Format Sandisk Clip+?

[Klappis]

Is there a setting in Rockbox to format the Clip? What happens if i format the whole player? Will the settings and folder reappear again?

[saratoga]

Is there a setting in Rockbox to format the Clip?

No, although I think the sandisk firmware has one.

What happens if i format the whole player?

You'd remove the .rockbox folder but not the bootloader.  So you could still boot the sandisk firmware, but trying to boot rockbox would fail until you put a new .rockbox folder on the device.

[Klappis]

Is there a setting in Rockbox to format the Clip?

No, although I think the sandisk firmware has one.

What happens if i format the whole player?

You'd remove the .rockbox folder but not the bootloader.  So you could still boot the sandisk firmware, but trying to boot rockbox would fail until you put a new .rockbox folder on the device.

Thanks very much for the answers! Sandisk firmware where is that located? By the way using autodetect on my clip makes the Rockbox Utility program crash.

[saratoga]

Sandisk firmware is located in memory that is not exposed over USB. 

Crash on autodetect is fixed in the next release of rockbox utility.

[Klappis]

Sandisk firmware is located in memory that is not exposed over USB. 

Crash on autodetect is fixed in the next release of rockbox utility.

How do i boot into the firmware?

Nice to know! The version after 1.4.0 i suppose?

[saratoga]

Hold left when powering on the player to boot into the sandisk firmware.

[Klappis]

Hold left when powering on the player to boot into the sandisk firmware.

Thank you very much!

Had to check the flashmemory on the player for errors so i had to format it. Used the Rockbox Utility to install Rockbox again and now the folders are gone. The only ones showing are the .rockbox and playlist folder. And everytime i dissconnect the player from the usb-cable it says "error can't access the playlist control file".

Well it the control file's not present in the rockbox folder not matter how many times i install Rockbox.

What's wrong? It's a 8GB Sandisk Clip+.

EDIT: OK i have been deleting both Rockbox and the Rockbox bootloader by installing the OF and then reinstalled Rockbox. I get the same thing "Error accessing the playlist control file". I don't have this problem with my two other Sandisks, one 4GB and the other 8GB.

I can confirm i get the same with my other 8GB when i reinstalled with Rockbox Utility 1.4.0 (I previously used an older Rockbox Utility with the other 8GB player). It fails to create the .playlist control file. I haven't tried my 4GB but i suppose it's the same thing there.

I also found my other thread which i actually forgot.

http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=48321.0

[saratoga]

The playlist control file is actually created by rockbox the first time you play a file.  Its just a list of whatever files are in the playlist when you shut down the player so that they can be resumed later.  If you just play a file and then hit stop and (maybe?) shutdown the player it should be recreated.

[Klappis]

The playlist control file is actually created by rockbox the first time you play a file.  Its just a list of whatever files are in the playlist when you shut down the player so that they can be resumed later.  If you just play a file and then hit stop and (maybe?) shutdown the player it should be recreated.

So that's why i get the error. I will try to play a file then disconnect it.

Thanks!