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yrthilian, if you're into geeky things like scripting, check out this freeware program:

http://www.garymarks.com/snl_pnames/index.htm

I wrote it several years ago, and find it extremely useful...

Indeed, yrthilian, as it's currently programmed, you can only specify a non-default location and name for the playlist in interactive mode (Explorer "SendTo" target), through the dialog that comes...

Wigout, I just now dusted off my VMware copy of Vista so I could give you a specific, tested method, so here goes...

To set up sharing on Vista, I first went into the "User Accounts" section of...

It's a breeze to change the default playlist file naming, yrthilian. Just go down to line 59 of the script beginning with the text PLFilename = "_@" & etc, and put any legal characters within those...

I stopped by the forum because I thought I smelled the faint aroma of freshly-baked firmware cooling in the open air, but the preliminary verdict seems to be that "P05" is only half-baked at best. ...

My pleasure! Now go spread some joy ;)

Si1verfish -- One possibility did just now occur to me. It seems possible that there could be a filename (which just happens to be one of your iTune files) that somehow has a non-ASCII character in...

This is very strange, Si1verfish! I've been tinkering around with it, attempting to re-create the error on my WinXP system, and I can't. Line76:Char3 is the beginning of the statement that writes...

Thanks for your comments and interest, Si1verfish. I like your idea of regular, automatic reshuffling of the playlist. By golly, it's very doable, and so I've even added an optional "silent mode"...

I've done a little firmware switching back and forth that always induces amnesia for all credentials and other settings, but I think I'm fairly settled now. P04 does just about everything I need,...

Actually, I never got that dialog with P02. The computer itself was visible, but going into the folder revealed no visible shares (unlike P01) and triggered no dialog for credentials. That was my...

I downloaded the "rnd_5_webshow.flv" file and it played fine on my PBO, but only because I'm running the Realtek Transcode Server on my Windows machine. When I stopped the T-C Server, your file...

If you were using v.P04 firmware, this would be more intuitive, because attempting to browse a new computer brings up a dialog on the PBO. If you are using v.P02, you may have to enter your...

Check for a PM with my suggestion, Rich. As a satisfied customer, I hate to put something like this in a Patriot support forum. Cheers.

Rich113, I downloaded your video clip. As with your experience, the clip played fine on my computer. I then attempted to play the clip on the PBO without success ("Invalid File!"). Then I started...

Rich113, have you tried using the transcode server that Patriot has available for download? I just now tried it myself to make sure it works, and it had no trouble serving up a couple of my own...

An equal tonnage of "you're welcome" back at ya, aasoror :)

I almost forgot to post a link to that new thread and program I promised:

http://www.patriotmemory.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3192

This thread evolved from a previous one on the subject of random/shuffle play. However, this takes the topic in a new direction, namely that of an actual solution. Some will find it inferior to...

Thanks for your interest, yogi and Kevyn, and your comments as well, Unreal. I'll work on a playlist maker sometime this afternoon and post it by this evening. I hope you don't mind if I post it to...

Does anyone have any interest in a program that creates randomized playlists for the Box Office? It wouldn't be hard to write since I've done some similar programming with Windows VB Script, but...