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Playlist Compatibility between Rockbox & iTunes (iPod)
bascule:
Glad to be of assistance :)
OverToYou:
Hi,
Im new to Rockbox, but just like to say that I think its great!
the fact that its constantly being updated and new features being implemented makes it awesome.
Like blueskip, I use mediamonkey to sync songs to my Ipod. There is an option to keep the format normal or to save in Apple style. (ie moves the tracks over in a similar way to iTunes by shortening the track names and sticking them in random folders.)
Ive been able to create playlists for a while now and getting them to play with no problem.
As mentioned in your earlier posts the main point is to use the files on the Ipod for playlist creation through mediamonkey.
The issue I have is that, if I select a playlist and then want to select another track by going to 'view current playlist' - Rockbox seems to be showing me the playlist by filename. As its only about 4 characters long, its meaningless.
Is there a way I can configure rockbox to list the playlist via MP3 tag 'artist name' and 'Track Title'. ?
Regardless of player used, this would seem to be the most obvious way to list the tracks on this particular screen?
(or maybe Im doing something wrong)
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Llorean:
A m3u playlist is JUST a list of filenames. For Rockbox to list it by Track Title, Rockbox would have to open every single file in the playlist and check it for metadata.
vcardenas:
--- Quote from: Llorean on February 09, 2008, 02:54:26 AM ---A m3u playlist is JUST a list of filenames. For Rockbox to list it by Track Title, Rockbox would have to open every single file in the playlist and check it for metadata.
--- End quote ---
or you can store the playlist in M3U Extended Format and with patch FS#7652 the artist and song name are displayed correctly and without having to read the metadata of each file.
I made an app to convert iTunes playlist to rockbox compatible playlist in M3U Extended Format.
iPod/iTunes to RockBox Playlist Converter
sharn:
--- Quote from: OverToYou on February 08, 2008, 06:46:17 PM ---
Is there a way I can configure rockbox to list the playlist via MP3 tag 'artist name' and 'Track Title'. ?
Regardless of player used, this would seem to be the most obvious way to list the tracks on this particular screen?
(or maybe Im doing something wrong)
Any advice would be much appreciated.
--- End quote ---
I actually fixed up an older patch and uploaded it to flyspray today that does exactly what you are requesting http://www.rockbox.org/tracker/task/8593.
As Llorean points out, this is a resource hog and does add some lag to the UI . Each time you view the playlist, you are extracting tagdata from all the files in the playlist. A better approach might be to take the EXTM3U patch from FS7652 and add an option to allow dynamic playlists to write the additional data on playlist creation and updates. Then if you turn on the option to view the dynamic lists with EXTM3U markup including, you'll see the tag details instead of filenames without the resource hit. I may take a swipe at this if I get the chance.
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