new to Rockbox -- can't create playlist with Sansa e260 v1

[eddiehuff]

I have searched the forum and read the manual, and still can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. I have had my Sansa MP3 player for a long time, but just discovered Rockbox. I try to create a playlist with all my songs. I go to the playlist menu and select "create playlist." It seems to insert all my songs. I go to "save current playlist," and it takes me to a screen with a filename already filled in ("/dynamic.m3u8").

According to the manual, now I simply "accept" the filename. But none of the buttons seem to work. When I hit the "select" button, it adds or deletes characters. When I hit the menu/power button, it says, "cancelled." The other buttons either do nothing or something I don't want, such as deleting characters. How do I simply accept the filename? It seems like it must be simple and obvious, but I can't figure it out.

Thanks a lot!

[torne]

Read the manual
http://download.rockbox.org/daily/manual/rockbox-sansae200/rockbox-buildch4.html#x7-430004.1.3

[eddiehuff]

As I said, I read the manual. It's not working. When I hit "play" to accept, it takes me back to the submenu. Then when I try to go to a playlist, it says "no playlists."

Just to clarify -- I realize I'm asking two separate questions here. I figured out that "play" = "accept" ... but I had already been hitting "play" accidentally, and it wasn't working. So the manual did help me figure out how to accept a filename ... but even when I do what the manual says, it's still not creating playlists.

[saratoga]

As I said, I read the manual. It's not working. When I hit "play" to accept, it takes me back to the submenu. Then when I try to go to a playlist, it says "no playlists."

I just tried it on the e200v1 and it works correctly.  Are you sure you're looking in the folder where you saved the playlist?

[eddiehuff]

Thanks, Saratoga! It seems to be there now. When I went to "files" and then went in the root directory, it started playing the "all songs" playlist automatically. Then when I went back to the playlist menu, the playlist finally showed up.

[Lebon14]

Also, if you are interressed how to make a playlist manually using your operating system, here are the steps.

NORMAL STEPS

1.  Plug your e200 to your computer.
2.  When it is recognized, open your audio player (Windows Media Player, Quick Time (for Macs), Winamp or foobar2000 recommanded - On Linux, I don't know)
3.  In your Audio player, on the folder where the music is stored in the temporary playlist.
Alt 3. In your audio player, choose the songs from your MP3 and store them in the temporary playlist
4.  Save your playlist into m3u8 format (or just m3u if you can't save to that format).
5.  Open the playlist in a text editor (i.e. Notepad, Microsoft Word, etc).  If you don't know, check 5.1.
5.1. To open in a text editor, in Windows, right click on the file then choose Open With and then select Notepad.  If it's not there, choose "Choose Program".  From that list, choose "Notepad".

6. Remove every G:\ and replace only with \
6.1 If some files are on a MicroSDCard, then replace H:\ (Don't forget, the microSD drive is a different drive, so it's another letter!) with <microsd1>\

7. Save and place on your MP3 player and test.  Note that things could work differently on another MP3 Player.
Here is an exemple of a layout...

BEFORE - Playlist as saved by the audio player

Code: [Select]

G:\MUSIC\ACDC\Razor's Edge\01 - Thunderstruck.flac
G:\MUSIC\Eurobeat\Super Eurobeat 206\01 - AAA - Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride.mp3
G:\MUSIC\Metallica\Master Of Puppets\01 - Battery.mp3
G:\MUSIC\Metallica\Master Of Puppets\02 - Master Of Puppets.mp3
H:\Anime Music\K-On!!\Hokagou Tea-Time - No! Thank You\01 - No Thank You.mp3
H:\Anime Music\Seikon No Qwaser\Passionate Squall\01 - Passionate Squall.mp3
H:\e-Zuka\I Got You Under My Skin\08 - Vital Mission In The Spanish Desert.flac

AFTER - What the playlist above must look like to work on the e250/e260/e270.

Code: [Select]

\MUSIC\ACDC\Razor's Edge\01 - Thunderstruck.flac
\MUSIC\Eurobeat\Super Eurobeat 206\01 - AAA - Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride.mp3
\MUSIC\Metallica\Master Of Puppets\01 - Battery.mp3
\MUSIC\Metallica\Master Of Puppets\02 - Master Of Puppets.mp3
<microSD1>\Anime Music\K-On!!\Hokagou Tea-Time - No! Thank You\01 - No Thank You.mp3
<microSD1>\Anime Music\Seikon No Qwaser\Passionate Squall\01 - Passionate Squall.mp3
<microSD1>\e-Zuka\I Got You Under My Skin\08 - Vital Mission In The Spanish Desert.flac

TIPS!

- Foobar2000, if you save the playlist on the same drive as the files are, will already remove the (for exemple) G:\ at the beginning and only leaves \.  Only the microSD ones to take care now.  (I can tell if any other music player do that though).
- In any good text editor (even Notepad!), you can use the "Replace" function in the menus.  Like that you can replace "H:\" by "<microSD1>\" in a moment!  Saves a lot of time!
- To save time, you can recreate the playlist each time you add files to your device.  ...or simply add the files manually using a text editor.
- If you are either using Mac or Linux, drive letters doesn't exits but it's essentially the same... Simply remove what is identifying the drive at the beginning.
Exemple :
Before :

Code: [Select]

FLASH_DRIVE\MUSIC\Artist\Album\file.mp3

After :

Code: [Select]

\MUSIC\Artist\Album\file.mp3

TROUBLESHOOTING

Q.  The playlist isn't working at all!
A.  Check if you paths are right, otherwise the device won't find the files.

Q.  The playlist finds the files on microSD card.  I sure wrote \MUSIC\ in front of the filenames for the in-built memory
A.  Try removing the first \ in the filename and retry.  Otherwise, try creating a list from the player and open it in a text editor to see how the player actually works.

Q.  The playlist finds the files on the built-in memory.  I sure wrote <microSD1>\ in front of the filenames for the microSD cards.
A.  Same as the above except try to put a \ in front.  If this doesn't work, compile a playlist using the device and check how in the detects the card.



Hope it helps

[eddiehuff]

Excellent! Thank you very much, Lebon14. I just bought two 16gb Micro SD cards as a step toward digitizing all of my CDs and LPs, so these instructions will really come in handy.

[dostyvsky]

Another way to go
for the "just make it work simple" crowd.

Turn Device off and On      (Just to make sure we are starting the same place)
Roll the scroll wheel Down to "Plugins"
press right
select "Applications"
press right
"Random_folder_ advanced_config"
press right
"generate folder list"
press right
"play shuffled"
press right