Gigabeat F40 Database Stall

[Isamu13]

Alright, so I've got a Toshiba Gigabeat F40 and I've installed rockbox on it. Everything seems to work, except the database.

When I initialize the database, it starts loading files, and currently, when it reaches 2433 files it freezes. The odd thing is that this use to freeze at 2384 files, then 2412, and now after uninstalling and reinstalling rockbox, it freezes at 2433 files.

Either way there is a real problem loading the database, and its kind of a main feature. Everything else seems to work though. I can still play music from the files directories, although I am unable to set up playlists, or initialize the directory.

I've changed directory settings and nothing seemed to help.

At this point, I'm not sure what to do. Any help would be much appreciated. And I'm sorry if I put this in the wrong category... I think it's the right one though.

Thanks a million in advance!

[safetydan]

Check your tags. You may have a file with corrupt metadata which causes the database to fail.

I'm a bit confused when you say you can't create playlists as that functionality is not tied to the database. Playlists are entirely file based.

[bascule]

There is now an easier-than-before way to do the necessary binary search to find the rogue tag:

Move half your music to a completely separate directory.
Create an empty file called database.ignore in that directory. This will cause the Database Initialise to skip that directory.
If initialisation then succeeds, the dodgy tag is in the separated half and vice-versa.
Keep dividing until the error is found.

[Isamu13]

Should there be a 'Database.ignore' file in every folder that I don't want recognized by the database?

[AlexP]

Yes, but with a small d.