JeffreyJM
04-26-2003, 08:01 PM
I've noticed that when you use Program Play in the Audio Player, it creates a file called mp3list.m3u in the MSAudio folder. It's a simple text file that contains the titles of the songs you set up in the playlist editor. I was playing around with that file and discovered that you can edit it on your PC and save over the file on your memory stick to adjust the list without using the playlist editor. Here's what I'm getting at:
Now that I have six albums-worth of MP3s on my 512MB CF card, I need a way to actually sort through them all and play specific sets at will. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's encountered this problem, but I wasn't able to find another thread concerning it.
We need one of you hackers out there to put together a simple editor that would allow us to save multiple M3U files and replace the built-in mp3list.m3u whenver we want to hear that particular list.
I've developed a workaround technique that works, albeit with a heavy dose of tinkering. I edited and saved three versions of my mp3list.m3u in the MSAudio directory of my memory stick, each with a different list of tracks (techno.m3u, rock.m3u and instrumental.m3u). I deleted the default mp3list.m3u file and renamed one of the other lists to mp3list.m3u; however, the old playlist was still in the Clie's memory, so the list did not change. I ejected the memory stick and re-inserted it, and when the Audio Player re-built the track list, it used my modified m3u file. Voila! Sort of.
All we need for a simple, effective playlist editor is a three-part app that:
1.) copies and renames the current .m3u file. This allows us to build a custom list using the built-in Playlist editor. No need to re-invent the wheel by creating a list editor when there's one built-in. The only user input in this step is to name the new .m3u file (i.e. rock.m3u).
2.) overwrites the current mp3list.m3u with the contents of one of these saved playlist files. The user simply selects one of the .m3u files from the list of such files in the MSAUDIO folder and confirms that he wants to overwrite the default mp3list.m3u.
3.) resets the Audio Player or otherwise forces it to rebuild the playlist.
If I knew anything about writing Palm apps, I'd take a crack at it myself, but that's not my bag. I'll give a few dollars to anyone who comes up with a functioning app as described (as long as it's compatible with the new CF memory drivers). I'm sure everyone else on this forum who's trying to sort through 512MB or 1GB of MP3s on their new CF memory cards will do the same.
Jeff Mills
Now that I have six albums-worth of MP3s on my 512MB CF card, I need a way to actually sort through them all and play specific sets at will. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's encountered this problem, but I wasn't able to find another thread concerning it.
We need one of you hackers out there to put together a simple editor that would allow us to save multiple M3U files and replace the built-in mp3list.m3u whenver we want to hear that particular list.
I've developed a workaround technique that works, albeit with a heavy dose of tinkering. I edited and saved three versions of my mp3list.m3u in the MSAudio directory of my memory stick, each with a different list of tracks (techno.m3u, rock.m3u and instrumental.m3u). I deleted the default mp3list.m3u file and renamed one of the other lists to mp3list.m3u; however, the old playlist was still in the Clie's memory, so the list did not change. I ejected the memory stick and re-inserted it, and when the Audio Player re-built the track list, it used my modified m3u file. Voila! Sort of.
All we need for a simple, effective playlist editor is a three-part app that:
1.) copies and renames the current .m3u file. This allows us to build a custom list using the built-in Playlist editor. No need to re-invent the wheel by creating a list editor when there's one built-in. The only user input in this step is to name the new .m3u file (i.e. rock.m3u).
2.) overwrites the current mp3list.m3u with the contents of one of these saved playlist files. The user simply selects one of the .m3u files from the list of such files in the MSAUDIO folder and confirms that he wants to overwrite the default mp3list.m3u.
3.) resets the Audio Player or otherwise forces it to rebuild the playlist.
If I knew anything about writing Palm apps, I'd take a crack at it myself, but that's not my bag. I'll give a few dollars to anyone who comes up with a functioning app as described (as long as it's compatible with the new CF memory drivers). I'm sure everyone else on this forum who's trying to sort through 512MB or 1GB of MP3s on their new CF memory cards will do the same.
Jeff Mills