question about folder contents....

[jo gobel]

ok, so i have read reviews and checked out youtube for some video reviews and i have noticed something about the chinese mp4 players....

you cant choose the song(or folder) to play unless you keep clicking the button until you get to the song you want to play?

however, i have read a number of times that you can only load 99 songs per folder? why?



i come from the Creative Zen vision:M world (much better than the iPod). i generally never pick a specific song, i just hit random play and just listened.

i am just wanting to know that if i hit random play on the chipod when i get it, its going to random play all folders, not just the one its currently in?

I just dont see this being the case, i mean with 4GB players out there, thats a lot of files that would need to be sorted into playlists (groups of 99).

I havent gotten my chipod yet, i hope its here this week and would like a little heads up before i get it.

[ashley_rb]

the reason for the 99 files per folder thing came from firmware version 9.0.43 for a player made by MayIce Technology, a 1.5" screen 2GB player. There was a bug in the firmware that caused the player to crash if you copied more then 99 files in a folder.

They fixed the problem but the 99 files per folder rule stayed around. It really depends on your player. I have several players. On one I have 155 files in one folder with no problems. But I have another player that can only hold 47 files and i start to get reboot problems. its either the firmware or an issue with the sectors and waffers on the chip.

Experiment with you player and see how it goes.

Here's a thread about playlists thats really helpful:

http://mympxplayer.org/playlists-vt1...light=playlist

[lattesurf]

jo gobel , unfortunately the 99 files per folder is a common issue with most chinese players out there. These players are not exactly engineered the way Creative or Ipod are, so there are limitations to its abilities.

Random playback would only randomize the songs within a folder and not across your library of folders.

There are some players that are able to contain all the songs in just its root folder itself, and are not limited to the 99 files. So this way, you can random play the full 4GB of music.

[jo gobel]

thank you both.

I am waiting on my chipod from "lotsall" from ebay.

currently on day 30 of waiting....

i will check what it will do when i get it, but if i do have to break down and do 99 files per folder, this is going to suck, 1000+ songs

[k_thao24]

wait, i think i have the same problem then. except i dont have the 99 song thing cause i havent put that much into my player. but yea, how come i cant see a list of songs in the root folder. i have to basically press next until i get the song i want. but when i choose to delete, bam, a whole list of song is there. wtf! wat would be the fix for that? i want a list of songs that i can use...argh

[lattesurf]

k_thao24 , what firmware version is your player currently using?

The older v3.5.xx series do not support filebrowsing, but only folder browsing.

The newer v9.0.xx series firmwares however do support filebrowsing.

[k_thao24]

damn, i have the v3.5.37. and sorry for this, i know you guys will hate me, but can you give me a link to how to upgrade your firmware. thanks a lot.

[lattesurf]

k_thao24 , it is never recommended to upgrade any firmwares as it is most likely 99% going to brick your player.

Each firmware was specifically coded for each batch of players. As manufacturers find cheaper components, they need to change the firmware to suit the components. However, they do not change the version number when they do so.

So you are more likely to brick it by upgrading (even to the same version number).

[k_thao24]

so you mean, i can never file browse then?

[Th3_uN1Qu3]

Originally Posted by k_thao24

so you mean, i can never file browse then?

Unfortunately, yes.

My Nano clone has version 9.1.50 and supports file browsing. It's somewhat lacking (can't display the full file names, just the first 8 or 10 characters if i remember right) and it is only accessible when playback is stopped, but it does fully support subfolders and more than 99 files per folder. 8)

Random mode only works inside one folder though, that's why i keep all my songs in one folder. They are almost 190, no problems here.