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Thanks for the answers allready about Apple software vs Rockbox.
I saw in a movie that Rockbox does have Playlists...? I thought that was only with Apple software on the Ipod?
- And is there a way to create folder AND (several) subfolders with iTunes?
for instance:
Music >> Artist >> Robbie Williams
and then...:
2 subfolders:
- Robbie Williams albums (and then I would click this one for instance..)
- Robbie Williams live
4 sub-sub folders
- Album 1
- Album 2
- Album 3
- Album 4 (and then I would click this one, to play this album)
Rockbox has the ability to create playlists. You can forget about Itunes when using Rocjbox. Actually, i'm shocked to see how many people seem te have trouble letting go of Itunes. Especially since, imho, it is one of the programs in the world with the most un-intuitive UI's ever. Worst thing is that it's from a company known for it's super user friendly UI's on their devices. Go figure..
Anyway.. I recently created a playlist.. By hand.
Not that hard really. I wanted a playlist with specific albums for burn in. Just needed to create separate playlists per album, and then merge em into one manually using... Notepad.
I know it's probably borderline masochism, but it werkz so...
Just googled layout of M3u files and got it to work like it's supposed to on the first try so I guess it wasn't that bad.. Only thing to consider is that rockbox is running from it's own .rockbox folder, so if you want to use,for example, the .music folder that is also in the root of the Ipod (just like the .Rockbox folder is), you need to go down a folder first. I'll post some snips of my manually created m3u file to give you an idea.
EXTM3U
#EXTINF:385,Arkasia - Destiny
..\Music\Arkasia-Evolution\Arkasia - Evolution - 01 - Destiny.mp3
#EXTINF:385,Arkasia - Act Now
..\Music\Arkasia-Evolution\Arkasia - Evolution - 02 - Act Now.mp3
#EXTINF:346,Arkasia - New World Disorder
<snip, some more songs here followed by a line break to proceed to next album>
#EXTINF:269,Gorillaz - Demon Days
..\Music\Gorillaz - Demon Days (2005)\Gorillaz - Demon Days - 15 - Demon Days.mp3
#EXTINF:120,Gorillaz - Don't Get Lost In Heaven
..\Music\Gorillaz - Demon Days (2005)\Gorillaz - Demon Days - 14 - Don't Get Lost In Heaven.mp3
<snip, some more songs here followed by a line break to proceed to next album>
#EXTINF:542,Metallica - S&M
..\Music\Metallica - S&M\cd1\Metallica - S&M - 11 - Bleeding Me (Live).flac
#EXTINF:326,Metallica - Devil's Dance (Live)
..\Music\Metallica - S&M\cd1\Metallica - S&M - 10 - Devil's Dance (Live).flac
#EXTINF:285,Metallica - Hero Of The Day (Live)
I also found in my search that there are super good tools out there for creating playlist. Only thing a bit awkward on Rockbox is the naming of playlist with the on screen keyboard using the Ipod. Seems almost easier to just hook the Ipod up to the pc, create a new playlist file with the right name in the right place and add music to it using the Ipod/Rockbox.