Cannot add to playlists

[Busmonkey]

Hi I am new here but been using Poweramp for a while.  I have a Chinese google head in my car with Poweramp running on it.

I have been trying to import some playlists, which where made within Poweramp on my phone, I put a folder named Playlist_Manager in the same directory as my music and ran a rescan and it found the playlists. When I try and add to them playlists it say I have to give access to that folder which i do through the filing system but still not let me add to them playlists.

Any help would be great because i want to keep my playlists the same on both devices and update them on a regular basis.

Thank you for any help

 

[andrewilley]

It sounds as though you have got read access to your music folder (and hence all of its subfolders, such as your playlists in the 'Playlist_Manager' folder) but not write access for editing/deleting/etc. One way to check would be to try to delete a song file (after having made a copy first obviously) and see if that works. Might be worth disabling storage access in the Music Folders menu (so zero songs in Library) and then granting access to your main music folder again. You don't say which Android version your headunit is running (sometimes they are quite out of date) but I'd start with Legacy File Access Mode turned OFF.

Andre

[Busmonkey]

Hiya tried what you said but nothing - took the sd card completely out and put back in.

Its Running Android 10 and will not let the sd card have access unless i have file access legacy mode on, I will try and add some pics of when I try and add a track to a playlist. 

Any help is much appreciated

[andrewilley]

That last screenshot tends to indicate the system Files app may not have been installed in the ROM by the manufacturer of the head unit.

Andre

[Busmonkey]

Thanks Andre

Are you suggesting I go to the link in January 4,2020 and download and install 

[andrewilley]

That's the date of the FAQ. The quotednlink is to the Play Store download of the Google-supploed app (current build is 11 March 2024)

Andre

[Busmonkey]

So go to the link and download on my head-unit.

I have also just checked my Samsung phone which is android 11 and that will only find the sd card with Legacy File Access Mode switch on and my Samsung tablet with android 11 is the same

[andrewilley]

@Busmonkey Don't try to grant access to the root level of your SD Card by the way, make sure all your music is in a folder and its subfolders, and grant access to that one master folder.

Andre

[Busmonkey]

Hi Andre

Still no luck on the Head-unit, On my Samsung phone & tablet I have change the filing from root to a folder on SD card and everything is great and working as it should without using Legacy File Access Mode.

On the head unit I have installed the latest firmware which I got from the manufacture (Joying) but I still have to use Legacy File Access Mode & still will not write to music folders, I have also change from root to a folder.  

Pulling my hair out.

Andy