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#286927 - 20/09/2006 13:43 Really stupid question - "Artists" and "Albums" playlists/directories
julf
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Registered: 01/10/2001
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Umm... Feel really silly asking this... But in some of the upgrades I lost the "Artists" and "Albums" playlist entries - so now I can only play my own playlists, or use the remote to do searches, but there is no way to play a specific album or songs by a specific artist... How do I get them back?

This might have been a result of going to 3.X versions, and then back to 2.01

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#286928 - 20/09/2006 13:57 Re: Really stupid question - "Artists" and "Albums" playlists/directo [Re: julf]
JBjorgen
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Perhaps you had setup some Soups in JEmplode at some point? Those menu items have never existed in a version of the software I've tried.
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#286929 - 20/09/2006 14:45 Re: Really stupid question - "Artists" and "Albums" playlists/directo [Re: julf]
tfabris
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John is correct. The Empeg Car never had those by default. The only way you get artist and album playlists is if you either create them yourself (as playlists of your own named "artists" and "albums"), or you use the Jemplode tool to create the artists and albums soup playlists.

I'm guessing you did the latter, and you just need to run Jemplode again.
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#286930 - 20/09/2006 16:28 Re: Really stupid question - "Artists" and "Albums" playlists/directo [Re: tfabris]
julf
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John is correct. The Empeg Car never had those by default.

Hmm. Odd. I can swear I had that when I first got the empegs, with 1.X. So how does everybody play a certain artist/album without the remote?
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The only way you get artist and album playlists is if you either create them yourself (as playlists of your own named "artists" and "albums"), or you use the Jemplode tool to create the artists and albums soup playlists.

I'm guessing you did the latter, and you just need to run Jemplode again.

OK! Will try! Thanks!

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#286931 - 20/09/2006 16:39 Re: Really stupid question - "Artists" and "Albums" playlists/directo [Re: julf]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
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Loc: Raleigh, NC US
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Hmm. Odd. I can swear I had that when I first got the empegs, with 1.X. So how does everybody play a certain artist/album without the remote?

You make your own playlists that are set up like that.

Generally speaking, when you drag-and-drop directories into emplode, it makes playlists that match the directories in addition to uploading the music. So, assuming that your music was in directories that matched the Artist/Album structure, those would be the playlists that got created initially.
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#286932 - 20/09/2006 17:44 Re: Really stupid question - "Artists" and "Albums" playlists/directo [Re: julf]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
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Loc: Seattle, WA
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So how does everybody play a certain artist/album without the remote?

Like this.
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#286933 - 21/09/2006 06:54 Re: Really stupid question - "Artists" and "Albums" playlists/directo [Re: wfaulk]
julf
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Generally speaking, when you drag-and-drop directories into emplode, it makes playlists that match the directories in addition to uploading the music. So, assuming that your music was in directories that matched the Artist/Album structure, those would be the playlists that got created initially.

Hmm... So what I should do is clear out everything and reinstall/repopulate emplode to make it recreate the playlists?

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#286934 - 21/09/2006 06:56 Re: Really stupid question - "Artists" and "Albums" playlists/directo [Re: tfabris]
julf
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Like this.

Hmm... Been there, done that. Do I have to create a playlist for each artist separately, manually?

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#286935 - 21/09/2006 08:35 Re: Really stupid question - "Artists" and "Albums" playlists/directo [Re: julf]
andy
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Registered: 10/06/1999
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If you use jEmplode you can get it to create the Artist/Album structure for you, assuming your MP3s are well tagged.
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#286936 - 21/09/2006 13:25 Re: Really stupid question - "Artists" and "Albums" playlists/directo [Re: julf]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
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Loc: Seattle, WA
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Do I have to create a playlist for each artist separately, manually?

Not if the files on your PC are already arranged into those folders.
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#286937 - 22/09/2006 13:51 Re: Really stupid question - "Artists" and "Albums" playlists/directo [Re: tfabris]
julf
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Registered: 01/10/2001
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Loc: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ahh, yes... Deleting all music on the player, then repopulating the directories did the trick. Thanks everybody!

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