I need to load OF first on my Sansa Clip+

[different]

I really like a lot of the add-ons Rockbox provides, but I much prefer the OF for normal music playing.  Can anyone please help me out on how to get the OF to load first?

[saratoga]

Theres no easy way to do that.

[Carson Dyle]

I really like a lot of the add-ons Rockbox provides, but I much prefer the OF for normal music playing.

I'm curious... Why do you prefer it?

[different]

I prefer the OF because it has a more user-friendly layout--just music-artist, album, etc.  without all the different confusing folders with ## in front of it (which I don't understand).  Also, the easy ability to create playlists on Windows Media Player 11 has me preferring the OF over Rockbox. 

If someone can tell me how to sync playlists on WMP 11 that will be compatible with Rockbox, that would help a lot however.

[Carson Dyle]

Yeah, I don't use the file browsing very much in Rockbox.  It's way too cluttered.  You can set a subdirectory as the starting directory, but if you use both internal memory and a card then that does you no good.

If you're using the OF then you're actually browsing through a database in that firmware, not the file system, so why not also use the Database in Rockbox?

[saratoga]

I prefer the OF because it has a more user-friendly layout--just music-artist, album, etc.  without all the different confusing folders with ## in front of it (which I don't understand). 

You don't actually have to browse by folder in Rockbox.  You can use the database, in which case you will see your music by artist, album or any other pattern you prefer.

If someone can tell me how to sync playlists on WMP 11 that will be compatible with Rockbox, that would help a lot however.

We use m3u playlists, which WMP also uses, so i guess you probably need to save the playlist in WMP as an m3u file and put it on your player.  Never really used WMP though so I can't say how to do that.  

[different]

Yeah, I don't use the file browsing very much in Rockbox.  It's way too cluttered.  You can set a subdirectory as the starting directory, but if you use both internal memory and a card then that does you no good.

If you're using the OF then you're actually browsing through a database in that firmware, not the file system, so why not also use the Database in Rockbox?

Yeah, the database is more friendly to use, but I can't figure out how to set the menu to start there.

I actually use WMP all the time, hence, the desire to want an easy way to sync my playlists with Rockbox as I was with the OF.

[Chronon]

http://download.rockbox.org/daily/manual/rockbox-sansaclipplus/rockbox-buildch8.html#x11-1390008.5.1

[AlexP]

Also, all those ## directories are created by the Sansa firmware.  You can delete them, but when you next boot the OF it'll recreate them.

[different]

http://download.rockbox.org/daily/manual/rockbox-sansaclipplus/rockbox-buildch8.html#x11-1390008.5.1

Thanks for the link.  Now that I know how to start on the database, I just need to figure out an easy way to sync my playlists.