Playlists on the Sansa e260

Thank you very much for the information. This bug was driving me nuts - but your recommendation worked to perfection.

Ya perfect, media player was impossible to use, im glad i found this!!

Update your Firmware to 1.01.12A. Then your playlists should be OK. After I did this update, I can play with playlists just like Payton Manning do with the DBs.

Did anyone face problems with the power up. Sometimes mine does not work and I have to let it rest for few hours. Then it will be fine.

I have got firmware 1.00.12A.
I did exactly as you said and it worked!
Did not see the playlists until that little kick.

Thank You

Thanks for this info! I was going crazy trying to find out how to add another playlist besides the "Go List." Before I added the new playlist using Winamp I updated the firmware to the latest available which made meant there was one less step on myplayer (ie. I don't have to do that special reset). The only problem I still see is that I can't add music that is already on my player to my newly created playlists. Is there a way around this or do you have to do that through Winamp each time? Also, does anyone know how to create separate folders (Albums) for the videos? When I use the Sansa Media Converter it has a field for the Album name to send the video I'm converting but each time I enter a new name I don't see it appear on they player. THanks.

I almost gave up on this player until I spoke with Sandisk tech support who gave me a link to access how to video tutorials from the Sandisk website.
Check it out.

http://www.sandisk.com/Retail/Default.aspx?CatID=1468

My Sansa 260 is in shutdown mode all time

Thanks for sharing! There isnt too much information on how to use the Sansa, and the little problems one might encounter when manuevering the device. However, does anyone know how to remove songs from the Sansa? I know you can buy cards to input more information, but what if you dont want a song to be there anymore?

I wrote a program that will help you with your Playlists, you will love it, it creates Playlists for the directory structure of your e200 series palyer. Download it at:

http://www.infosys.tuwien.ac.at/Staff/cp/playlist_creator.zip

And can you tell me a contact adress for sansa tech support? I'm gonna ask them if they buy my software :)

Remeber, you need to install the .NET runtime either by Windows update or from microsoft.

cheers, Christian

hey, all you guys have to do now is just download the new firmware updates at the sandisk website. after you install the new update, you should be able to add playlists without any problems.

i cant get the E260 to get recognized by windows at all! it shows up on "other devices" but it seems there is no driver....media player wont refresh and find it...any ideas guys?

i have a 4gb and only hods 500 songs but should hold 100 songs what is wrong?

i have a problem....... my player which is a 4gb is giving trouble it keeps freezin on the startin up sayin sandisk and it dnt want to shut down after... i need assistance immediately.. thanks alot in advance

All I had to do was (in MSC mode) copy the playlist.pla that Windows Media Player 10 creates and sends to the Sansa and paste it on my desktop. I then renamed it to the Sansa playlist extension .plp and uncheck hidden file in properties. Restarted it and it shows up fine.

Hope this helps.

i cant see my video i only hear the sounds...:( plz help

Christian, your playlist program works beautifully! Thanks!

hi i have a sansa e260 and I want to know where do download the right firmware for my device, thanks for any information any of you can give me

my e260 freezes at startup and it doesn't work, I thnik i need a new firmware or support form any of you thanks again

If your sansa freezes dont panic, just remove batt. and put back.

Thanks Christian, your software worked for me after I moved my files!

Mike

I downloaded the firmware updater from sandisk's site and it installed a bunch of spyware.

Hi,

I tried many different ways , and none of them work.

I tried the little Prog of Christian, it just create .pla of all the artist. Not what i want at all.
I tried with WMP, step by step as mention, the songs sync, but the playlist is still not there. Not showing, even after restart.

What you suggest next?

I have a Sansa E260 and after I installed the Rockbox I get this little line above on the display panel that never existed there. When I uninstalled the rockbox that little line on top disappeared, Does anyone know how to get rid of that little llne appearance when rockbox is installed?

Thaks for this tutorial...
I thought that mayby its not possible, to create new playlists...but it is...

Thanks!

i hade a corrupt mp3 that would not delete of the e260. in windows explorer i right clicked on the k:\SANSA E260 and clicked FORMAT, this erased all files i had put on the mp3 palyer including any pictures music and videos. it was the only way i could get a stuborn file that was curropted off the mp3 player. it only deleted files i had put on so dont worry about it deleting everything (firmware) maybee this will help someone else having problems deleting a curropted file.

after trying to use the playlist_creator.zip from (http://www.infosys.tuwien.ac.at/Staff/cp/playlist_creator.zip) it makes the playlist and it shows up in the playlist menu
BUT when i play a song from that playlist it says BAD TRACK. any suggestions. my firmware is 01.02.18a, on a E260 4 gig
this mp3 player is kinda a waste of money if you cant even make playlists. sandisk needs to fix this ..who only wants 1 playlist (go list) without going through all this trouble.
which music program works he best for transferring songs and playlists. i have tried media player 11, winamp, and rhapsody with no luck with playlists, obviously I can just put a crapload of songs by just using windows explorer but that doesn’t help much.

after messing with my new mp3 player for 2 days now i have finally got playlists to work with my e260. the only method i have gotten to work is a script that someone made to use your itunes playlists. It works great and was the ONLY way i could get playlists to work.
HERE IS THE SITE
http://ridesforall.com/archit/sansaitunes/runOnPC.html

Christian, you're a f**king legend!!!

Works like a dream!!

I HATE using my sansa in MTP mode. I want to see exactly what's on there, where it is, etc.

