[PROBLEM] Web hangs, because of medianfo hangs

[Tim Curtis]

See the console session below. When MPD creates a playlist for example by saving the Queue there are no duration or other tags, just the URI's.

Code:

pi@moode9:~ $ telnet localhost 6600
Trying ::1...
Connection failed: Connection refused
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
OK MPD 0.24.0

# List the contents of the Queue
playlist
0:file: http://79.111.119.111:8000/acid
1:file: http://79.120.39.202:8000/ethnotronica
OK

# Save the Queue to a playlist .m3u file
save tim
OK

# Show the contents of the stored playlist
listplaylist tim
file: http://79.111.119.111:8000/acid
file: http://79.120.39.202:8000/ethnotronica
OK
^C
Connection closed by foreign host.

# Same but via cat
pi@moode9:~ $ cat /var/lib/mpd/playlists/tim.m3u
http://79.111.119.111:8000/acid
http://79.120.39.202:8000/ethnotronica
pi@moode9:~ $

moOde's playlist feature also just saves the URI's but it adds two header tags to define the Genre and Cover image path

Code:

pi@moode9:~ $ cat "/var/lib/mpd/playlists/Test playlist.m3u"
#EXTGENRE:Various
#EXTIMG:default
http://79.111.119.111:8000/acid
http://79.120.39.202:8000/ethnotronica

Your best bet would be to configure whatever playlist software you are using to create moOde/MPD compatible playlist files.