Combining MIcro SD Card and Internal Memory

don’t waste your money on a 16bit card if you have a sport, it will only play 2000 songs no matter what.  better yet, don’t waste your money on a sport;  it doesn’t advertise this deficiency, yet it is real.  i bought a 32 gb card to store all my music only to find out the player will only play 2000 songs and it picks the ones it wants.  i’ve got 5000+ songs and can only listen to 2000.  i am extremely pissed because i did not know the limitations because it is not advertised,  dumped and reloaded the card THREE TIMES.  THREE TIMES.  wasted my time and money.  if the pricks at sandisk don’t make it right, i will never buy another product from them.  i will, however, come back here repeatedly and make sure everyone knows what **bleep** they sell and how little they respect their customers

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Combining Micro SD Card and Internal Memory ist possible.You can only create a playlist of files from the device memory and files MicroSDHC Card (from both in a single playlist). 

I have a playlist 4133 files from the device memory and MicroSD card and play all files.

"don’t waste your money on a 16bit card if you have a sport, it will only play 2000 songs no matter what. "

I have a 16GB class 4 Sandisk card in my Clip Sport. I also have the internal memory full, with around 1100 songs. I have just slightly under 2000 songs on the card, and the card is almost full. I use 256 kbps mp3 for my music. At 256kbps MP3, you get around 9 hours of music per GB. I also have Rockboxed Clip Zip and Clip+ players. While I love using Rockbox, and am annoyed by the limitations of the Clip Sport, I might buy another one due to the Clip Sport’s extra battery life.

" i am extremely pissed because i did not know the limitations because it is not advertised,  dumped and reloaded the card THREE TIMES.  THREE TIMES.  wasted my time and money."

At the Clip Sport’s price though of under $50, it competes against the 2GB ipod Shuffle, which has no screen, no radio, no card slot, and just 2GB of storage. While in a few ways the Clip Sport is inferior to the Clip Zip and Clip+, it is still far superior to players by other brands in its price range. If you are willing to spend $100 or more there are other options, however even those have their limitations. For example, one $100 player has no built in storage, and only 11 hours of battery life. Others don’t have a card slot at all, and have only 16GB of memory built in, and have a proprietary connector. 

While the Clip Sport might not be for everyone, at it price point, size, and battery life, it does provide a unique set of charachteristics. Yes, many who are used to a Rockboxed Clip+ or Rockboxed Clip Zip, were hoping the Sport would be like those but with longer battery life and a larger screen. I guess we are spoiled by how great the Rockboxed Clip+ and Clip Zip are, with the exception of their short battery life. If only we could get a Rockboxable player the size of the Clip Sport with all the capabilities of a Rockboxed Clip Zip, and 25+(hopefully even 40+) hours of battery life.

@jazz wrote:


@jk98 wrote:

Jazz-You have managed to get a playlist to work on the Clip Sport that has songs from both internal and card memory??? How did you accomplish that?


No, not really. I have mixed it up with my success to avoid the file limit and nevertheless have shuffle play. In fact I use just the card for the playlist. So ignore my suggestion. Sorry for the confusion!

I have to correct myself again. In fact it works: You can combine music files from both memories in a playlist and the Sport plays them all. I have no idea why my first try yesterday hasn’t succeeded: The playlist just displayed the songs on the internal memory then. This in contrast to my second try today with my second Sport. So good new for the thread starter. Make sure to save the playlists on the root directory – no matter if internal or external.

there are plenty of other products out there for less than $50 bucks (i found several for less than $20) that don’t have the limitations of the sport . i don’t know why you are tooting the horn of the sport when it is a piece of **bleep** player, unless you work for sandisk.  this thing is junk, plain and simple.  the worst sandisk product out there.  there is no reason to have to deal with the limitations of this product when there are plenty of other options at a comparable price.  to say it is good value for the money is NOT an accurate statement.  i think you are trying tocompare apples to oranges at the benefit of no one BUT sandisk.  i hope you enjoy your employee bonus

@kipndana wrote:

there are plenty of other products out there for less than $50 bucks (i found several for less than $20) that don’t have the limitations of the sport . i don’t know why you are tooting the horn of the sport when it is a piece of **bleep** player, unless you work for sandisk.  this thing is junk, plain and simple.  the worst sandisk product out there.  there is no reason to have to deal with the limitations of this product when there are plenty of other options at a comparable price.  to say it is good value for the money is NOT an accurate statement.  i think you are trying tocompare apples to oranges at the benefit of no one BUT sandisk.  i hope you enjoy your employee bonus

Wow.  Civility in a forum can be a good thing, even from a new poster currently with 4 posts.  And no, JK98 does not work for SanDisk, he just has his own opinion as to the player’s worth. 

