Multiple listing of same song within a given album

[taginmp]

I have 4 Sansa Fuze 8GB MP3 players that I also insert at 32GB external chip/card into the slot for extra storage.  I've encountered an issue where after selecting an artist and album then find the same track listed 2 or 3 times and find myself having to FF each track to listen to the next (different) track.  Really a PITA and results in me just opting for using the regular Sansa Fuze firmware that came with the player.  It doesn't occur on every artist or album, but enough that I really want to try and figure out what's the problem and fix it.  I searched the forum threads and didn't see anyone else post having this issue, so any help or direction I could be pointed to to troubleshoot would be great!

Tod

[saratoga]

I don't use the database, but maybe it gets confused when you swap the cards?  Try rebuilding it and see if the number of songs is corrected.

[taginmp]

Umm no thanks.  That's a 5-6 hour investment for something I'm not sure will even work.  Looking for a better less time intensive fix.

[saratoga]

Rebuilding the database takes a a minute or so generally, and you can continue using the player while it happens. 

Edit:  See here if you haven't yet:  http://download.rockbox.org/daily/manual/rockbox-sansaclipzip/rockbox-buildch4.html#x7-430004.2

[silvertree]

I have seen the database catalogue tracks that windows put in the recycling bin.  From rockbox run the disktidy application and rebuild the database.


It's not exactly cooperative to deny rebuilding the database on the grounds that it's too much work when a rebuild is likely what you will need to do.

Otherwise use the file browser and likely forego all these problems.

[taginmp]

I was unaware that "rebuilding" and "initializing" the database were synonymous.  I have tried the latter as well as "updating" several times with no luck.  I took rebuilding to mean deleting and re-synching the entire database.  I wasn't trying to be snarky.

[silvertree]

One sure fire way to located the offending duplicates is to play them.  While each track is playing long press centre button and choose "show track info" and read the "path" entry at the bottom of the list.

Take close note of the location of the first file.  Now press "left" or "play" to return to the WPS and skip to the next identical track and repeat the process.

The idea is that there is a likelihood that somehow duplicate files got placed in separate places within your memory.

On devices with 2 forms of memory such as these Sansa players the easiest mistake is to copy the same album to both the SD card and the internal memory.

In other rare cases I have seen accidental drag and drops creates copies of album inside folders of unrelated albums.

If you manage to find duplicates files, delete them as you see fit then simply "update" the database.

Best of luck.

[taginmp]

Thanks for the suggestion.  However, I've checked for instances of duplicates in both drives and haven't found any.  Would've been really be boneheaded of me to save the same song 3 times, which I was fairly certain didn't happen.