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Grogster

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Posted: 01:50am 13 Oct 2026

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Pico Computer 3.1 PCB, FW version 6.0301
Manual version for same FW version.

Manual, page 58, Utility PLAY commands.

I can't get PLAY NEXT or PLAY PREVIOUS to work.

Start a track playing with PLAY MP3 "01" - playback starts.
Try PLAY NEXT, and I get the message: "Last track is playing"
OK, so I then try PLAY PREVIOUS, and I get the message: "First track is playing"

So which is it?
I'm currently being told that the first AND the last track are playing.

Either way, I can't make MMBASIC play the next or previous track.

If I use PLAY STOP, that works - playback stops.
If I then try PLAY NEXT, I get the message: "Error : nothing to play"

Just for the purposes of experimentation, I tried PLAY VOLUME 50,50 and that works perfectly, so it is just the NEXT and PREVIOUS commands I can't get to work.

Smoke makes things work. When the smoke gets out, it stops!

mozzie
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Joined: 15/06/2020
Location: Australia
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Posted: 01:20pm 13 Oct 2026

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G'day Grogster,
If you have your music in a directory "B:\Music" use:
> play mp3 "b:\music\"

It will play all the MP3 files in that directory, and PLAY NEXT / PREVIOUS work as well

Haven't yet found a way to select multiple files to play in File Manager, or how to select the folder to play either.

Regards, Lyle.

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