[Banshee-List] Issues with Sansa Clip Zip

[Eric <eric ericjbell com>]

Greetings--

I just purchased a Sansa Clip Zip and am having some difficulties 
achieving desirable behavior with playlists.

First off, I noticed that the device ID in the HAL 
file/usr/share/hal/fdi/information/20thirdparty is off by one. I'm 
assuming that SANSA has released a new version of the device. I have no 
idea where to report this. Fixing the number did not seem to change any 
of Banshee's behavior though.

I'm using MSC mode, and have constructed a "smart playlist" that 
includes the two playlists I'm interested in.

Here is a summary of the problems:

    * If I don't have a .is_audio_player file then banshee
        * puts all audio files in the same directory
        * does write playlists to the clip zip
        * BUT -- the playlists are in alphabetical order by artist

    * If I create an .is_audio_player file then banshee
        * puts audio files in proper directory structure (assuming I've 
set folder_depth=2)
       * does not write the playlists to the clip zip (I've checked 
both the MUSIC and PLAYLISTS folders)

It seems like playlists are a problematic area for Banshee. Not sure why 
this is so complicated, but whatever. Does anybody have a solution so I can:

1) Have the audio files in directories by Artist/Album
2) Have playlist files written to the clip zip
3) Have the playlists in the correct order?

Thanks,

--eric