How do I get Clip + to not join two folders together?

SanDisk MP3 players Sansa® Clip | Sansa® Clip+
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I have a Presley,Elvis folder and a Presley,Elvis-Live folder as separate folders in MyMusic.  When I copy to my Clip +, they get merged into one file.  How can I keep them as separate?  (I have the same problem with other artists where I also have a “live” folder.)

Forgot to say I am in MSC mode.  And, I use the copy folders method to load Clip +.

Message Edited by notalk on 06-13-2010 08:08 PM

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Everything the Clip+ does is tags based.

If you want different folders, you need different artist names in the ID3 tags. Use Mp3Tag or similar to edit the ID3 tags in your tunes.

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Or just use the Folders entry at the bottom of the Music menu, and browse the folders directly.

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I’ll post the answer to my question, so someone else might find it if they search.  The Sansa does not read the entire folder name.  It lumped Presley,Elvis-Live with Presley,Elvis-No.1 because it only read “Presley,Elvis” and put everything into the Presley,Elvis-Live folder (because Live precedes No.1 alphabetically).  No, the Presley,Elvis-No.1 folder name did exist at all in the tree.

The solution was to create a Presley,Elvis folder, then two subfolders; a Live and a No.1 subfolder.  Then, all songs were where I expected them.

7o9, all songs are properly tagged.  So, apparently, the tagging has nothing to do with reading folder names.

Message Edited by notalk on 06-27-2010 10:13 AM

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Thanks for posting your solution–as you saw, the Clip can be somewhat idiosyncratic at times (like its owners, I guess …).

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notalk wrote:

I’ll post the answer to my question, so someone else might find it if they search.  The Sansa does not read the entire folder name.  It lumped Presley,Elvis-Live with Presley,Elvis-No.1 because it only read “Presley,Elvis” and put everything into the Presley,Elvis-Live folder (because Live precedes No.1 alphabetically).  No, the Presley,Elvis-No.1 folder name did exist at all in the tree.

 

The solution was to create a Presley,Elvis folder, then two subfolders; a Live and a No.1 subfolder.  Then, all songs were where I expected them.

 

7o9, all songs are properly tagged.  So, apparently, the tagging has nothing to do with reading folder names.

Message Edited by notalk on 06-27-2010 10:13 AM

And indeed, notalk, this solution has in fact assisted others–thanks for the post, again (in case you’re still around)!