C
HAPTER
7. G
ENERAL
S
ETTINGS
47
Sort Directories:
This option controls how Rockbox sorts directories. The default is
to sort them alphabetically. B
Y DATE
sorts them with the oldest directory first. B
Y
NEWEST DATE
sorts them with the newest directory first.
Sort Files:
This option controls how Rockbox sorts files. All of the options for S
ORT
D
IRECTORIES
are available in this option. In addition, there is a B
Y TYPE
option
which sorts files alphabetically by their type (such as
.mp3
) then alphabetically
within each type.
Show Files:
This option controls which files are displayed in the File Browser.
All:
The F
ILE
B
ROWSER
displays all files and directories. Extensions are shown.
No files or directories are hidden.
Supported:
The F
ILE
B
ROWSER
displays all directories and files supported by
Rockbox (see section
A.1
(page
113
)). Files and directories starting with
.
(
dot
) or with the
hidden
flag set are hidden.
Music:
The F
ILE
B
ROWSER
displays only directories, playlists and the supported
audio
file formats. Extensions are stripped. Files and directories starting with
.
or with the “hidden” flag set are hidden.
Playlists:
The F
ILE
B
ROWSER
displays only directories and playlists, for simpli-
fied navigation.
Show Filename Extensions:
This option controls how file extensions are shown in
the File Browser.
Off:
The file extensions are never shown.
On:
The file extensions are always shown.
Only unknown types:
Only the extensions of unknown filetypes are shown.
Only when viewing all types:
Only show file extensions when S
HOW
F
ILES
is
set to A
LL
.
Follow Playlist:
This option determines what directory the F
ILE
B
ROWSER
displays
first. If F
OLLOW
P
LAYLIST
is set to Y
ES
, when you enter the F
ILE
B
ROWSER
from
the WPS, you will find yourself in the same directory as the currently playing file.
If F
OLLOW
P
LAYLIST
is set to N
O
, when you enter the F
ILE
B
ROWSER
from the
WPS, you will find yourself in the directory you were in when you last left the
F
ILE
B
ROWSER
.
Show Path:
If this setting is set to F
ULL
P
ATH
the full path to the current directory will
be displayed on the first line in the F
ILE
B
ROWSER
. If set to C
URRENT
D
IRECTORY
O
NLY
only the name of the current directory will be displayed.
This has a similar effect on the Database browser. If set to C
URRENT
D
IRECTORY
O
NLY
or F
ULL
P
ATH
, then the title of each menu will be displayed on the first line
in the D
ATABASE
B
ROWSER
.
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HE
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OCKBOX MANUAL
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RCHOS
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