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How do I get rockbox to see all the music files??

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MurrayF:
Hi all.  I hope some of you can help me. I'm a Rockbox newbie.  I have just got rb running on a gen 6/7 ipod classic.  However it only shows about 100 music files on Now Playing.  I put all my music files on the ipod via cable and they can all be found under I\music\mp3final\<artist> directories when connected to the computer.  There are about 99,000 music files there, mostly mp3 but some m4a , flac and wav.   However, on turn on, it only shows one of the albums from the apple section of the ipod (ipod control).  My computer is a win 10.
Someone on facebook said to go via files and/or database, however, it can't see all the 99k songs.  Is 99k too much for a gen 6/7.
The ipod has succesfully got 2TB, using a iquad board with four 500MB sd cards.
If anyone has a magic wand I can wave over it to get it to see all the music, I will be forever grateful.
Also, is there a better theme to use?  I'm not sure if the one I am using could be an issue, or not. See attachment.
Thanks in advance.

philden:
Your screenshot shows that your current playlist contains 109 tracks. This does not reflect the overall contents of your iPod.

When you play music with Rockbox you always create a playlist first. This can contain anywhere from 1 song to all of the tracks on your device. The manual will explain the different ways playlists can be created.

You should always be able to explore your songs using the file browser. The iTunes music will be inside iPod_Control and the rest in your music directory. The iTunes files will have random looking names, so the database is the best way to see everything. The database relies on your tracks containing id tags for titles, artists and albums etc to be correctly identified.

99k is a lot of files, but should be OK on your generation of iPod. Note that the maximum playlist size is selected via a menu which has, I think, 32,000 as the highest option. To include more you can create a file called ".rockbox/fixed.cfg" and add a line of the form:
max files in playlist: 66000

Hope this helps.

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