Loading a symlink to a playlist with xmms

[TheEternalVortex]

I have a symlink to a playlist, which has relative paths.
For instance:
~/music/playlist.m3u has
file1.mp3
file2.mp3
etc.

and I have:
~/playlistlink.m3u as a link to that (i.e. by doing ln -s ~/music/playlist.m3u ~/playlistlink.m3u)

If I use xmms to load ~/playlistlink.m3u, it doesn't load the files, because the paths are relative.

Is there any way to get around this?
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-- Andy

[Anime_Fan]

Well... If the playlist has relative paths, you're in trouble. XMMS won't follow symlinks.

The only real advantage of having relative paths in a playlist is if you want to move the library the files are in.

So instead of having a relative playlist (saved where I like), I have mine set to use static paths pointing to /files/Music/.../...
The /files directory is in fact a symlink pointing to /mnt/files_2.2/Music, and the directory has moved from several partitions, while I kept my playlists where they were.

May I ask why you want to create symlinks of playlists? Do you have scripts spawning playlists for your favorite CDs or something?

This post was answered in accordance with "the adopt an unanswered post initiative today"

[TheEternalVortex]

Yes, I use relative paths so that they will work even if I move them/burn them to CD/etc.

I suppose if xmms can't be made to follow symlinks then there is no way to do this.
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-- Andy