[Problem] Streaming MP3 playlist from NAS

First, a little intro to my setup:

- NAS consists of a simple external harddrive plugged into a dd-wrt router via USB
- Laptop connected to the router's LAN is using Media Player Classic
- I have also tried using VLC instead of Media Player Classic, the same problem ensues

So, basically when I type this into Media Player Classic as the file to open, it works:

Code:

ftp://Username:[email protected]/audio/song001.mp3

Problem is, I have a playlist.m3u on my laptop's local drive, and it has this in it:

Code:

ftp://Username:[email protected]/audio/

So the idea is, when I double-click the playlist.m3u on my local drive, and it should've opened all the songs in the "audio" directory on my NAS

But that doesn't work; the error is that the returned playlist does not contain "Username assword" in the individual songs' directories.

One work-around is to have each song's directory in playlist.m3u. For example:

Code:

ftp://Username:[email protected]/audio/song001.mp3
ftp://Username:[email protected]/audio/song002.mp3
ftp://Username:[email protected]/audio/song003.mp3
ftp://Username:[email protected]/audio/song004.mp3
ftp://Username:[email protected]/audio/song005.mp3

However, this quickly becomes a pain if I add 20 songs into the "audio" directory. I would have to manually add 20 entries to the local playlist.m3u

So I ask, NBR. What's the proper way to stream an entire directory of music from a NAS to my laptop?