SOLVED - tagnavi_custom question *need help*

[nathanotis]

Hello all,

I've started experimenting with this file this evening and I'm having problems accomplishing my (very easy) goals. I've read a great many posts and I'm simply not getting it.

I'd like to eliminate some of the options in the database browsing screen. I rarely browse by anything other than Artist (though some of the options in "History" are intriguing), so I'd like to clean up this menu. The edits I've made are in the final section of the file only.

#
# === Begin of main menu
#

# Define the title of the main menu
%menu_start "main" "Browse by..."
"Artist"   -> artist   -> album  -> title = "fmt_title"
"Album"    -> album    -> title = "fmt_title"
"Recently Added" -> album ? entryage < "4" & commitid > "0" -> title = "fmt_title"
"History..." ==> "runtime"
"Same as current..." ==> "same"

# And finally set main menu as our root menu
%root_menu "main"

As you can see, I've deleted the categories I don't want. Sadly, nothing is showing up at all now. There must be something I'm missing... Maybe I'm on the totally wrong track. Can anyone clue me in?

n.

*edit: I got the bright idea of commenting out the lines I don't want with "#", but as you probably have guessed, that didn't work either.

**edit: As I try more things and read more, I'm starting to think I've missed the point of tagnavi_custom. Is it even meant to be able to do what I'm trying?

[bzavala]

does your file have this line as the very first line?

#! rockbox/tagbrowser/2.0

Ben

[bascule]

**edit: As I try more things and read more, I'm starting to think I've missed the point of tagnavi_custom. Is it even meant to be able to do what I'm trying?
 

Yes, that's absolutely what it is for.

Try these steps:
Don't modify the original tagnavi.config file, but make a copy of it and rename it to tagnavi_custom.config
Open tagnavi_custom.config in a text editor (Notepad will normally do, but Notepad++ and others are better)
Delete the following line: %include "/.rockbox/tagnavi_custom.config" (I think this may be your basic problem)
Change the line:
%menu_start "main" "Browse by..." to %menu_start "custom" "My Database"
Change the line:
%root_menu "main" to %root_menu "custom"
Save the file and reboot the player. You should now see the retitled (to 'My Database') database menu under the Main Menu 'Database' option.

Make sure you have [Main Menu] > Settings > General Settings > File View > Show Path set to 'Full Path' in order to see the Database titles, so that you will know the change has been successful.

Once that works, make any further changes you wish to the tagnavi_custom.config file

[nathanotis]

bascule,

I was hoping to see a response from you. I've seen very helpful posts on this topic all over the place...

I do have "#! rockbox/tagbrowser/2.0" as the first line, and last night I was even working with a newly copied and renamed "tagnavi_custom.config". I had also deleted the line: %include "/.rockbox/tagnavi_custom.config".

I followed your instructions to the letter, including the settings in the main menu settings, but I go to the main menu and "Database" is still called "Database". Furthermore, when I select it, nothing is showing up.

I can still browse through the file menu, but nothing under database.

Question, should tagnavi_custom.config replace tagnavi.config or simply be added to .rockbox? (I've tried it both ways with no luck).

n.

*edit: Home now. This iPod won't connect to either the Ubuntu or the WinXP machine. I can't even get it to connect via forced disc mode.

**edit: Hold the phone... I fiddled with the hold switch and it jumped into "usb mode". Maybe if I fiddle with this tagnavi file it's start working too...

***edit: but only on the windows machine. why would it require switching to "hold"?

****edit: IT'S WORKING!! From my XP machine I put BOTH tagnavi files in .rockbox and fired it up. The database is now showing only the items I left in the file. I still have to toggle "hold" to activate the usb connection, though... I'll search the forums for that, but if anyone wants to answer...

[bascule]

Glad it's working for you

As you have discovered, you need both files. You should never need to touch the original tagnavi.config file, as that will always get overwritten when you update a build.

And I've no idea about the USB problem, but 1 out of 2 isn't bad...

[nathanotis]

Thanks again for your help with this item. I've not found anything on the USB problem. I'll make a new post and hope for the best.

n.