How to play soundtracks from different folders in catalex mp3 player

I think I probably would not write this post if John Turcott did not ask me, so most of the things in this post will be dedicated to him but other people can get the idea too.

• As far as I have understood from your (John Turcott) comment that you wanted to know how you can play sound from different folders (directories).

Answer: Well, you can do that by changing the code a bit which I will explain to you down below.

• You've said something about changing names of the files like 001xxxxblablabla.mp3 which you might have found awkward.

Ans: Yes it is awkward for any human. We don't like numbers to short out files and we easily get mixed up with the files which one is which, but computers work differently than us. It's easier for computers to find/sort out stuffs with  numbers than letters and words so in that case I think we will just have to accept it unless someone comes up with any other way.

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Note:
If you (other people) are new to catalex mp3 player and you looking for basic functions then please see my another post for that because over here I'm thinking not to go over them again.

Ok, now let's begin and start with the sketch.

#include <SoftwareSerial.h> #define ARDUINO_RX 5//should connect to TX of the Serial MP3 Player module #define ARDUINO_TX 6//connect to RX of the module SoftwareSerial mySerial(ARDUINO_RX, ARDUINO_TX); static int8_t Send_buf[8] = {0} ; #define CMD_SEL_DEV 0X09 #define DEV_TF 0X02 #define CMD_PLAY_W_VOL 0X22 #define CMD_PLAY 0X0D #define CMD_PAUSE 0X0E #define CMD_PREVIOUS 0X02 #define CMD_NEXT 0X01 void setup(){     mySerial.begin(9600);       Serial.begin(9600);       delay(500);//Wait chip initialization is complete       sendCommand(CMD_SEL_DEV, DEV_TF);//select the TF card       delay(200);//wait for 200ms       sendCommand(CMD_PLAY_W_VOL, 0X0F01);//play the first song with volume 15 class } String str; void loop() { if(Serial.available()){ str = Serial.readStringUntil('\n'); if(str == "2"){ sendCommand(CMD_PLAY_W_VOL, 0X1E07);//play the 7th track with volume 30 class Serial.println("Second sound track number 7 is playing."); } if(str == "3"){ sendCommand(CMD_PLAY_W_VOL, 0X1E99909);//play the third track with volume 30 class Serial.println("Sound of a whale from folder number 999 file number 09."); } if(str == "4"){ sendCommand(CMD_PLAY_W_VOL, 0X1E1102);//play the forth track with volume 30 class Serial.println("Sound of a bat from folder number 11 and file number 02."); } if(str == "ps"){ sendCommand(CMD_PAUSE, 0X0E);//pause the playing track Serial.println("Pause"); } if(str == "pl"){ sendCommand(CMD_PLAY, 0X0D);//play it again Serial.println("Play"); } if(str == "pr"){ sendCommand(CMD_PREVIOUS, 0X02);//play previous track Serial.println("Playing previous track."); } if(str == "nx"){ sendCommand(CMD_NEXT, 0X01);//play next track Serial.println("Playing next track."); }  } } void sendCommand(int8_t command, int16_t dat) {   delay(20);   Send_buf[0] = 0x7e; //starting byte   Send_buf[1] = 0xff; //version   Send_buf[2] = 0x06; //the number of bytes of the command without starting byte and ending byte   Send_buf[3] = command; //   Send_buf[4] = 0x00;//0x00 = no feedback, 0x01 = feedback   Send_buf[5] = (int8_t)(dat >> 8);//datah   Send_buf[6] = (int8_t)(dat); //datal   Send_buf[7] = 0xef; //ending byte   for(uint8_t i=0; i<8; i++)//   {     mySerial.write(Send_buf[i]) ;   } }

As you can see the sketch is almost same as before beside only one thing, and that is you just need to change the folder number. I've tried with few folders 01, 02, 11, 99, and 999 as you can see in the picture at the top just to see how many folder can I add and it's seems like you can at least make 999 folders. And in every folder you can put 10 sound tracks, I've tried to add more than 10 but that didn't work.

Key notes:

• Only 10 sound tracks in each folder.
• After volume code *1E* add the folder number and then file number like this (0X1E99909) in this example 999 is a folder number and 09 is that sound track.
• You might be able to make as many folder you wish but up 999 is for sure.
• If you make folders and files like the picture at the top and upload this sketch to your Arduino you will be able to hear the sounds from different folders and text will appear on the serial monitor saying which track is playing currently.
• Which ever song you play and which ever folder it's from all the functions (play, pause, previous, next) all will become automatically for that folder. For example if you play a song from folder 99 then you sent code for next so it will play the next song which you played from the folder number 99 recently.

That's all for this post, I hope it helps you.

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