tagnavi_custom.config file creation and use help

[robertjm]

Hi all,

I'm trying to modify my menus by creating a tagnavi_custom.config file. After creating a file, I put it inot the .rockbox folder.

After rebooting the ipod nano (1st gen) I don't see the customized menu I created. Is there something else I need to do to get it to show? Or is there something I need to do to replace the basic menu with the customized one I have?

Robert

[bascule]

If the format is correct, it should work. It must have this line at the beginning:

Every comment line starts with a # followed by text (typically annotations). There is one special case: the first line in the file needs to be: #! rockbox/tagbrowser/2.0" for the file to be recognised as a valid tagnavi file.

It could also be a file problem, see this post:
http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=6661.msg52362#msg52362

Try using roolku's file attached to this post, just to see if it works for you, then modify it to suit your requirements:
http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=6661.msg55587#msg55587

[CapnBry]

Also make sure you have the line in your custom config to replace the root menu:
%root_menu "custom"

custom is the name of the menu in your custom config that you'd like as the root menu, which in my case is "custom"

[robertjm]

Thanks for all the help!

I ended up bailing on the custom one I put together and tried using the one posted in the forums by rudhi (sp?). That gave me a blank menu. After poking around the forums I found that there were apparently LF in there that caused it to be blank. After removing the LF I got the menu, but only one item actually worked.  Had some issues with my filtering syntax. Sometimes it seemed to ignore my syntax, and sometimes it worked great.

Here is my menu item:

"Podcasts" -> genre ? genre = "Podcast" -> album -> title = "fmt_title"

The basic declarations section has (among others):

%format "fmt_title"       "%02d. %s" tracknum title ? tracknum > "0"
%format "fmt_title"       "%s" title


I was hoping to have a root menu item of Podcasts, which, when I go in there I get a list of podcasts by "album" name, and then title when I choose the respective album. For whatever reason, it gives me ALL tracks, not jus those that are podcasts.

Will work on it some more tonight, after work. Its pretty cool that you can adjust the menu as you see fit.

Robert

[bascule]

Provided your podcasts are actually genre-tagged as 'Podcast' () , what you need is:

"Podcasts" -> album ? genre = "Podcast" -> title = "fmt_title"