I’m going crazy trying to figure out in what order the Sansa Clip+ puts the podcasts. I think it’s by track number followed by some kind of file creation date, but there are some discrepancies and I can’t be 100% sure. Anybody know?
I have wasted many hours trying to get podcasts onto a playlist onto the Clip. Final word, after about two hours w/ tech support: the only way for a podcast to appear on a playlist is to change the genre from “podcast” to anything else. It seems the Clip sees a transferred MP3 file and only puts it in the Podcast directory on Clip.
I will be returning the device today (30 day guarantee at Radio Shack) and buying any other brand.
Recap:
My initial email inquiry (via the website) two days ago was never answered. The online support chat (via the website) never responded. The manual, the help screens, etc were garbage. I tried using Rhapsody as the jukebox because that’s what came w/ the device BUT it turns out I was supposed to be using Windows Media Player, which I detest. The help desk person was helpful (though he’ll ask if the caller is working on MP3s next time…that would have been a real time-saver).
It was on sale and it was a pretty color of red. That’s about all I can say good about it.
mstabler wrote:
I have wasted many hours trying to get podcasts onto a playlist onto the Clip. Final word, after about two hours w/ tech support: the only way for a podcast to appear on a playlist is to change the genre from “podcast” to anything else. It seems the Clip sees a transferred MP3 file and only puts it in the Podcast directory on Clip.
I will be returning the device today (30 day guarantee at Radio Shack) and buying any other brand.
Recap:
My initial email inquiry (via the website) two days ago was never answered. The online support chat (via the website) never responded. The manual, the help screens, etc were garbage. I tried using Rhapsody as the jukebox because that’s what came w/ the device BUT it turns out I was supposed to be using Windows Media Player, which I detest. The help desk person was helpful (though he’ll ask if the caller is working on MP3s next time…that would have been a real time-saver).
It was on sale and it was a pretty color of red. That’s about all I can say good about it.
You don’t need to use Rhapsody or Windows MediaPlayer with it. If not for your desire to put podcasts in a playlist, I suspect you probably would have enjoyed the player. Oh well…your player will end up being sold as a refurb for a crazy cheap price to someone else.
Give the podcasts in the same series the same album tag, then assign track numbers so they play in the order you want. Very simple. A tag editor program will help make this easier to do. Many use the free program mp3Tag.
