Is there a way for the CMI Play Template to work if you are not using iTunes? I currently have 1000+ CD's in a directory as follows:

Server Name\Music\Artist\Album\filename.mp3

If I could get this to work without having to switch to itunes that would be great......

phorbin1128
Hi phorbin1128

The play function uses the iTunes naming convention, which can always be replaced with some other naming convention.

The challenge, however, is of course that it has to be consistent. And there are certain characters you need to avoid. iTunes has solved that by replacing such characters with an underscore.

Aside from that you can design your own naming convention, and then edit the Crisp Play theme and CMI Play template accordingly.

If you send me a sample list of mp3 paths, I'll take a look at them, and give you some hints on what you need to do.

To make a list you can run the following command from a DOS prompt:
Code:
dir <mp3 main folder> /b /s >c:\mymp3s.txt<
where <mp3 main folder> is the fully qualified path to your mp3 collection.

Here's an example if your mp3s are located in the 'MUSIC\MP3COLLECTION' folder on drive D:

Code:
dir d:\music\mp3collection /b /s >c:\mymp3s.tx
The above command will create a file on you C-drive called 'mymp3s.txt'