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Astell&Kern "AK Jr" interface

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riparius:
After further research, it appears that my initial understanding is correct: It is not possible to create (true) playlists for the AK Jr using JRiver MC.  If anyone knows otherwise, I'd love to hear about it.

FWIW, the only workaround that I've been able to come up with is to:

* accept that no music will be stored permanently in the device's "Music" folder (found in the "Folders" group on the home screen) and that you will therefore have to copy files to the device each time you wish to create a playlist;
* treat the device's "Music" folder as the container for an ersatz playlist;
* set up the "Playlist Path" in MC's "Options" screen in whatever way you'd like it to be structured (for example, entering only "Music" in the path, so the AK Jr's "Music" folder shows only the playlist's songs, eliminating the need to drill down through folders in order to access the songs); and
* create a playlist in MC and sync it to the device.
edit, 3/6/17: Should have mentioned that the ersatz playlist mentioned above is limited to alphabetical order; the AK Jr will not follow the order of the list created in MC.  A few days of this experience has led me to the conclusion that the AK Jr is now my hi-res pet rock.   

Denti:
Old thread, I know. But I would think the solution would be to convert the M3U file to a PLS file. I found one program (Helium Music Manager) that does this, but clearly not correctly. Anyone know of a program that can do this properly?

MalcolmB:
@Denti I found this site looking for a similar thing.
The only way I have figured out how to make a playlist is in Foobar or some other player from files on the JR connected to your PC.
Converting the M3U to PLS is relatively simple using notepad.

Open the M3U in notepad and then you Edit->Replace.   Find What= Drive Letter:  Replace with= /nand3
Then Find What= \ Replace with = /

Then save as type All Files *.* and change from M3U to pls in file name.
Or save as the M3U and change the file type after.

Then put it in the Playlists folder on the JR or save it directly to that.

Matt:
I'll add the PLS playlist format to our export tool and to the list of playlist formats for handheld devices.  Thanks a lot for the help.

JimH:

--- Quote from: Matt on November 07, 2023, 07:50:41 am ---I'll add the PLS playlist format to our export tool and to the list of playlist formats for handheld devices.  Thanks a lot for the help.

--- End quote ---
Build 83, just posted on the Windows 31 board, has this now.

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