I find the best way to describe file structures to technophiles is to use the filing cabinet analogy.

 

Any storage medium (Hard disc, SD card, usb stick) can be thought of as a filing cabinet.

 

The main folder on each drive (what the computer sees as "C" or "D" when you open up my computer) can be thought of as the drawer - also known as root directory and seen as "C:\".

 

This is subdivided into sub directories or folders (think of them as manilla folders within the filing cabinet that contain each set of files "documents", "photos" etc). This is seen as "C:\documents" etc

 

Each of these can be subdivided again if required (think smaller polypockets inside the manila folder) and so on to make things easier to find. So if you wanted insurance documents divided in to letters etc with each year separate, you can divide them as such (as you would in a filing cabinet) . So you create a new folder for insurance, then a new one for letters within that one "C:\documents\letters" and then a new one for 2014 "C:\documents\letters\insurance\2014".

 

When you open each level you see the subfolder for the next level.

 

The computer's operating system can use different methods for setting the drive contents out - the main ones are FAT and NTFS. Think of this as the secretaries filing system - you don't need to know how the system works but you know he/she has a system and the only time you need to worry is when something doesn't work.

Edited 3 March, 201412 yr by kilted

My method:

 

I go to My Music and choose an album.

I open the folder for that album, and highlight each track and transfer each of them to the SD card.

I then choose another album and do the same.

 

At the moment I have about 12 albums on my SD card.

Sometimes all the tracks show in numerical order and play numerically, so each track 1 then onwards, other times it plays each complete album. I like the first way as it gives a bit of variety.

 

On the SD card there is only a long track listing, no folders etc. It is simple to do and simple to understand.

Whew, that sounds like I'm ok then.

The local library's CD collection of classical music has been given quite a work over lately, my son having set up a system that even I can use.....in spite of Windows 8 Grrrrr!

I understand all of the above but I want to see the contents of the SD card in a directory view, or at least choose which album to play from a list. My limited exposure so far seems to indicate that everything shows as one long list. 

 

If that is the only option is there a quick way to jump down the list? Someone else's experience might make it quicker than trial and error.

It shows however you structure it. If you put a folder structure on the card, it will navigate by folder on the Bolero. If you dump all files (songs) in one folder then you get a long list. It does not and can not do indexed views (eg by artist, by album etc).

On mine I have the primary folder structure as artists, with album folders underneath each artist.

Point of Order.

 

Even with my "dumped" list of tracks I can sort them into various formats on the card, numerical order, album order, even artist order. 

Generally I do them in numerical, so get all the tracks 1 from each album, then tracks 2, etc.

That's a Point of Information.

 

A point of order is a matter raised during consideration of a motion concerning the rules of parliamentary procedure.  [Link]

 

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Woopie Do!!

doohhhh get a life ;-)

Well, I knew what 'our Graham' meant, and you sir (ejstubbs), are a very brave man indeed to out pedant our Pedant in Chief.

 

I just choose the album I want to listen to and play it. As a number of my albums are compilations this does give a bit of randomised listening. 

 

Having said this I may try some of the suggestions given.

 

Many thanks to the OP for starting an informative thread (if you are still around).