Clip Zip Feedback and Feature Request Thread

I was sort of expecting the Fuze+ firmware options in the ClipZip size (minus video of course).  

Two bugs that need fixing.  1.)  My GoList disappears everytime I add a song or audiobook.  2.)  The display for audiobooks disappears as soon as I navigate to Music.  I either get a colored screen or a miniature display from Music.

A new feature to be added:  The ability to create playlists on the player rather than going through a media player on my PC.

My appologies if these have been suggested already but I don’t have the time to sit and read every post here.  Will be reading some and commenting on those I agree with.

1.  Make deletion a three step process of all files.  (8 year old accidentally deleted an important voice recording before I had an opportunity to tranfer it to computer & I accidentally deleted a stop watch file while deleting an old file before I could record all my lap data).  2.  Make it possible to select more than one file for deletion from the device itself.  3.  An alternative to 1, make it possible to restore deleted files from the device.  4.  Headphones that can control the player from the headphone itself even if the player is in lock mode.  5.  Make an option to have the clip hook onto a button or loop for more device security to prevent loss during exercise (the clip doesn’t hold tight enough for what I do).  6.  Make a swivel clip so the device could hang upside down without falling off the anchor due to gravity (5 & 6 would be useful for the upgrade of the clip zip).  7.  Be able to view saved lap times for an extended period without the device switching screens back to whatever was being listened to most recently, ESPECIALLY if music/books/radio isn’t being played.

Ability to add bookmarks to audible books, other formatted audio books, and music files.

Please allow users to browse the podcast and audiobook folders in folder browse. This was available on the clip+ but it’s not available on the clip zip. I can browse if I put my podcasts/audiobooks in the music folder, but then I am not auto-bookmarked in the file. There’s no good reason to assume that podcasts or audiobooks are going to have good ID3 tag information. In general, I’d say they’re LESS likely to have good tag data than music files. This was a tremendous oversight and should be fixed in a future firmware upgrade. Please. I’m begging you.

Agreed–but, unlikely there will be further firmware upgrades with this mature electronics product (unfortunately).

I use the Sleep TImer feature a lot.  But it is very annoying to have to navigate to there every time.  Could a Sleep TImer Reset function be added to the Menu Button?   So one could reactivate, or disable the sleep timer in just a couple of clicks?   Perhaps just setting the timeout value would place the item on the menu.

Thanks,

Super idea, that others have requested as well . . . .

Rockbox has provided many of the things I wanted from the Clip Zip, although it doesn’t help that much with battery life. I would like to see a deluxe version of the Clip Zip that is slightly thicker and has at least 30 hours of battery life. It would be even better if this deluxe version has a second card slot, support for micro SDXC cards, and is made with an aluminum case. If a second card slot isn’t feasible, then at least consider releasing the deluxe version with a choice of 16GB, 32GB, or 64GB of memory  built in. So many people reject the Clip Zip since its battery life is so low. Having 30 hours of battery life would put it on par with a popular $150 player as far as battery life(we know that with Rockbox it is much better than the $150 player in many other ways).

Please add bluetooth feature please that would do many people’s favor

Would it be safe to assume that Sandisk will not be releasing a CZ replacement?  From what I can tell it’s a mature (aka nothing new) market these days.

That’s been my thinking for some time now. I believe SanDisk has moved on from the dedicated mp3 player market, which is a shame but that’s how things go. More and more people are using their all-inclusive smartphones and tablets for music/audio books these days.

But interesting, still with demand.

@tapeworm wrote:

That’s been my thinking for some time now. I believe SanDisk has moved on from the dedicated mp3 player market, which is a shame but that’s how things go. More and more people are using their all-inclusive smartphones and tablets for music/audio books these days.

I do use my smart phone for music (samsung galaxy S4) but

  1. it’s bulky

  2. sound quality isn’t as good as the CZ

  3. it doesn’t do gapless unless I use a 3rd party player like Winamp Pro (native player won’t do it nor will a player that uses the native player software)

I guess  for #3 the CZ and this particular android phone ain’t that much different…

You just can’t beat having a small mp3 player when you’re doing ‘active’ things and don’t want the bulk of a smart phone.   The sound quality still amazes me for such a small package.

@tnmats wrote:


@tapeworm wrote:

That’s been my thinking for some time now. I believe SanDisk has moved on from the dedicated mp3 player market, which is a shame but that’s how things go. More and more people are using their all-inclusive smartphones and tablets for music/audio books these days.


I do use my smart phone for music (samsung galaxy S4) but

 

  1. it’s bulky
  1. sound quality isn’t as good as the CZ
  1. it doesn’t do gapless unless I use a 3rd party player like Winamp Pro (native player won’t do it nor will a player that uses the native player software)

 

I guess  for #3 the CZ and this particular android phone ain’t that much different…

 

You just can’t beat having a small mp3 player when you’re doing ‘active’ things and don’t want the bulk of a smart phone.   The sound quality still amazes me for such a small package.

For what its worth, the stock Google Play Music app is completely gapless. I don’t know what ■■■■ samsung includes, but you don’t have to use it, you can just download the official google app.

tnmats wrote:

 

You just can’t beat having a small mp3 player when you’re doing ‘active’ things and don’t want the bulk of a smart phone.   The sound quality still amazes me for such a small package.

Agreed 100%

tnmats wrote:

 

You just can’t beat having a small mp3 player when you’re doing ‘active’ things and don’t want the bulk of a smart phone.   The sound quality still amazes me for such a small package.

Agreed 100%

@saratoga wrote:
For what its worth, the stock Google Play Music app is completely gapless. I don’t know what ■■■■ samsung includes, but you don’t have to use it, you can just download the official google app.

Nope, not on the Galaxy S4.  The Google Play app doesn’t play gapless on my phone and there are several phones that it doesn’t play gapless.  I was surprised by it since that was one of the ‘fixes’ listed but a Google search turned up several users complaining it ain’t so on more than one phone…  Maybe it’s Samsung’s implementation of Android or something peculiar to the ATT network version?  I don’t know but it ain’t the case on my phone.  My co-workers with the same phone have the same issue so it’s not peculiar to my unit.

I found that Winamp Pro, PowerAmp and a few others are truly gapless.  Google Play and the native Samung player have brazen gaps in my music, whether it’s MP3 or FLAC.  The same files don’t exhibit gaps in those other players.  I spent a few days researching it, re-converting music files, nada.  Gaps still there but my trusty CZ with Rockbox plays those exact same files gapless.

Sound quality in the S4 is so-so, my old iPhone4 was much better as a player.  The S4 is a better phone though, the iphone had horrid phone sound quality.

Ah that sounds like a bug in Samsung’s ROM then. I’ve got a Samsung phone running Cyanogenmod and my mp3s stream from Play gapless.

@saratoga wrote:
Ah that sounds like a bug in Samsung’s ROM then. I’ve got a Samsung phone running Cyanogenmod and my mp3s stream from Play gapless.

I don’t even bother with streaming, this is from files on the phone itself.

I updated G-Play yesterday, still has brazen gaps (the 1-2 track transition in Sgt. Pepper is my test case). I also detest Play’s ‘pan scan’ of album art, it’s idiotic.

Winamp Pro does a decent enough job.  There must be a bug in the Samsung firmware; to be honest, I like the phone in general but as a player it’s not up to Apple’s nor the Clip Zip’s sound quality.  And I do not expect it to ever be fixed.