" i think you are trying tocompare apples to oranges at the benefit of no one BUT sandisk.  i hope you enjoy your employee bonus"

I am not a Sandisk employee, and don’t own shares of the company’s stock. As for other products around the same price, they are either larger and heavier such as phones, lack a card slot, or are generic players that have poor quality firmware(and perhaps also pooor quality hardware).

Sandisk players are not oranges.

as do i.  i believe that he attempted to discredit my opinion, not vice versa, and you come to his defense?  just because i am new to this site does not mean that i am new to this world or to sandisk products “old timer”.  you were a “newbie” at some point in time too, weren’t you?

@kipndana wrote:

as do i.  i believe that he attempted to discredit my opinion, not vice versa, and you come to his defense?  just because i am new to this site does not mean that i am new to this world or to sandisk products “old timer”.  you were a “newbie” at some point in time too, weren’t you?

In my book you’re discrediting yourself with your absolutist attitude. SanDisk players and the Sport in particular offer the best sound quality in this price class in my experience. That’s of a certain value to me. The workaround needed for the Sport is an initial effort, after that you can enjoy the player unrestrictedly.

i want something that works and that is an absolutist attitude?  wow!  just because i expect products to work properly does not make me an “absolutist”  i think i’ll stay away from your book.

@kipndana wrote:

i want something that works and that is an absolutist attitude?  wow!  just because i expect products to work properly does not make me an “absolutist”  i think i’ll stay away from your book.

Best for you to stay away from SanDisk players or the Sport. But you won’t convince me that I have bought the wrong player and that the Sport is of no use for everyone, just because you can’t get along with it. That said, I’m not defending its weaknesses, but it’s still a player that serves my needs and those of many others with just some minor technical insight.

All products have their limitations. If you are not happy with the limitations of a product, then don’t buy it.

Thank you everyone for your response.  

I did some research and it seems that you can only create a playlist with songs that are in the same folder.  Can you be more specific JaZZ on how you can include both the micro sd card and internal memory in one playlist?

Thanks.

@kj177 wrote:

Thank you everyone for your response.  

 

I did some research and it seems that you can only create a playlist with songs that are in the same folder.  Can you be more specific JaZZ on how you can include both the micro sd card and internal memory in one playlist?

 

Thanks.

What you’ve read («you can only create a playlist with songs that are in the same folder») is not true.

Connect the Sport to the computer (Windows!), open foobar2000 (or Winamp or any other appropriate music player), drag and drop the desired music files (or folders containing them or the whole Music folder[s]) from the Sport to foobar’s playlist editor, under «File» save playlist as m3u to the root folder of either the internal memory or the card of the Sport, name it to your liking. That’s it.

It’s important to save the playlist to the Sport. Saving it on your computer and copying it to the Sport won’t work.

@kipndana wrote:

as do i.  i believe that he attempted to discredit my opinion, not vice versa, and you come to his defense?  just because i am new to this site does not mean that i am new to this world or to sandisk products “old timer”.  you were a “newbie” at some point in time too, weren’t you?

Great that you have your own opinion.  But that doesn’t mean that others who have different opinions are wrong (nor, of course, are yours)–they’re just different, perhaps based on different needs.  Nor does it mean that people with opinions different from you must be working for SanDisk, as you stated derogatorally as to one person and opinion above.  

Thanks JaZZ for the quick response.

Can I use Windows Media Player to create a playlist for my player?  I never heard of Foobar before.

@kj177 wrote:

Thanks JaZZ for the quick response.

 

Can I use Windows Media Player to create a playlist for my player?  I never heard of Foobar before.

I guess it should work, but I don’t use it, so can’t say for sure.

Just in case: foobar2000