Building Database hangs - RB3.4 on Sansa C250

[ebwolf]

I installed RockBox on my Sansa C250v1. Worked beautifully except for playing music... Building database counted about 3500 files but every time I entered the Database, it would rebuild. I couldn't find any music using Files... Lots of music with Sansa firmware...

So I reformatted in Sansa (now zero music files). And reinstalled RockBox 3.4. I dragged in a few files and started up RockBox. Same thing (except it counted fewer files). Database never seemed to fully build. Nothing showing in Files (other than the .rockbox directory)

So I installed a 2GB SD. I put some music on it. The Database never found them. I could play these from Files.

So I installed the latest dev build... viola!

Database builds correctly - finds music both on internal memory and SD. But still can't browse the music files on internal memory.

Something's b0rken in the RB3.4 release that has been fixed. Something else isn't quite right.

Overall, though, good show! RockBox has made me feel like a genius for buying the Sansa a few years ago. Looking forward to OGG & FLAC goodness.

[saratoga]

Usually the database not building means you have a corrupted file that hangs the tag parser.

[dawnelamb]

I have a Sansa e280 and I had the same problem with accessing the MUSIC directory under FILES.

I too also wanted the songs to continuously play from one artist to the next under a certain genre type. However, according the manual, this can only be done with songs accessed from the FILES directory and NOT the DATABASE directory. (I wish they would change this so it would work in both directories. It would make life a lot easier.)

I downloaded the manual and found the answer in there. Here's how to get MUSIC to appear under the FILES directory:

Go to:
-Settings
-General Settings
-File View
-Show Files
Then select "ALL"

Afterwhich, re-boot the player. Your music should now continuously play from one song to the next under the folder name you choose.

HELPFUL HINT: I purposely organized all my music into folders by Genre (Pop, 80's Music,  Dance Music, etc).  This works kinda like a playlist when using FILES to access your music.

I also changed the genre in the MP3 song itself by going into the properties of the file and changing the genre to match the same title of the folder that it's in.

The only downfall is if you want to listen to a particular artist like, let's say, Michael Jackson and he's in the 70's Music folder, 80's Music folder and the 90's music folder. You would need to go to each folder to listen to them. OR simply create a Michael Jackson folder and put all his music into there.

Does this help you?