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How is the on the go playlist creation for SD cards?

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glahoiten:
Hello rockbox people. I was wondering if anybody with experience with rockbox could describe how it is for making on the go playlists with an external SD card (if that is even possible). I've had many experiences where I got excited for an mp3 player only to find that their on the go playlist creation for external SD cards sucks or is non existent, and I wanted to make sure rock box had beaten the problem.

So yeah, just wondering: Is making playlists with regular and external SD card songs possible using the mp3 player alone? Is it convenient? (how many button pushed minimum or on average does it take to add a song to your current playlist, or a playlist?) Is there a limit to the number of on the go playlists you can make? (why mp3 players choose to do this I have no idea...)

And I'm looking into the sansa clip plus, but overall, I'd be a-ok with any player that supported 32 gb sd cards (or possibly a 16 gb player that supported a 16 gb SD card). Very much appreciate your help, and sorry if I'm overlooking a place where I can find this info conveniently. The posts I've found on SD cards and playlists don't seem to address this issue (one seemed to say it was possible, but it seemed to be talking about playlist creation on the computer)

Thanks bunches in advance for your help, if hopefully I should get it!

saratoga:
Take a look at the manual for the player you're interested in. Its has an overview of playlist handling and the key maps.

glahoiten:
Tis true, but it doesn't specifically mention if this still works for SD cards, and experience has shown to not assume that they act the same.

glahoiten:
(the other topic also seemed to imply there was a distinction to be made with regards to SD card songs, though it did provide a workaround (for playlist creation on the computer), though perhaps I'm misreading
http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php/topic,35029.msg199776.html#msg199776
(I'm thinking it's for computer created playlists since the fix mentions modifying file directories, and I would think you wouldn't be able to modify directory paths on the player.))

saratoga:
Like that topic says, the SD card is just the <microsd1> folder in the root of the file system.

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