@sansafix wrote:
After our next release you might not need Rockbox
Oooh. This must mean that gapless playback is in the next Fuze firmware. I think that’s probably the single biggest reason for people to use Rockbox!
Marvin_Martian wrote:
I’m sick and tired of listening to “this firmware sux” …“I want gapless” …“I want Rockbox”…“I want folder view”
WELL, if you dive into a thread whose title asks about rockbox and the (predictable) posts about desired features upset you, it can only be described as willful self abuse. Might be something to bring up in your next therapy session (or a reason to start).
@donp wrote:
Marvin_Martian wrote:
I’m sick and tired of listening to “this firmware sux” …“I want gapless” …“I want Rockbox”…“I want folder view”
WELL, if you dive into a thread whose title asks about rockbox and the (predictable) posts about desired features upset you, it can only be described as willful self abuse. Might be something to bring up in your next therapy session (or a reason to start).
It took you a week to come up with that? I guess genius can’t be rushed
@coreying wrote:
@sansafix wrote:
After our next release you might not need Rockbox
Oooh. This must mean that gapless playback is in the next Fuze firmware. I think that’s probably the single biggest reason for people to use Rockbox!
Sansafix also said here that ‘gapless playback’ won’t be in the upcoming Fuze f/w release. Maybe the one after.
And probably the biggest reason Sansa owners opt for Rockbox is the ability to use larger than 2GB memory cards in them. Gapless only works with LAME-encoded .mp3 files (and those that are inherently gapless, like OGG & FLAC), so that leaves a lot out there that won’t qualify.
Edit: file type clarification
Message Edited by Tapeworm on 03-25-2009 06:28 PM
Tapeworm wrote:
And probably the biggest reason Sansa owners opt for Rockbox is the ability to use larger than 2GB memory cards in them. Gapless only works with LAME-encoded files, so that leaves a lot out there that won’t qualify.
??? Gapless on rockbox also works with formats that are inherently gapless*, including Ogg Vorbis, Musepack and FLAC.
Speaking of which, I don’t think any Sansa players with a public release of rockbox can play any of those formats on the normal firmware.
*by “inherently gapless” I mean that there aren’t extra gaps in the files. That doesn’t mean that every player can progress from one track to the next without introducing its own delay.
Thanks, donp for pointing that out. I should have clarified my statement a bit more on ‘gapless’ & LAME-encoded .mp3 files.
I have edited my previous post.
@the_anti_ipod wrote:
@sansafix wrote:
After our next release you might not need Rockbox
What are the new features?
We’ll find out in a few days:wink:
Yup. It’s due soon.
Message Edited by gwk1967 on 03-28-2009 11:28 AM
@marvin_martian wrote:
@the_anti_ipod wrote:
@sansafix wrote:
After our next release you might not need Rockbox
We’ll find out in a few days:wink:
what if i get hit by a bus? then i’ll never know:cry:
@the_anti_ipod wrote:
@marvin_martian wrote:
@the_anti_ipod wrote:
@sansafix wrote:
After our next release you might not need Rockbox
We’ll find out in a few days:wink:
what if i get hit by a bus? then i’ll never know:cry:
Stay out of the road then 
@the_anti_ipod wrote:
@marvin_martian wrote:
@the_anti_ipod wrote:
@sansafix wrote:
After our next release you might not need Rockbox
We’ll find out in a few days:wink:
what if i get hit by a bus? then i’ll never know:cry:
We are all in the same boat. Im hoping My plane dont crash Just to see the next firmware.
You guys live dangerous lives, apparently. I’d be more worried about the bus/plane/horse-drawn sleigh/whatever than the firmware.
@the_anti_ipod wrote:
@marvin_martian wrote:
@the_anti_ipod wrote:
@sansafix wrote:
After our next release you might not need Rockbox
We’ll find out in a few days:wink:
what if i get hit by a bus? then i’ll never know:cry:
Then you won’t need to know, will you?
In Heaven, all Fuzes play perfectly, at the correct pitch, no crashing, no song limits, read folder/files structures, have infinite user-customizable backgrounds, and play videos in any format without using any software whatsoever to convert them first. All this is accomplished without the need for any firmware updates.
In Hell? . . . Well, there’s only 1 kind of mp3 player there. The I-Pod!
So if I were you, I’d change my ways . . . PDQ! :smileyvery-happy:
Message Edited by Tapeworm on 03-29-2009 11:57 AM
@tapeworm wrote:
@the_anti_ipod wrote:
@marvin_martian wrote:
@the_anti_ipod wrote:
@sansafix wrote:
After our next release you might not need Rockbox
We’ll find out in a few days:wink:
what if i get hit by a bus? then i’ll never know:cry:
In Hell? . . . Well, there’s only 1 kind of mp3 player there. The I-Pod!
LOL:smileyvery-happy:
sansafix wrote:
After our next release you might not need Rockbox 
That’s a real big statement to make…people will be disappointed about each and every feature Rockbox has and the new firmware hasn’t and you must know this - it’s already happening, cf. the ‘gapless’ discussion
but perhaps we really are in for a big and positive surprise which makes Sansa the one media player brand which PERFECTLY adapts to their customer’s whishes, and not just in a single release but on an ongoing basis
do it, Sansa, like the blue monster says: “change the world or go home” …
Message Edited by te0006 on 03-29-2009 04:20 AM
Message Edited by te0006 on 03-29-2009 04:20 AM
Tapeworm wrote:
In Heaven, all Fuzes play perfectly, at the correct pitch, no crashing, no song limits, read folder/files structures, have infinite user-customizable backgrounds, and play videos in any format without using any software whatsoever to convert them first. All this is accomplished without the need for any firmwre updates.
There are free daily harp concerts, plus any rockers that made it up there.
I’m keeping an eye out for ROCKBOX for Fuze, but don’t ask me when its gonna be here.
But you’ll know it, because I’ll be screaming in the forums, “ROCKBOX IS HERE! ROCKBOX IS HERE! OMG ROCKBOX IS HERE!” dangit pinky, stay off the shift for awhile…
Message Edited by pringles on 03-30-2009 04:32 PM
@pringles wrote:
I’m keeping an eye out for it, but don’t ask me.
Sorry, but I gotta . . .
What are you keeping an eye out for . . . Rockbox, Heaven, or the free daily harp concerts?
