These all work splendidly until I have to update Roon and re-launch my server, at which point Roon re-scans my library and the links are 100% lost.
Now, I found a workaround that works perfectly:
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Either before I reboot Roon or right after, I add one particular track (happens to be one of silence) at the top of each of my imported playlists using a saved search & replace in BBEdit.
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After this, I either reboot or rescan (rebooting always causes a rescan) and all my playlists links are back again. Of course, the one track of silence has a heck of a long list of playlist links. But then I do a second search & replace to remove that entry, then rescan, and I am all set until the next reboot.
(No, a UNIX “touch” command on these files doesn’t produce this result. You actually have to have an actual change in the content of the .m3u playlist for Roon to notice and re-ingest.)
If I am guessing correctly here, there are two (three?) things at play that, if fixed, will address this issue once and for all:
- Roon’s scan of .m3u (imported) playlists keeps a checksum (more or less) of each file to denote its freshness;
- The table of information that informs “Show playlist links” is only updated when there are changes to these checksums;
- When Roon reboots, “Show playlist links” data is re-set for imported playlists, and if there are no differences between the actual .m3u files and the saved checksums, this table is never re-populated.
I believe this is what is at play in this old thread:
It surely would be great never to have to do my workaround again. I hope this analysis helps.
