Problem with playlists generated by other applications

[alexweissman]

This is essentially the same problem described in: http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php/topic,51153.0.html

Externally-generated playlists (e.g. from MediaMonkey, gPodder) were playing for me just fine, until I upgraded to a nightly build some time in the middle of May.  I just tried updating again today, with the same problem.

My config file looks like this:

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# .cfg file created by rockbox 00a3658-160517 - http://www.rockbox.org

volume: -21
idle poweroff: 1
start directory: /<microSD1>
autoresume enable: on
eq enabled: on
dircache: off
fmr: /.rockbox/fmpresets/preset01.fmr
start in screen: wps
playlist catalog directory: /<microSD1>/Playlists
Semitone pitch change: on

And an example playlist (located in `/<microSD1>/Playlists`) would be:

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I:\Music\Boards Of Canada - Twoism\01 Boards Of Canada - Sixtyniner.mp3
I:\Music\Boards Of Canada - Twoism\02 Boards Of Canada - Oirectine.mp3
I:\Music\Boards Of Canada - Twoism\03 Boards Of Canada - Iced Cooly.mp3
I:\Music\Boards Of Canada - Twoism\04 Boards Of Canada - Basefree.mp3
I:\Music\Boards Of Canada - Twoism\05 Boards Of Canada - Twoism.mp3
I:\Music\Boards Of Canada - Twoism\06 Boards Of Canada - Seeya Later.mp3
I:\Music\Boards Of Canada - Twoism\07 Boards Of Canada - Melissa Juice.mp3
I:\Music\Boards Of Canada - Twoism\08 Boards Of Canada - Smokes Quantity.mp3

From past behavior, Rockbox should be smart enough to strip off the `I:\` and start looking for the files in `/<microSD1>` instead.

[alexweissman]

Ok, I have confirmed that if I roll back to commit 95a4c3a-151205, my playlists work.  So something has definitely changed in the code, but I can't find it in the commit history.

[saratoga]

The file system rework removed a patch of mine that made the playlist code search the same device the playlist file was on.  Without that patch it always searches the main storage if you give it an ambiguous path.  Since you're putting those files on the SD card but not specifying a path to the SD card, the playlist can't find the files.

[alexweissman]

Ah, gotcha.  Any chance of re-implementing that patch with the new file system?  It's a very, very, very useful feature for someone like me, who frequently composes playlists on my computer for transfer to my Rockbox device.