play away

[captainfearless]

now that i'm ready to create my party playlist,rather than strain my eyes creating it on the rb interface,can i access already/or import  a playlist once created in itunes with rb  ?
badapple and idlepod appear to be dead ducks.

[scorche]

Rockbox can read m3u playlists.  These can be made by many different applications.  I do not know if iTunes can create them though.

[bluebrother]

There is a patch in the tracker that allows reading playlists from the itunes db. I have no idea of its state but I guess there are unofficial builds out there that include this (at least if the patch is still working on a current build)

[captainfearless]

thanks guys,used a nifty little app. called song list to m3u .net wizard ,popped my converted m3u playlist into rockbox,but i can't find it(auto update is enabled).
playlist is titled warm up tunes,but although i can see it on screen @ g drive ,can't locate it to play?..how do i find it?

[captainfearless]

alrighty,solved that myself,i needed to switch to all option in show files,but......
when i try to play the playlist it just sticks,the first track comes up and then locks.
if set to shuffle another track from the list comes up and locks?

[captainfearless]

my playlist will not play!
imported using songlist to m3u,it's there on screen ,i have searched these forums ,no f or g prefix,you hit play and the track comes up on screen ,and then zip!.
how can i play away,my party is getting closer!

[bascule]

no f or g prefix,...

What does that statement mean? I do not understand you.

Also, open the playlist in a text editor and see if the entries contain a drive letter (d:\music\artistname\album1   etc.). If so, Rockbox will not understand where to find the file on your player.

[scorche]

Actually, Rockbox will strip the drive letter.  So as long as your directory is /music/artistname/album, it will still work.

[captainfearless]

thanks!,excuse my newbie ignorance ,but how do i set up the directory like this please?

[bascule]

Actually, Rockbox will strip the drive letter.  So as long as your directory is /music/artistname/album, it will still work.

So much for my 'Rockbox Expert' badge  

thanks!,excuse my newbie ignorance ,but how do i set up the directory like this please?

We are not talking about changing anything, just checking that the playlist is in the correct format for Rockbox.

Please answer my previous question about the 'f or g prefix' and (although the drive letter bit was incorrect) you still need to check that your playlist file paths *actually* match the folder structure on your player.

[captainfearless]

opened the list in a text editor and there are no letter prefixes,just track names
i'll try to be clearer!
1.i have made a playlist using itunes
2.i know that rb will play m3u format playlists
3.i converted the playlist to m3u using an app called songlist to m3u
4.imported to rb and it will not play
i don't think i can be any clearer!

[bascule]

i don't think i can be any clearer!

Yes you can! It's not a question of clarity, I understand your problem. I need more information, though, in order to actually help resolve it.

[captainfearless]

sorry chaps,i'm floundering in the manual,how do i check that the playlist is in the correct format for Rockbox.

[bascule]

I'm not going to ask again:

no f or g prefix,...

1. What does that statement mean? I do not understand you.

2. Open the playlist in a text editor and check that the path to a file (\music\artistname\album\song.mp3) exactly matches the actual folder structure of your player (iPod by any chance?).

Playlist generator applications can create *broken* files if designed for Windows, but used on a different platform (i.e., Rockbox).

3. Do you know how to navigate your music and create a playlist using built-in Rockbox functionality? If not, learn this first before trying to use an externally-generated file.

[scorche]

It should have an extension of .m3u.  Itunes cannot produce m3u playlists afaik.  You will need to use another program.  Commonly used audio players like Winamp and Foobar will both produce the type of file that you need as well as many other programs.

So much for my 'Rockbox Expert' badge  

We are all learning still.  The important part is remembering that information.