please provide a detailed playlist.txt step by step tutorial please

[chaseology]

keep getting this error, when using aurena-server playlist.txt command
** (aurena-server:15605): WARNING **: 08:04:51.031: Failed to read config file playlist.txt

and not sure where to place the playlist.txt file, or the exact way to word and structure the playlist file with multiple audio files
here is my current playlist.txt file in /home/qrq/.config/aurena/

file:///home/qrq/aurena/src/JMelection1.mp3
file:///home/qrq/aurena/src/JMelection2.mp3
file:///home/qrq/aurena/src/JMelection3.mp3
file:///home/qrq/aurena/src/JMelection4.mp3
file:///home/qrq/aurena/src/tinyradiostation.mp3

it does manage to find a couple of the audio files, and i can hear them playing on an aurena client....but the localhost browser control, when hitting NEXT it does not find the other 3 audio files that are in the same location /home/qrq/aurena/src/
and the tracks do not make sense, it plays the 1st track listed in playlist.txt on the 8th track or similar etc...

wondering if you could provide a step by step on how to create the playlist.txt file , where to put the audio files ...
also, i did not understand your previous instruction to the other issue lister,
on using this file you instructed, or what to call it, where to place it etc...

[server]
port=5457
playlist=playlist.txt
database=media.db

thanks for your help ... using Gstreamer 1.14.5 on ubuntu 18.04

[thaytan]

The argument to aurena-server should be the config file, not the playlist.txt. The config file and the playlist.txt both go in /home/qrq/.config/aurena/

The 'Next' button does a hard-coded random shuffle. This project was implemented as a proof of concept of the network synchronisation mechanism, so is missing a lot of features for a full media player system.

[chaseology]

thank you for the help...and clarification on setting up the config file...

i also wanted to ask you, to see if it is possible to use a LIVE AUDIO SOURCE...
instead of a recorded music file playlist, as the AUDIO input for Aurena ?

ie...
alsasrc
pulsesrc
jackaudiosrc

if so...how would i structure the config file and playlist file
if not... no worries...

just checking to see if possible
thank you again for your help

[thaytan]

It's possible to build such a thing with Aurena by modifying the code, but I think you'd end up modifying quite a lot. You might find it easier to build such an application from scratch on top of https://github.com/ford-prefect/gst-sync-server