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---++!! Creating OTF playlists on the Iriver H1xx series

Having spent a bit of time trying to find really good instructions for using the OTF playlist function on my H140, I thought I'd write some full, detailed ones myself to help anyone else out who might be having the same trouble.

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---++ Creating an OTF playlist

   1 Stop any tracks you are playing and go to the File Browser
   2 Navigate to and highlight the first track or directory you want to add to your new playlist.
   3 Press and hold the joystick button down, then select 'Playlist' > 'Insert' %BR%
 * __Insert__   positions file after previous file added to playlist, (if previously added file was _Insert last_ then, _Insert_ positions new file after that one).%BR%
 * __Insert Next__   positions file after Now Playing file, (to be played next after Now Playing). %BR%
 * __Insert Last__   positions file last in the playlist. %BR%
 * The difference between _Insert_ and _Queue_ is that the _Queue_ files are removed from playlist once played.%BR%
   4 The track will start playing. Leave it playing, and now press the joystick button down quickly once to bring up the file menu again
   5 Navigate to the next track or directory you want to add, hold the joystick button down again and Select 'Playlist' > 'Insert Last' (Or 'Insert Next', or whatever option you want!)
   6 Repeat steps 4 & 5 until you have added all the tracks you want
   7 When you are done, press the A-B button again to bring up the main menu.

%T% Remember that queued songs will not be included when you save a playlist. If you want to save the playlist, use the playlist 'Insert' function.

Note: Set 'Playlist Options' > 'Recursively Insert Directory' to ON to have subdirectories included when inserting directories in your playlist.

I would now suggest you save you playlist using the instructions below. You can also view/modify it at this point if you want prior to saving. Instructions on how to do this are also given below.
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---++ Saving the playlist

   1 Press A-B button if necessary to get to the main menu
   2 Go to 'Playlist Options', and choose 'Save Current Playlist'
   3 A keyboard screen will appear and the playlist will initially be named "/dynamic.m3u".
   4 To delete letters from the current name, press the RECORD button
   5 Move the joystick to highlight the letters you want (You can also use the A-B button to toggle between UPPER CASE and lower case characters)
   6 Press the Joystick button to select each letter you want
   7 Make sure your filename ends in '.m3u'
   8 When you are finished, Press the PLAY button to save the file.

It will be saved in the ROOT folder on your iRiver, unless you have specified a different folder in the filename you entered, e.g. '/PLAYLISTS/MyPlaylist.m3u'.

%X% %RED%IMPORTANT!%ENDCOLOR% If you are going to try and save it in a different folder, make sure the folder exists first. Rockbox will NOT create folders for you. Trying to save into a folder that doesn't already exist, will cause a major error (It says something like '*PANIC*' on the screen), as I recently found out!!!!!!!%BR%
If this happens, just reset your player. I did this and had no issues.
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---++ Viewing/Editing tracks in the playlist

   1 Either before of after saving your playlist, you can go to 'Playlist Options' > 'View Current playlist'. This will bring up the list of songs in the chosen playlist in order.
   2 Highlight the track you want to change.
   3 Press and hold the joystick button down to bring up a list of options.%BR%%BR%Then either:%BR%%BR%
   4 Choose 'Remove' if you want to delete the highlighted song from the playlist.%BR%%BR%Or...%BR%%BR%
   5 Choose 'Move' to move the song in the playlist order. It will return you to the playlist, and there will be a flashing cursor. Move it to the point in the playlist you want the song to move to, then press the joystick button again to move it.
   6 Repeat steps 2-5 until you are happy with the order and list of songs.
   7 Press the joystick left a couple of times to get back to the main menu.

Now SAVE YOUR PLAYLIST!
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---++ To play the playlist

   1 Using the File browser, navigate to where you saved your playlist and highlight it with the cursor.
   2 Press the joystick button down or push the joystick to the right. Either will activate the playlist.
   3 The playlist should now start playing!
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I hope people find these instructions useful. Please feel free to update the page, if you can add anything useful.

[[EdSolman][Ed Solman]] (IRC nick: wrecker)
r9 - 31 Jan 2006 - 09:57:02 - LinusNielsenFeltzing