Playlist shows up empty

did you try this:

  1. Batch file command for playlist creation for subdirectories of music folders copied to the player (under Music).

    https://forums.sandisk.com/t5/SanDisk-Clip-Sport/Simple-Batch-File-for-Playlist-of-Genre-Folders/m-p…

I’ve made a dozen custom playlists using the batch file & found it to b the easiest method yet.

Just edit the resulting file in note pad to make a playlist containing what you want, do a save as with descriptive name & copy to playlist subdir & it works fine.

You do have to remove the drive letter & colon from each line but its still pretty fast to create, couple minutes depending on how many tunes in playlist…