Playlists on EA4500 Media Server

Does anybody know how to get playists to work on the EA4500 Media Server?
I have the Music folder share working with a Roku Soundbridge, so now would like to copy my iTunes playlists to this folder as well. I've tried creating a .m3u file in the Music folder but the Soundbridge doesn't recognize it. I put the following one line in this file, which just points to the file stored on the disk connected to the EA4500.
/500GB_backup/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music/Blondie/Best Of Blondie/05 Sunday Girl.m4a
regards,
js.

Was the music folder located on your external HD? What the media server can do for you is like to monitor the location of the media files. Lets say your media files is located in an external HDD and you want to use media server to play those files. Then you can specify the location of those media files and those files will appear on your media player(i.e vlc or wmc) under the media server name.

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MPEG2 files show and play..but not all are visible.
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I have a ton of photos and videos that I would like to share among several Mac's and PC's in my house over a wireless network. I would like to create a wireless shared media server which will run day and night without having to keep any computers on. At the same time, I would like to back up this media store on a regular basis. I would also like to sync some of the content to my Apple TV.
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1. Is it possible to back up an Airport disk using Time Machine? No
2. Is it possible to back up a Time Capsule to an external drive? If I understand this question, you are asking if there is a backup for the backup. I doubt it based on #1.
3. Is it possible to sync a shared drive (Airport disk or Time Capsule) to an Apple TV? Only if the airdisk is mounted on the Mac to which you use to sync the Apple TV.
4. Can I run two wireless base stations (an Airport Extreme and Time Capsule) in my house? Yes, but your bandwidth will be reduced if both are operating at the same time, particularly if one is configured as a bridge. With some special configuring of both devices you may be able to not use the wireless of one unit if it is connected via the ethernet ports. I have not tried this.
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