Rockbox Development > Feature Ideas
Streamline playlist handling
jim234567:
I have to say I absolutely love Rockbox 8) , but like anything, there's always some room for improvement.
It's a multi-step process to get playlists you've created (say, in Winamp) to show up under the Playlist directory on the main menu or wps context menu after transferring them onto the player.
Right now first step is to transfer a list together with my music. But then I have to use the file browser to find the list (not always easy if you have a lot of files), load the list, then navigate the menu to re-save the list (using the virtual keyboard to retype the original name of the list). To top that off, it doesn't default to the /playlist folder, so I have to retype that part of the filepath as well to have it end up there (I'm assuming that last bit is a bug in the system, as it does pre-enter the directory name when saving themes or station presets, etc.).
If Rockbox could automatically index any playlist files it finds while scanning your music files folder during database initialization/updating, this would save a lot of steps for the user.
I have a little Sansa Clip+ and the OF already has this function. I think RB would be that much better if it could do it too.
;)
nls:
I would agree that not defaulting to the playlist catalogue dir is an oversight that should be fixed.
I would also like to point out that nothing prevents you from transferring playlists into the playlist dir directly, provided they have absolute paths.
Yotto:
Maybe I'm lazy but I skip the playlist directory entirely. I turn bookmarking on and just play the bookmarks. Menu, top option, all my bookmarks right there.
jim234567:
--- Quote from: nls on June 09, 2011, 07:57:34 AM ---I would also like to point out that nothing prevents you from transferring playlists into the playlist dir directly, provided they have absolute paths.
--- End quote ---
That's just it... anything I use to modify and save lists on my computer doesn't create the proper path of "/<microSD1>/MUSIC/file.mp3", Winamp saves them as "MUSIC\file.mp3" and of course that ain't gonna work. To get the "/<microSD1>/" thing I have to re-save it on the player itself.
If RB could do this automatically like the OF does, it'd make it so much easier.
--- Quote from: Yotto on June 09, 2011, 04:52:23 PM ---Maybe I'm lazy but I skip the playlist directory entirely. I turn bookmarking on and just play the bookmarks. Menu, top option, all my bookmarks right there.
--- End quote ---
Can you create bookmarks on your computer (or better, convert a playlist file to a bookmarks file?) and then transfer it like you would a .m3u file? (not familiar with bookmarks, I always thought that was an audiobook thing to mark a resume point in the middle of a file).
My playlists are fairly big, so there'd be no way to create & manage it on the player itself.
[Saint]:
I feel I should point out that the playlist catalogue can be defined as any path you want it to be...
Just add:
--- Code: ---playlist catalog directory: /path/to/your/desired/playlist/catalogue
--- End code ---
To your config.cfg file.
If you want the playlist catalogue to be the root of the device (where playlists are saved to) then just use "/" as the path, done. ;D
[St.]
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