File extentions changed

[cryincoyote]

Installed Rockbox on Toshiba Gigabeat F10 today. When I access files from windows7 computer, all music files now have .sat file extension and can't be opened.  What next?

[[Saint]]

Do you by chance have ACIS installed?

Even if you did, that wouldn't explain your audio randomly changing it's extension...just wondering if you had this software installed, and accidentally messed up your file association/"Open With" settings somehow?


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[Llorean]

.sat is what the toshiba software converts mp3s to when it encrypts them for use on their player. these are all songs you synced either before Rockbox or while booted in the original firmware. I don't believe they can be recovered.

[cryincoyote]

correction---  the .sat is added to the end of the file--- example:  rock.mp3.sat ---  Previously I could transfer files from the Toshiba to my desktop without problem.  The Rockbox plays songs listed under Database, but does not play songs listed in Folder / music or mymusic.   I assume since the .sat was added. 

[AlexP]

As Llorean says, .sat is Toshiba's encrypted format.  It is possible to recover them, but you need the Gigabeat OF and a dock - it is on the wiki somewhere.  By far the easiest thing to do is to remove them a recopy the original files over while in Rockbox USB.

[cryincoyote]

I uninstalled Rockbox, and restored to Gigabeat ver 3 firmware, currently copying all music files to desktop hard drive. Then I will reinstall Rockbox, and then I copy the above saved mp3 and wma files on my desktop over the .sat files in the Gigabeat music folder, correct?  Or delete the Music folder on the Rockbox / Gigabeat first, then paste the saved mp3 / wma  music folder in its place.  I have used up 9.5gb of the 10gb Gigabeat drive, so no room to have 2 folders- one with .sat files and the other mp3.

On my first install of Rockbox, the Database folder did load up with many songs that would play from there.  Just non of the titles listed in "My Music" or "Music" folders would play.  All the music was listed in these folder, but if you clicked on a song nothing would happen.    Will the above exercise fix this issue?

Final question:  on first install of Rockbox, the Gigabeat was visible under Computers, as a Hard Drive, but did not show up under Windows Media Player as a portable device.  Why not? 

[LambdaCalculus]

Rockbox doesn't have MTP functionality built in. Any device running Rockbox will therefore not appear as a "Portable Media Player" (or whatever Windows calls an MTP-capable DAP), but will function just fine as a UMS (USB Mass Storage) device.