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Posted by Gary on 07/08/06 10:28
I've tried to investigate Rockbox on the iPod and have not had much
success getting details.
For those of you who are using it, I'd appreciate any comments you may
have about
* Bugs, or any other quality issues
* Any warranty issues with Apple?
* Does it play a wider variety of mp3's that are "corrupt" under
iTunes/iPod?
* Do you LOSE much (other than access to Apple's music store) by not
using iTunes?
* Do you GAIN much (in addition to bookmarking) using Rockbox?
Thanks in advance!
On 29 Jun 2006 00:33:43 +0200, Tom Cole <tacoleNOSPAM@yahoo.co.nz>
wrote:
>There is alternate software for iPods called Rockbox
>http://www.rockbox.org/ Although this is beta software at present, it
>has the bookmarking facility you describe.
>
>
>On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:06:35 GMT, Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Thank you for your reply. Your smart playlist based on play count is
>>ingenious.
>>
>>Here's what I'm trying to accomplish:
>>
>>I have a ReplayTV (like a TIVO) in which I have multiple recordings. I
>>can select any of them and watch all or part of it. I can stop and go
>>to a different recording. The machine always asks me whether I want
>>to play the recording from the beginning, or whether I want to
>>continue from where I left off. That is user friendly. Further I can
>>point at the name of the recording...I never have to worry whether I
>>was on chapter 1 or track 15.
>>
>>I want to get that kind of functionality from my iPod. I really think
>>the best solution would be for them to have automatic bookmarks for
>>each playlist...i.e., each playlist can be resumed. But that doesn't
>>exist yet. I have requested it of Apple, but I expect to be an old
>>man (what am I saying...I am already an old man) before I see it
>>happen.
>>
>>On 28 Jun 2006 09:21:32 -0700, sn00ge@hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Gary wrote:
>>>
>>>> I bought an expensive iPod and am finding it to be a pain in the tail
>>>> setting up files to read (or listen to) as books. Here's an example
>>>> of what I'm faced with:
>>>>
>>>> I have this Teaching Company course as 216 mp3 files. Here are the
>>>> file names:
>>>>
>>>> 0101 Beethoven And The Piano.mp3
>>>> 0102 Beethoven And The Piano.mp3
>>>
>>>[snip]
>>>
>>>> I am hoping that someone on this group knows a better way to do jobs
>>>> like this, which are the bulk of what I listen to on the iPod. It
>>>> would be so much easier if the iPod supported stopping and restarting
>>>> playlists (you can stop and restart individual files, if you know
>>>> which file you were listening to when you stopped).
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I may be a little unclear on what you're trying to do. On my
>>>iPod, if I stop it and then start it again, it picks up where it
>>>left off. Unless, that is, if I plug it in to the computer. Then,
>>>then, yes, it forgets where it was. Is this what you're talking
>>>about?
>>>
>>>If so, then you can get around this using smart playlists. You
>>>can make a smart playlist for "Play count is 0". Then any files
>>>you put on your iPod will go into that playlist, but once they're
>>>played, they'll drop off of it. You can then set up another smart
>>>playlist with "Play count is 1" and either delete the files once
>>>they make it there, or, once they've all played (and so are all
>>>in the Play count is 1 playlist), reset the Play count to 0 and
>>>start over.
>>>
>>>If this works for you, then you won't have to combine the mp3
>>>files.
>>>
>>>There are ways to manually set the play count of files on the
>>>iPod. On Macs, we can use Applescript, e.g.,
>>>
>>><http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/scripts09.php?page=5#
>>>newplayedcount>
>>>
>>>This idea can be extended, with smart playlists for, say, various
>>>genres, with "Play count is 0, 2, 4, 6, ...," and then a "Delete"
>>>smart playlist with "Play count is 1, 3, 5, 7, ..."
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