Sansa Clip ZIP: Building Database of file on microsd

[mcc01]

Hi,

on my microsd card there are <4000 files (3600+).

I want to use the database for solely this files, not those on
internal flash.
I set the limit for files in the browser to 4000 and for that in
the playlist to 10000.
Furthere I set the directories to be scanned by the database to
the appropiate directories on the microsdcard.
I said "yes" when asked, whether the database should be initialized
now.
Either it say it will be done in the background and the files were not
added to the database (I played a file for about half an hour to ensure
the database scan ended before the player shuts down after being "idle")
or I get a "blue screen" with an error dump and had to hard reset the
player.

The file on the microsdcard are mostly FLAC files, which are appropiately
tagged with id3 tags.

Running the databasse scan over the handful files sandisk provided of the internal flash
works for far, though.

What can I try next to successfully create a database of the files on the microsdcard
solely?

Best regards,
mcc

[gevaerts]

The file on the microsdcard are mostly FLAC files, which are appropiately tagged with id3 tags.

Huh? Really? id3 tags are entitrely inappropriate for flac

[mcc01]

Hi,

....HU?
What did my tagger-program then??? I am confused...
I am on Linux and used MusicBrainz Picard to tag all
the files...

Best regards,
mcc

[saratoga]

Flac files can't have id3 tags so probably you did not actually use id3.  If you did, your files would be corrupted and will not show up in the database.

First thing I would do is try playing a file and double check that its OK and that the metadata is read.

[pmennen]

By the way ... why are you using FLAC on an mp3 player. This is just a waste of space and the time that it takes to copy such large music files. I would recommend 192kbps mp3 format. Perhaps if you have very good earbuds you could justify 256kbps although few listeners can hear the difference. 320kbps mp3 is also popular, but I've never found anyone who can hear the difference between 256 and 320 (and I've tried with controlled tests with excellent audio equipment), so even 320kbps is a waste of space ... and FLAC is way bigger than even 320 mp3 ... so why on earth ... I just don't understand ...

~Paul

[[Saint]]

I should hope no one in turn berates you for your choice of audio format and bitrate.


[Saint]

[pmennen]

Perhaps I could have been more tactful ... but I believe it is a useful discussion that might convince the OP or others that they can have 3 times as much music on their music player with no degradation in quality (and gives savings in bandwidth and offline storage space as well). With my older ears, I can't hear the difference between 128, 196, or 256 kbps ... yet I know some people can - which is why I always use 256 kbps (since I sometimes share music files). If someone wanted to debate the merits of that choice I would be perfectly happy to engage them.

~Paul