Playlist not finding my files

[alexweissman]

Hey guys,

I just did a fresh install of Rockbox (dev version ad5e5c4-151117) on my Sansa Clip+ (yes, the one that has sadly been discontinued).

My current config file is as follows:

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# .cfg file created by rockbox ad5e5c4-151117 - http://www.rockbox.org

volume: -24
start directory: /<microSD1>/
playlist viewer track display: full path
database scan paths: /<microSD1>
dircache: off
tagcache_autoupdate: on
playlist catalog directory: /<microSD1>/Playlists

As you can see, I have an addon memory card, with the device name <microSD1>.  The file structure is set up as such:

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<microSD1>
  |-- Music
  |-- Playlists

My "Playlists" directory contains .m3u playlists that I have generated and copied to the device with MediaMonkey.  An example playlist looks like:

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I:\Music\Ministry of Sound - Ministry Of Sound Chillout Sessions XV\01 Missy Higgins - Everyone's Waiting.mp3
I:\Music\Ministry of Sound - Ministry Of Sound Chillout Sessions XV\02 Gotye - Eyes Wide Open (Yeasayer Remix).mp3
I:\Music\Ministry of Sound - Ministry Of Sound Chillout Sessions XV\03 Jessie Ware - Wildest Moments.mp3
I:\Music\Ministry of Sound - Ministry Of Sound Chillout Sessions XV\04 Major Lazer Feat. Amber Coffman - Get Free.mp3
I:\Music\Ministry of Sound - Ministry Of Sound Chillout Sessions XV\05 Frank Ocean - Thinkin Bout You.mp3

On the Clip+, I am able to open the playlist catalogue and view the tracks for a playlist:



As you can see, it is correctly displaying the paths for the files with the drive letters removed.  However, when I try to actually play the tracks from the playlist, I get some brief error message (too quick for me to read anything other than "ERR"), then it skips all the tracks and exits back to the main menu.  I presume that it isn't finding the files as listed in the playlist.

When I manually change some entries in the playlist, replacing the drive letter with <microSD1>, then Rockbox is able to successfully play the tracks.  But, this was definitely not necessary before I did the fresh install.  Is there some setting I am missing, that tells Rockbox to start looking in <microSD1> for the relative paths to files in a playlist?

[saratoga]

  But, this was definitely not necessary before I did the fresh install.  Is there some setting I am missing, that tells Rockbox to start looking in <microSD1> for the relative paths to files in a playlist?

There is no setting to do that.  The default behavior is that if you give the player an ambiguous path like I:\, it assumes that you are referring to the same disk as you saved the playlist on.  If you saved the playlist to a different disk than the one you want to access, you'll have to explicitly put that into the playlist file. 

[alexweissman]

Well, the playlist is indeed on the same disk as the mp3 files.  So, I'm not sure what is going on here.

[alexweissman]

Is there a way I can capture that error message that is flashing when I try to play the file?  Maybe that will shed some light on the problem.

[saratoga]

Post the exact contents of an M3U files that does work. 

The error message just says that the path in the M3U is wrong, which we already know.

[alexweissman]

These entries play:

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<microSD1>\Music\Unknown - Singles\00 AVICII & RICK ASTLEY - Never Gonna Wake You Up (NilsOfficial Mashup).mp3
<microSD1>\Music\Unknown - Daft Beatles mashups\00 Adele Vs Eurythmics - Rolling In Sweet Dreams.mp3
<microSD1>\Music\Bobby Vee - Singles\11 Nelly - Hot in here (stayin alive remix).mp3

These do not:

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J:\Music\Unknown - Lobsterdust Mashups\00 Jefferson Airplane and Fatboy Slim - Somebody To Praise.mp3
J:\Music\The Beastles - The Beastles\07 The Beastles - Word To The Mic.mp3
J:\Music\Unknown - Mashups\00 Adele vs. Eminem - Set Fire To Yourself.mp3
J:\Music\Dj BC - Glassbreaks\02 Dj BC - For The Glasty.mp3
J:\Music\Dj BC - Glassbreaks\05 Dj BC - Crystal Glass.mp3

[alexweissman]

Alright well, I tried replacing my addon memory card, and completely reinstalling Rockbox on the device itself.  Still no luck with the playlists.  Am I supposed to be installing Rockbox on the memory card, instead of the device's internal memory?

[alexweissman]

Alright, I was able to confirm with Saint in chat that this is a bug and/or limitation as of commit 7d1a47c.  When we roll back to a commit prior to this, it works fine.