“Now the weird thing is, when I unboxed this player there was a selection of music pre-installed. I mounted the player as FAT32 on my system. I searched the file system for files but there was nothing there (apart from the files I have listed above). This makes me think that the player isn’t actually presenting all of the internal memory as the FAT32 fs (which is very odd)…”
Those songs that came with the player were transfered in MTP mode. When you connect in MSC mode files transfered to the player in MTP mode aren’t visible, and visa versa.
I realize you are frustrated. The limits for the player should have been documented. As I said before, all mp3 players have song limits, and typically most player makers don’t make these limits easy to find out about. I guess the reasoning is if Sandisk mentioned an 8,000 file limit for the Clip+, then people would complain when they couldn’t reach 8,000 songs if they have long filenames, long folder names, heavily nested files, etc.
Maybe one day the RockBox will be available for the new Nano’s and that might be the solution or some other manufacturer will bring out a high capacity, ultra small, basic mp3 / ogg player and actually have it finished and working before marketting… again, flying pigs spring to mind.
