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Offline lost

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Question about interface on IAudio X5V
« on: May 06, 2008, 09:08:53 AM »
Hi,

I've just got an X5V, and after transferring my music files to it am disappointed to find out that they display in alphabetical order by file name, so that I could have to scroll through 4000-odd file names to find the one I want to play. The manual (Iaudio manual, not rockbox) appears not to mention this in as much as I can understand the poorly-written manual, and so I am wondering how to get round this problem. Ideally I would like an Ipod style "artist/album/genre" sorting system that could set itself up from the existing tags (tagged in winamp - probably ID3 but I have no idea really). Would rockbox do this? I would have already installed rockbox but for the fact the latest version is listed as not stable, and so I will wait for confirmation that it will improve the interface in the way I want first.

Cheers guys.

Apologies if the answer is clearly written in the rockbox manual but after spending 30 minutes looking through it I got half an idea the "database" mode might help me but wasn't sure exactly.
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Offline LambdaCalculus

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Re: Question about interface on IAudio X5V
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2008, 09:12:50 AM »
Rockbox has a Database that does everything that you're asking. And the manual page for it is here.
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Offline nls

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Re: Question about interface on IAudio X5V
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2008, 09:27:02 AM »
Installing Rockbox on an iaudio x5 is very safe and you can always go back to the Original Firmware if you don't like it.
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Offline AlexP

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Re: Question about interface on IAudio X5V
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2008, 09:31:35 AM »
Quote from: lost on May 06, 2008, 09:08:53 AM
I would have already installed rockbox but for the fact the latest version is listed as not stable,

Out of interest, where does it say it is not stable?  I would have called the X5 port one of the more mature ones.
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Offline MarcGuay

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Re: Question about interface on IAudio X5V
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2008, 09:35:52 AM »
This page may also prove useful to you:

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DataBase
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Offline lost

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Re: Question about interface on IAudio X5V
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2008, 09:42:19 AM »
Awesome. I will get onto installing rockbox directly.

Can't remember exactly where I saw the "not stable" thing. It was this morning and I think I was browsing the rockbox manual for installation on the X5. The gist of it was that the software is being continuously updated and that there is a small chance of bugs in the latest version - therefore not stable. But as someone pointed out above I have nothing to lose really and the advantages seem too good to pass up so I will get on with the installation.

Many thanks and keep up the good work!
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Offline MarcGuay

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Re: Question about interface on IAudio X5V
« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2008, 09:47:07 AM »
The current build page says, since the iPod scrollwheel problem:

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These builds are generated from actively developed source, and at times may be buggy or unusable. We appreciate your feedback on any issues you may encounter!
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Re: Question about interface on IAudio X5V
« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2008, 10:12:18 AM »
Quote from: MarcGuay on May 06, 2008, 09:47:07 AM
The current build page says, since the iPod scrollwheel problem:

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These builds are generated from actively developed source, and at times may be buggy or unusable. We appreciate your feedback on any issues you may encounter!


OK, however Lost I wouldn't worry.  That is just a standard disclaimer - there may be problems from time to time, but they won't damage your player.
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