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[Saint]:

--- Quote from: JasonM17 on May 03, 2015, 11:59:47 PM ---This seems to impact my PLAYLIST.  There are 1931 mp3 files, but the duplicates are only seen when creating, or reshuffling a playlist.  The database itself has no duplicates.

It seems to be the same songs that are repeated.

In my database, the duplicates in the PLAYLIST are all songs after the 1,000th one.  Song 1,001 is duplicated as are songs 1,003 1,019 etc.  Not really a pattern but all duplicates in the playlist are songs in the database after the 1,000th one.

Thanks for any help.  My full playlist is too large to attach, but I am attaching a portion where the duplication begins.

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It seems there was a misunderstanding here.

I am well aware that this affects your playlists. What I was asking, is whether or not this is repeatable regardless of how the playlist is created. To be completely clear, does this happen if the playlist is created from the file browser and the database, or just the database? As I am unable to reproduce this issue, I am relying entirely on the information you are relaying to me, which is why I am asking very specific questions.

It would also be very helpful if you answered the other questions I asked.

 - Are there any particular steps required to duplicate this issue? Because I am unable to, and being able to recreate this issue would make it a lot easier to see what is happening.
 - Are the results of the failure repeatable? To clarify this, do the number and position of the duplicate entries differ each time? Is there ever a time when this failure does not occur?

When an Expert or Developer asks a question of you, or asks for some specific information, it is really important to follow through with this so that we can better assist you. I can't stress that enough. If there is some part of a request that is in any way unclear, then by all means ask to clarify, but please don't gloss over things you feel may not be important or make substitutions, as it only serves to prolong the issue and dishearten the volunteers giving their time to assist users.

This isn't meant to offend at all, I just wanted to make it clear that you need to help us to help you.



--- Quote from: JasonM17 on May 04, 2015, 08:47:53 AM ---This is a text version of the playlist taken directly from the Rockbox playlist folder.  I sorted the play list so it would be easier to identify the duplicates.  My entire .mu3 file is too large to post.

Since the duplicates begin with the 1,001st entry in the database, is there a setting set to 1,000 that is causing this?

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No.

The lower and upper bounds on maximum playlist size are 1000 and 32,000 files respectively, the default is 10,000 files.



--- Quote from: JasonM17 on May 04, 2015, 04:34:57 PM ---I'd be happy to send the actual file, but it is too large to post.  I get an error when I attach it.  I felt a small piece was better than nothing.

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There are many services that would allow you to do so.

You could send the entire file using services such as Data File Host, Dropbox, MEGA, etc. As well as services that would allow you to paste the contents thereof, such as HasteBin, Pastebin, tny, etc.


[Saint]

JasonM17:
Instead of me trying to interpret the specifics of the questions --- which I thought I had answered, maybe to make this easier, could you provide me with the steps that you went through to create a playlist that does not contain duplicates? 

What steps are allowing you to create a playlist with many entries that are all unique and not duplicated.  If you can not re-create this, then I am obviously not following the proper steps to create a duplicate free playlist.

I would appreciate the steps to do this.  Thank you.

JasonM17:
I split the 1,931 files across 4 folders and now no longer have the issue. 

Tor:
Aha.  I'd suspect this was a case of the "max entries in file browser" limit causing the issue.  I believe this defaults to 1000.

Anyone familiar with the rockbox code who can comment?

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