Yep, I have an ipod video here and love it to bits.
I'll never get rid of it, and its all thanks to rockbox. *big hugs go to the
rockbox devs!*
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Chaltain" <chalt...@gmail.com>
To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 9:03 PM
Subject: RE: zenstone versus the ipod
I totally agree, and I've since retired my two Zen Stones in favor of a
Sansa e280 running Rockbox. However, a Zen Stone is going to be easier to
use and work right out of the box. If you're looking for the simplest and
cheapest off the shelf product to listen to music, audio books or DRM
protected files then I'd still recommend the Zen Stone, if you can find
one.
I don't find any of this hard to do with Rockbox on the Sansa e280, but
here
are the steps you'd have to go through to get a truly accessible portable
media player:
1) Make sure you get a v1 version of the Sansa e200 series. The v2
versions
won't work with Rockbox. Note there are other players supported by
Rockbox.
I also have an iRiver H20 running Rockbox. Check out rockbox.org for the
list of supported players.
2) Download and unzip Rockbox to your Sansa e200. To do this you need to
make sure the Sansa attaches to your PC as a mass storage device. You'll
also need to update the Sansa's boot loader. This is all pretty well
documented in the Rockbox documentation.
3) Download the voice file and unzip it onto your Sansa to get the menus
to
be spoken to you.
4) Download the Voice Box utility to create audio clips for the files and
folders on your Sansa.
5) Use something like Sound Taxi to convert your DRM protected files into
MP3 files that you can play on your Sansa running Rockbox.
None of this is particularly hard, and if you do this, you'll end up with
a
much more accessible and featured rich portable MP3 player, but it is
going
to take a little time and a bit of work.
--
Christopher
chalt...@gmail.com
-----Original Message-----
From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org]
On Behalf Of Laz Mesa
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 12:38 PM
To: Pc-audio
Subject: Re: zenstone versus the ipod
Well, I can say that I've tried the Zen Stone, which was a screenless one;
I've tried Rockbox on a Sansa; and I've tried a 4th generation iPod Nano.
IN the past, I had also tried a Samsung Pebble and a chinese-made mp3
player, both of which were screenless. I have to say that the Rockboxed
Sansa was most impressive to me. It definitely has more bang for the
buck,
and I found it to be the most-accessible option for under $100.00 for 2,
4,
6, or 8 GB, expandable memory, FM stereo, voice notes, recording from FM,
and playes many different file types, while speaking the menus and being
able to set up your folder and file names to be spoken as well.
From personal experience, i must say that the learning curve on the
iPod side seems a lot more complicated when compared to Rockbox on the
Sansa
players. Also with the iPods, you have to get used to using iTunes as
well!
With the Rockboxed Sansa, all you have to do is to copy and paste your
files
onto your player and off you go.
If you'd like to check out what a Sansa can do, you can check out a demo I
did which can be downloaded at:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/vwwyy8
You can also check out the links in my signature below for more
information
on how to get a Sansa MP3 player for yourself at an affordable price.
Regards,
Laz
--
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