iBasso DX90 - How To Create Playlists?

[Zintu]

Just got a DX90 and have no clue how to create a playlist. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[MParrott]

Man, this is an old post... Are there any resources to address the user's inquiry? I have a DX90 too and have no idea how to create an m3u that will work on the DX90.

Is there a tool?

 

[Zintu]

Hello. I'm not that sophisticated as to the creating of an m3u with my DX90. I certainly know how to create play lists, and can help you with that if need be.

Take care..

Ron W.

 

[Jul0]

Man, this is an old post... Are there any resources to address the user's inquiry? I have a DX90 too and have no idea how to create an m3u that will work on the DX90.

Is there a tool?

I posted this answer on the main DX90 thread but in case people are still looking for an answer 5 (or 9) years later, here's mine.
I bought a second hand DX90 2 years ago and paired it with an old Akg K501. At the time, I thought it might be the last DAP with removable battery and easy to access buttons. I don’t know if there are still many DX90/DX50 users around, I imagine many people let them collect dust because of their poor playlist management. For the sake of making the information available to even one person, let me tell you how I export the playlists created on a computer to my DX90!
Being a long time ipod user, it took me a while to find an alternative to itunes capable of syncing my ipod classic and ipod mini. I wanted a library with a nice interface and at least all the options Itunes had. I experimented with MusicBee and finally find a way to sync the ipods reliably.
When I acquired the DX90, I obviously wanted to sync the DAP through MusicBee. It worked well except the damn playlists would always be empty after importing. And if you own a DX90, you know there is no way you’d want create large playlists directly on the device. Some users on head-fi indicated that the Ibasso playlist were linux/android formatted and that the best way was to export a template and manually change the file path in notepad, what a chore ! Especially when i use smart playlist based on ratings or genres in MusicBee. But lo an behold, MusicBee could do it for me!!
So here is my method:
-In MusicBee, select Preferences - Devices - Add a virtual Device - enter the path of the Ibasso player
-In Preferences - Library. Set the export playlist path to the Playlist folder of the Ibasso, I created mine on the SD Card. M3u format works for me. And then Check Use Unix path convention, that’s the whole trick, trivial I know.
From now on, any playlist synced from MusicBee will have the correct formatting.
- The last step is done on the Dap. Go into directory - SD card - Playlist - Select your playlist, import it and…. wait (it can take quite a while depending on the number of tracks) . It will scan all the songs and create the playlist with its name in the My Music menu.
the only caveat is that you’ll have to repeat the last step (import playlist in the player interface) if you add tracks or modify the MusicBee playlist. It will sync the new tracks but they will not appear in the already imported playlist.
It may apply to other Ibasso DAPs, let us know.
Hope it helps

Cheers,
Julien