Posted by SansaUser on 10/30/07 14:02

On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 20:08:04 -0600 'Charles Russell'
wrote this on alt.music.mp3.hardware:

>SansaUser wrote:
>> On Mon, 29 Oct 2007 11:57:48 -0600 'Charles Russell'
>> wrote this on alt.music.mp3.hardware:
>>
>>> skarkada@gmail.com wrote:
>>>> I bought iRiver e10 about a week ago and tried many of its features. I was able to transfer some
>>>> files into the device just by drag-and-drop. Music files transferred
>>>> like this can be played, but with limitations. First, you have to
>>>> navigate to that folder to play the music. Second, if you copy
>>>> multiple music folders, you can only shuffle among the files in a
>>>> particular folder.
>>
>>
>>> Does it support subfolders, so that you can duplicate the directory tree
>>> from your computer and don't have to depend on ID3 tags for
>>> organization? Do any players allow this?
>>
>> Why not simply load MP3 tags into each MP3 file? Easy peasy using
>> MP3Tag which is a free program. That way you can control what files
>> appear in which lists on the player.
>
>Basically, because I change my mind about file organization as my
>collection grows and my interests change. 1) It is much easier to
>reorganize files using the operating system than by changing id3 tags,
>and 2)I would like to retain the original tag information when
>reorganizing.

ok but I'm not sure what you use to load MP3s onto your player.
On the Sansa I use a payware filemanager (ZtreeWin) and Windows
sees the player as a removable drive, so I can add/copy/move/delete
files willy nilly as I wish using the simple USB connection.

Many other folks don't have such simplicity with their players but
have to use other s/w like WMP etc. That probably makes it more
time consuming to shuffle files around than using ID3ags to control
where they appear on the player lists. I also retain copies of all
MP3s on my system with their original ID3tags in...

The other thought which comes to mind is installing one of the
RockBox op/sys for the player you want. That gives many more
options than the standard op/sys supplied with most players and
(IIRC) is allows file management along the lines you want. But the
price of more features is complexity of use. Horses for courses.

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