.m3u for SD card

[BruceHP]

I can make a m3u Playlist in internal memory for things in Internal memory on my Sansa e200, and an m3u Playlist on the SD for things on the SD card, but if I make an m3u playlist in internal memory for files on the SD card they won't play.

Where am I going wrong?  Thanks!

[Chronon]

Are you saying that the location where you save a playlist consisting of tracks located on your microSD card determines whether or not the playlist works?

I will mention that the internal storage and the microSD card don't form a monolithic storage space.  The microSD card gets mounted in the filesystem at /<microSD1>/ if I recall correctly.

[BruceHP]

The internal storage playlist works for file stored  internally and the playlist stored on the SD card works for files stored on the SD card, but, if I make a playlist of files stored on the SD card and store that playlist internally it won't play the files on the SD card.

My guess is that I don't know how to make the Playlist properly.

[Chronon]

Then tell me how you're making the playlist.  If you make it using Rockbox there shouldn't be any problems.  If you're using some external desktop application then you may run into problems due to it seeing a different path than Rockbox does (as I suggested in my previous post). 

Posting a snippet from one of these playlists will help give people a better idea about what's going on here.

[BruceHP]

Well, after reading the Manual a couple of more time and playing around a bunch I found that there were a bunch of gimmicks not in the Manual.

I had to restart the player before the Playlists wound take affect.  I also had to press the Play/Pause to clear the Context menu after starting playback of a Playlist selection. These occur when using Playlists created in Rockbox, but not in the Playlists from MediaMonkey.

But, the Playlists from Rockbox do indeed Play things stored on the SD card while the MM ones don't.

Thanks !

[Chronon]

Well, after reading the Manual a couple of more time and playing around a bunch I found that there were a bunch of gimmicks not in the Manual.

I had to restart the player before the Playlists wound take affect.  I also had to press the Play/Pause to clear the Context menu after starting playback of a Playlist selection. These occur when using Playlists created in Rockbox, but not in the Playlists from MediaMonkey.

That is not my experience.  I can immediately use playlists that I have saved.  To exit the context menu you can either press Play (which should return you to the WPS from most screens) or press Left to back out of it. 

If this isn't clear in the manual please submit a patch for the manual that clarifies things.  The ideal format for such a patch is LaTeX code, but plain text indicating what needs to be changed is also acceptable.  I agree that the playlist portion of the manuals could use some improvements.

But, the Playlists from Rockbox do indeed Play things stored on the SD card while the MM ones don't.

Rockbox will strip leading directories from paths in playlists looking for a match.  It will not add <microSD1>, however, so there's no way for it to find the files if you make them with an external application.  You said that if the playlist is stored on the SD card then the playlists play.  I guess that Rockbox can find the files in this case by treating the path as a relative path.  Of course, in my opinion this is totally suitable.  I would rather keep playlists corresponding to files on the SD card with those files.  They won't do you any good if they get separated.

[BruceHP]

Thanks,  Of course, the more I play with them the better the RockBox Playlist functions work', isn't that strange.