Video playlists are empty

[jtJellyUserNow]

Server: Jellyfin server 10.10.0 on Windows 10 via installer.
Client: Firefox browser or Amazon Fire stick app

I've created playlist files "test.m3u", within are absolute file paths such as "C:\Videos\Movies\MovieName.avi".

I have a library in Jellyfin wihch includes the directory in which these m3u files exist. When I enter it, I see a playlist "test". When I go into it, it is empty (no banner/thumbnail, no media listed).

If anyone can help troubleshoot I'd appreciate it.

[TheDreadPirate]

Is that movie in a library?

[jtJellyUserNow]

Is that movie in a library?

All the content I've tried to add exist in one or more libraries that are visible and accessible to the same user.

[TheDreadPirate]

Can you upgrade 10.10.3? There were several playlist related fixes since .0.

[jtJellyUserNow]

I've updated to 10.10.3 via windows installer. No change- the playlists with audio are populated, the video playlists are empty.

I tried selecting a video from my TV library and using the "Add to playlist" menu option. It takes ~10 minutes to search (I have a lot of audio playlists included), but when I add to a new playlist there, then navigate to the new playlist, it too is empty.
Thanks.

[TheDreadPirate]

Huh. Looks like video playlists via m3u's don't work. Not sure if that is a bug or an omission.

[jtJellyUserNow]

Huh.  Looks like video playlists via m3u's don't work.  Not sure if that is a bug or an omission.

Are there other ways to create video playlists you could please point me to? I created collections but they don't offer my intended use case: playing a number of unrelated videos in sequence.
Thanks.

[TheDreadPirate]

You can make playlists in Jellyfin and add movies/shows/episodes to them. Right click on the movie/show/episode or "..." context menu and "Add to playlist".

[jtJellyUserNow]

i mentioned above that adding to playlist that way doesnt work, either. i will post a bug report on the jf git page after the holidays if there is no other solution. thanks.