Thanks for the links Tapeworm, but I had to program my own playlist creator to make valid playlists that work on the Clip (UTF-8, relative paths, natural sorting, etc).
The issue is the Clip+ handles playlists differently because playlists with Japanese filenames are not showing up anymore, they do in the Clip.
I searched for this info to make the playlist creator, plus trial & error, as there’s no single, complete source of info about playlists. Where’s the sticky for the Clip+?
Also, the info is a mess, I remember doing a lot of searching looking for something that works, not everybody likes going through all that for info that should be at least in a sticky and is validated by the creators of the firmware, as there’s info that didn’t work when I tried.
To avoid round trips, I’m looking for the details on how to create/edit a playlist, as I don’t want to depend on software like Winamp or Media Monkey. My Clips are in MSC mode.
Like I said in another post, my playlists are UTF-8 (m3u or m3u8), and filenames are in Japanese & English. English filenames show up, but not the Japanese ones.
This playlist appears fine in the Clip:
#EXTM3U
01 少女S.mp3
02 ナツネイロ.mp3
03a Future.mp3
03b So Easy.mp3
04 少女S (Inst).mp3
When I try the Clip+ only the English filenames are showing up:
03a Future.mp3
03b So Easy.mp3
Maybe there’s a bug in the way Japanese filenames are handled when the Clip+ is set to another language.
Message Edited by liyin on 02-14-2010 10:07 PM