Re: [Banshee-List] Playlist support for Mass Storage devices (G1)

[Sandy Armstrong <sanfordarmstrong gmail com>]

On 01/14/2009 09:03 AM, Dutchman wrote:
> I am having a hard time finding any information about using playlists with
> mass storage based devices.  The release notes with 1.4 mentions
> "Additionally, playlists are now supported on media devices, including
> MTP/PlaysForSure and iPod devices, and even mass storage devices, if
> configured correctly".

Sure, assuming the device lets you interact with its playlists...

> Can anyone tell me what I'm missing?  Ultimately I'd like to be able to
> configure Banshee to sync playlists automatically between my computer and my
> T-Mobile G1.  Right now I'd be happy with just getting it to create the
> playlists at all.  I hate the idea of managing .m3u files manually.

If I recall correctly, playlist info on the G1's native player is all 
stored in a sqlite database that is not part of the mounted file system 
when you plug your G1 into your computer.

The source for the media player is pretty easy to read; perhaps somebody 
could patch it to have a feature that reads .m3u or some other playlist 
format in a given location on the SD card, and import that into the 
sqlite db.

Alternatively, you could write a standalone Android app that did that, 
and manually run it after each sync.

But for this to work, Banshee would have to put that playlist file 
somewhere.  In the current default G1 situation, that doesn't make 
sense, so it's not yet implemented.

Sandy