it did not like the double quotes

playbooks/mpdf.yaml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     count: 5
     path: /var/lib
     service_name: "{{ mpd + item }}"    
-    playlist_directory: >- "{{ "%s/%s/playlist/" % (path, service_name) }}"
+    playlist_directory: >- {{ "%s/%s/playlist/" % (path, service_name) }}
     db_file: tag_cache
     log_file: mpd.log
     pid_file: pid