Audio Player OS2006
 

Just bought my 770 about a month ago and think it's a very interesting device so far (having come from a Psion using background) with lots of learning ahead.

OS2006 seems to not give any help at all about how to use the built in Audio Player. The book which came with it is useless (and is for OS2005 anyway) and the 770's own help is, er, not much help!

Is there a more in depth help somewhere, please? I don't understand how the Audio Player structure works in relation to playlists and so forth. I have a bunch of WMAs on the memory card - with my phone, the music player does a search and finds them and arranges them - this does not seem to be able to do this and relies on creating Playlists. I think I have now done this but then every time I turn Audio Player off, the playlist is still there from the last session and I can't seem to get rid of it and start a new one. Is the Remove command significant here or am I going to delete the tracks from the card using that?

I have downloaded the OggPlay app (as I've been using Ogg files for years) but that seems to be just as un-automated (obviously using ogg files and not WMAs).

Sorry if this is a FAQ but I did try to search the forums first with not much joy - I think everyone here must just be brighter than me!

Thanks

Tim

You need the playlist app...
 

I have always felt that the use of it was pretty much intuitive except that the features are sort of sucky. Coming off of iTunes does that to you. Nevertheless, there is an app that scans your directories for songs and then makes a playlist of them--great app, I can't remember what it is called (someone else chime in?) but I believe it has "playlist" in the title. Once you get some playlists going, it may make more sense. The other thing is the audio streams--those are great when you are connected (Wi-Fi). Finally, the unit plays with the cover on, so I use mine as an MP3 player on plane flights. Just put the 770 in the pocket behind the seat in front of you and enjoy!

The tool is called PLCreator and is available here: http://maemo.org/maemowiki/Applicati...78764586cde0f1

Although the description only mentions .MP3 files, so I have no idea if it will work with WMA's.

Thanks for this. Doesn't find WMAs but will try it with MP3 later. Trouble is they're much bigger files.

Tim

Thanks very much. We're obviously spoiled with fancy software like iTunes! Me too. Though I have had to fight my way through stuff like CDex to rip oggs. Yes - have used streaming, but again, easy enough to use the two stations that come with links installed, less intuitive to go off and find your own. I'm finding this is like a real return to the old days where you have to make things work and not expect some software house to have made it easy for you! Didn't know about the cover on still play thing, so thanks. As I say, lots of learning to do!

Tim