Audacious freezes up when opening playlist

What is the output of?

lsb_release -a; uname -a

$ lsb_release -a; uname -a
LSB Version: core-2.0-ia32:core-2.0-noarch:core-3.0-ia32:core-3.0-noarch:core-3.1-ia32:core-3.1-noarch:core-3.2-ia32:core-3.2-noarch:core-4.0-ia32:core-4.0-noarch:core-4.1-ia32:core-4.1-noarch:security-4.0-ia32:security-4.0-noarch:security-4.1-ia32:security-4.1-noarch
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 13.10
Release: 13.10
Codename: saucy
Linux bob-desktop 3.11.0-19-generic #33-Ubuntu SMP Tue Mar 11 18:48:32 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linux

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 You’re much better off creating playlists in other music players to then use in Audacious, or simply add them from the file manager. There’s at least some decent integration with the desktop environment once you’ve got everything playing, though.

However, due to its lightweight nature, there are no smart playlists, and there is no way to connect to online services.

http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/reviews/linux-music-player-group-test

Copied from above site. It may be what you are having trouble with. Not sure.

Or you can make them in terminal. This works in Windows too.

cd folder/with/music
ls *.mp3 > playlist.m3u

Easys

DOes a playlist made this way work ok?

Ok, my music is on a 2ed hard drive, the hard drive name is "my_data" music is in a file named "Music1"
Will this still work?

cd folder/with/music
ls *.mp3 > playlist.m3u

To Michael I don't care about the ability to connect to online services that I never use. It's all about the sound quality. And so far Audacious has the best sound. Sweet highs and big lows and a pop out page for album art.
Rhythmbox is what I have been using but with the last few updates it just stops playing sometimes in the middle of a song and it has dropped the album art window. Music use to be about the album art as much as the songs. Something the mp3 generation has lost, and from what I have read Rhythmbox won't be around much longer.
 Clementine is cute with all it's things, and the sound quality is crap, it reminds me of that old Micky mouse record player I have when I was a kid, thin and hollow.
I will be trying out Banshee and Amarok today.
VLC has a kick in the face sound, but it is not a music player program. They need to make one.
 I have over 20000 songs on my playlist and growing. I can go 58 days before I hear a song repeat. I download complete albums and discographies. I have a 750Gb hard drive just for music. I am pushing the music through a 30 band EQ, two 500w receivers 6 Bose speakers. It the same setup you would find in a movie theater. I'm a musician I know my sound and so do my neighbors LOL:)
And I do try the EQ that come with the music player, but I find their little more than toys to change the sound and do nothing to improve the quietly of the sound of music.
Just thought I let you know where I'm coming from and if you know of other music players, please tell me I would love to give them a test drive.

Bob
Hope you can find the answer you need. I have added Audacious, and will use it, because of your recommendation.

That's cool, but remember it will freeze up if you have a lot of songs Like I do. Wish I could get it to work sucks having to prepick some files to play rather than have them all and let random pick them.

 actionparsnip you Need to elaborate on

cd folder/with/music
ls *.mp3 > playlist.m3u

You ​say to put this in the terminal all of it? Both lines? But ​​my mp3's are on a 2ed hard drive. The ​hard drive name is "my_data" music is in a file named "Music1"
And​ then what do I do, how does​ the player know what to do or do I have to set something up with the player?

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