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dave1010	2010-07-31 , 07:27
Posts: 36 \| Thanked: 28 times \| Joined on Jul 2010	#1

I've created this script that makes a playlist for each folder in your music. This lets you play a folder at a time with the default media player.

Code:

cd ~/MyDocs/.sounds
for i in *; do
  echo Processing $i
  if [ -d "$i" ]; then
    find "$i/" -type f -iname "*.mp3" > "$i.m3u"
  fi
done

This script (and others) can be found on my N900 scripts GitHub project page.

Incidently, git source control is a great way to manage projects on the N900 as you can easily sync to your PC or github.com. You can install git on the N900 with a simple

Code:

apt-get install git

Update: to search for OGG and WMA files as well as MP3s, change the line starting find to (all 1 line):

Code:

find "$i/" -type f  -regex ".*\([mM][pP]3\|[wW][mM][aA]|[oO][oO][gG]\)" > "$i.m3u"

Last edited by dave1010; 2010-07-31 at 14:35. Reason: Added finding OGG and WMA files

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MSHAH	2010-07-31 , 07:53
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thanks dave1010, is there any way to expand the recently added playlist from 30 songs, or possibly to sort the songs in order of date added?

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	ossipena	2010-07-31 , 08:00
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now just pretty UI around it and people will love you instantly

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phedders	2010-07-31 , 10:41
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yep all my n900 stuff is in a github project too

Git rocks.

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	kl2010	2010-07-31 , 12:27
	Posts: 35 \| Thanked: 2 times \| Joined on Jul 2010 @ lagos, Nigeria	#5

great stuff. tried it and it work fine. my questions is does it automatically make a playlist of any folder i add to the music folder from now on or do i have to run the code everytime i add new music/song/folder to the folder??

thanks. alot.

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soeiro	2010-07-31 , 12:34
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Originally Posted by kl2010

my questions is does it automatically make a playlist of any folder i add to the music folder from now on or do i have to run the code everytime i add new music/song/folder to the folder??

You must run it again when you make changes. However, you could also create a desktop shortcut to make it easier to start.

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dave1010	2010-07-31 , 13:04
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Originally Posted by MSHAH

is there any way to expand the recently added playlist from 30 songs, or possibly to sort the songs in order of date added?

Not very easily. I'm using find, which doesn't have any sorting options. You can get all the files modified with a certain number of days:

Code:

cd ~/MyDocs/.sounds
find -mtime -2 -iname "*.mp3" > today.m3u
find -mtime -8 -iname "*.mp3" > this-week.m3u
find -mtime -31 -iname "*.mp3" > this-month.m3u

The busybox find that comes with the N900 seems quite limited. You could install GNU find, which has a few extra options (but still no sorting).

Originally Posted by ossipena

now just pretty UI around it and people will love you instantly

That's a good plan. I don't really know any C/Qt or much Python yet. I'll have to do some learning. Anyone want to help out?

Originally Posted by kl2010

does it automatically make a playlist of any folder i add to the music folder from now on or do i have to run the code everytime

Unfortunately you have to run it each time you add any new music.

When I have some time I'll look into getting it to run automatically when the Media Player loads and/or a nice GUI. Alternatively, you could save it as a script and make it into a Queen BeeCon Widget quite easily.

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leojab	2010-07-31 , 13:35
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What to do when I have those scripts in memory card? this script runs only for the internal memory rite

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leojab	2010-07-31 , 13:41
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What to do when I have those scripts in memory card? this script runs only for the internal memory rite

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dave1010	2010-07-31 , 14:21
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Originally Posted by leojab

What to do when I have those scripts in memory card? this script runs only for the internal memory rite

That's right. Music is kept in /home/user/MyDocs/.sounds on the 32GB internal flash. (~/ is a shortcut for /home/user/). To do the same on the memory card, change the first line line of the script to:

Code: