No songs on c250

[tblock]

Hello all!

I just installed rockbox on my Sansa c250.  When I boot into the sansa OS I have a playlist of about 350 songs.  When I boot into the rockbox, I get nothing.  I have done the database scan, and it says that it finds 467 files (I assume the extra are the rockbox (and sansa for that matter) operating files), but then when I try to go to 'files' or 'playlists' there is nothing.

Any advice?

Thanks

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Tony

[digerati1338]

Wrong forum...

Anyway, there won't be any playlists until you create them yourself.

For files to work, try turning on hidden files, I don't know why they'd be hidden though.

For the database, make sure you are using it correctly.  Try Turning off auto-update, and then hitting Initialize now.  Wait about 5 min before turning your player off after that.

[AlexP]

Have you put your audio in the Music folder?  If so, I believe that the OF sets this folder to hidden every time you boot it.  Either set rockbox to view all files, or put yur audio in a different folder (the OF will still find it, but not hide it).

[Strife89]

There's an option in Windows to show hidden files and folders. I have not used Windows in a while, so I don't exactly remember the option's location, but open a file browser and dig through the menus for something like "File and Folder Options." (I assume you're using Windows XP.)

Ubuntu, for me, just point- blank shows them.  

[AlexP]

There's an option in Windows to show hidden files and folders. I have not used Windows in a while, so I don't exactly remember the option's location, but open a file browser and dig through the menus for something like "File and Folder Options." (I assume you're using Windows XP.)

I don't see how this is relevent - it is in rockbox that he can't see the hidden files.

Ubuntu, for me, just point- blank shows them.  

And in ubuntu files and folders beginning with a full stop are hidden but they aren't in windows.  What is your point?

[Strife89]

Have you put your audio in the Music folder?  If so, I believe that the OF sets this folder to hidden every time you boot it.  Either set rockbox to view all files, or put yur audio in a different folder (the OF will still find it, but not hide it).

Nevermind, I misunderstood your post. There is no point.

So sue me.

[tblock]

OK all, thanks for the input.  What I had not done was transfer the songs to the sansa in MSC mode.  So after I did that, the songs were indeed found, and a database created.

Thanks for the help, and sorry for the original posting in the wrong thread.  Darn newbies.....