I use Winamp, with the Media Library. I created playlists in winamp, and just dragged them onto my sansa, which had poppoed up in the portables just as a USB device (I had to say yes to the Winamp prompt "Do you want Winamp to manage this device").

After I'd dragged the music on, I noticed that it was in the root, rather than the music folder, but once I'd moved it to the Music folder everything fell into place.

Thank you very much - at last I can start enjoying my sansa!!

Daniel

Christian,

Thanks for making the Sansa playlist creator. Looks like a winner.

Thanks,
David

does anyone know how to remove the songs that come preloaded on your sansa e260?

winamp won't see my e260, media player won't sychronise, christian's program won't run...somebody help!! i really need playlists and have the newest upgrade to my player.

How can you delete songs on player without doing one at a time. I want to delete 200

A few things I've learned since getting my e270 a few days ago:

1) Screw Rhapsody. Best Buy only sells the player customized for them with Rhapsody. The dweeb told me I could delete it, but I can't, unless I find a way to wipe the firmware and force it to reload the non-Rhapsody firmware. Haven't gotten frustrated enough to undertake that yet.

2) Playlists - still buggy even with firmware 1.0.2.165. Found helpful info in this thread, but didn't need to go all the way through with the reset feature. First, be sure your player is in MTP or Playsforsure mode when you connect. Using WINMP11, I tried dragging my playlists over to the synch window, but they wouldn't show in the player. Then tried to adjust the sync settings in WinMP to sync automatically and selected just the playlists I wanted to synch. Still nothing showing. I opened the player under My Computer, and did see my playlists under the Playlists folder there. After disconnecting the unit and looking for my playlists one more time, they were there. It seems like maybe it was necessary to just view the playlists in the folder in Windows in order to complete the data write to the player. FYI, you may need to turn on the ability to view hidden files and folders in Windows to see this.

3) TO delete the excess crap that comes on your player, connect with the cable, look for the player under My Computer, be sure you tell windows to show hidden files and you will see all the folders within. You can find the sample songs and pix and stuff and delete them from there. I wasn't able to fully hose the junk until I first connected the player in Rhapsody (or MSC) mode. I recovered 2 GB of space on my 6 GB player!

All in all, it's a nice unit, but not perfect. Too bad you can't get a fully protective case since the wheel needs to remain accessible. I'm sure I'll wreck it before long.

For Judy - I'm guessing you meant 1000 songs. In any case, "songs" is a relative term. If the files are large the player will hold less of them. Just like any hard drive there is only so much space and larger files take up more of it.

For Mike - the preloaded songs on the Sansa are hidden. You'll have to go into MSC mode to find them. I recommend a DOS prompt because the DIR /A command will show all files regardless of their attributes. You can then use the ATTRIB -R -S -H *.* command in the specific folder on the Sansa to see them with just the DIR command. Then delete what you don't want.

Also, according to SanDisk support, you should format the device occasionally. I'm guessing maybe twice a year, though they didn't say that specifically. They did say it's to keep the file system clean. It's not a bad idea. When you format, do NOT right click the device in My Computer and choose format. Make sure the device is in MSC mode, right click My Computer and choose Manage from the menu. Then click on Disk Management in the left pane. In the right pane, find the Sansa device. There should be TWO partitions on the drive. One is smaller because it holds system files, etc. Right click the LARGER partition (which should be to the left of the smaller one) and choose Format. Make sure you set the file system to FAT32 and go ahead with the format. That will wipe out your songs without wiping out the system. When the format is done (and it may take a while) reset the device to MTP mode and sync it.

Mike,

I am so grateful for the info about getting the playlists to the sansa e260!! We have one we purchased quite a while back and never gotten around to doing the playlists. It was after I spent quite a while that I did a search and found your wonderful instructions! Thanks so very, very much! I'm so grateful for folks who take the time to share such info.

First I want to say that changing to Winamp from Windows media player was the BEST thing I could have done. who would have thought that Windows Media Player was so difficult to use and set up for use with my Sansa E260? Yeah, Right. Just take a look at Vista if you don't believe me.

The instructions you provided to create play lists was right on. It worked the first time. And Winamp responded effortlessly. I'm hooked!

Works great
Thanks for the help

Does anyone know where to get the preloaded songs? I know, I know, they are not the greatest, but I only liked one of them and I can't remember what the song name was - only that it was sort of sounded Asian.

I lost them trying to set up windows media player 11. UGGHH!

I've asked Sandisk folks - that was worthless.

Sansa E260
4 Gig Memory

I have a sansa e260 and after I deleted all my music, videos and photo files it still says that i have 1.7Gigs used, i've tried formatting but it doesn't work, can anyone help me.

ok
if youre player quit responding to windows or has formatting problems, follow these instructions-- i called sansa until they told me how to fix it and sent me their software.. now i uploaded it to filefront for others..
download Sandisk's own sansa frimware boot intlaller from this link-
http://files.filefront.com/Firmware+Bootexe/;9292890;/fileinfo.html

if player wont turn off, hold power button in for 15- 30 secs, and should turn off...
1--move switch to hold
2--hold the REC button on the side, and while holding, press power button
3-- this should make your player say "welcome to recovery mode"
4-- before connecting to computer, start the sansa software
5--when it says to connect it, do so (while still in recovery mode)
6-- say yes you want to format it and do everything it prompts.

disconnect and let the player fix itself,and it will be just like new again