Playlist empty (or... FOLDERS!#$@*!!!)

spend the last 2 hours trying to replicate simple folder action using playlists,

i found playlists only seem to {half} work when in the MUSIC dir.

butt, my playlist lists ~12 files, clip only scrolls thru 5, is there some filename issue, or?? 

what a shame sansa doesn’t include something as simple as folder support!!!

 this playlist file exists in the /MUSIC dir, /MUSIC has 2 sub-dirs, PODCASTX, and another:

#EXTM3U
#GENERATOR:AutoM3U
PODCASTX\ITC.SO-Episode56-2009.06.02.mp3
PODCASTX\FTL2009-06-03_nvb_20090604131730_nva_20090605132730_t_06eea7fffeb1c38013bd7.mp3
PODCASTX\npr_104919146__kip_ipx_1236753545_1244122050.mp3
PODCASTX\SDR2009-06-04_nvb_20090604131742_nva_20090605132742_t_0ea8152908b0e5eef5442.mp3
PODCASTX\npr_104920360__kip_ipx_1567659237_1244122050.mp3
PODCASTX\noagenda-157951-06-03-2009_pshow_302677_dopvhost_media_podshow_com_doppl_17de7e6f5df954f25da954a218b9d1fe5da96986_dopsig_a7eb5d944e189991ad83ba079c6f6f83.mp3
PODCASTX\Investment_Outlook_Podcast_06_09.mp3
PODCASTX\cnet_buzzoutloud_060309.mp3
PODCASTX\cgmp3-157973-06-03-2009_pshow_302731_dopvhost_media_podshow_com_doppl_17de7e6f5df954e95da954b918b9d1975da969e2_dopsig_c32ec9811b3978a7ac1e8e8f7248643a.mp3
PODCASTX\tech5-157953-06-03-2009_pshow_302690_dopvhost_media_podshow_com_doppl_17de7e6f5df954ea5da954ba18b9d1e95da96982_dopsig_98fe11b94f1bcd778092bfe3b6d06686.mp3
PODCASTX\diggnation–0205–revision3studio–large.lame.mp3
PODCASTX\PUB_104884962__kip_ipx_104090174_1244062308.mp3
PODCASTX\EL_Radio_218_06-02-2009_nvb_20090603140546_nva_20090604140546_t_0911f4bad393f2e6e5fdd.mp3
PODCASTX\TTG20090530-565.mp3
PODCASTX\FTL2009-06-02_nvb_20090603135320_nva_20090604140320_t_0879e37a2fe4f1b8ca4f7.mp3
PODCASTX\SDR2009-06-03_nvb_20090603135406_nva_20090604140406_t_0d65ce9f461269114d263.mp3
PODCASTX\satguys060209.mp3
PODCASTX\20071001-Huckabee.mp3

the clip sees the playlist, but only shows 5 files in it, but all files are on device, as autom3u found them

all i want to do is play/skip podcasts in order!! hello… sandisk, u there?

if i try to use autom3u w/files in /PODCAST dir, i always get EMPTY (no files to play…)

i’ve been a unix/c++ engineer for 20+ years,  this is the most confusing(/buggy?) device i’ve seen in that time.

just create your playlist in WMP or media monkey and transfer it. works everytime for me.

i’ve tried w/MediaMonkey, created playlist FROM tHE SANSA, the playlist looks good, a new playlist has 19 entries in it for the 19 files it copied.

on the CLIP (actually tried on 2 differenc CLIPS w/current firmware),when i attempt to traverse the playlist, i only get 10 or so files of the 19.

CLIP seems to be skipping several items on playlist…

after another 2 hours hacking, i found what might be the issue, the files that aren’t playing have GENRE tag as Podcast.

so even tho they are pointed to correctly in Playlist (MUSIC/*), CLIP won’t recognise them AT ALL if there are GENRE=PODCAST, but reside in /MUSIC

WTF Sansa!!!

how do people skip thru podcasts without pressing 5 keystrokes per?  or is this just a terrible design?