Playing music on RockBox

[rakinishu]

Hi i installed Rockbox on my c240 and its amazing program. I was playing Doom on it lol
however, the main problem is music. I syncd the music using windows media player. syncing was complete. When i try to play any songs via rockbox no success. no music files exist. however when i boot via sandisks os the music is all there.... and i could listen to the music
i would like to know what im doing wrong. must i drag/drop the music via MSC Usb mode ?

[AlexP]

Yes, transfer music in MSC mode.  You can still use synching programs for this if you want.  A good idea is not to put them in the Music folder, as the Sansa firmware hides that everytime you boot, making it a little awkward.

[rakinishu]

ty for the fast response, i synced it using windows media player... i could play the music through rockbox. However when i wanna sync it up again when connecting to the computer, windows media player says that there is no music tracks. however I could see that the harddrive is filled halfway. As you said that rockbox hides the music files... can you recommend a good sync program other than wmp.

[cool_walking_]

Rockbox doesn't hide the folder, the original Sansa firmware does.  There are some syncing programs listed on the UsefulTools wiki page.  Perhaps if you use a different folder that doesn't get hidden by the Sansa firmware (say, "music2"), WMP will work properly.

[AlexP]

the Sansa firmware hides that everytime you boot

Sansa firmware, not Rockbox.  Rockbox does nothing you don't tell it to do.

Are you synching it in MSC mode?  As cool_walking_ said, try using a different names directory, such as "Audio"

WMP not seeing the files would seem to be a WMP problem however.