ITunes playlist help needed

Hi,
I am (and have been for years) streaming songs to iTunes (at v10) on my old power iMac from the iTunes "intel server" MacMini running iTunes (at v11.4). I used to be able to make new playlists simply...
Create the new (empty) playlist in iTunes on my iMac, and...
Drag the song files on the MacMini into the playlist in the sidebar, and they will be added to that playlist.
I used to then be able to burn a CD on the iMac of my songs from the MacMini server over the network.
I don't know what I am doing wrong but this is not working, and it's a little bit destabilizing!
Anyone know what I am failing to do to have this work? It's been a while since I did this and I'm wondering what got improved and how?
Thanks in advance and so long for now, TOM

Hi,
My simple suggestion was...
In iTunes... Select All the songs in Top 25 Most Played > Right Click > Select Reset Plays
But turingtest2 suggestion is much more comprehensive...
Cheers,

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