Why Creative's GUI stomps all over Rockbox

[bluebrother]

Rockbox (and any other music player as well) can't just find the files on your player if the folder structure is different. As has already been said, m3u is just a list of filenames (including path). If someone wanted to just search the files by stripping the path this won't work as expected -- just think of two songs with the same name. For example, I have a song called "Isobel" twice on my player -- the first file is by Dido, the second by Björk. How should an automated matching mechanism differentiate between those two files? (You could of couse invent some more extended playlist format to allow this, but I don't think something like that is feasible at all -- just use a good and consistent folder structure, then you don't need additional logic)

[Vortex]

So, basically, the Creative GUI "craps all over" Rockbox because the user has to read the Rockbox manual to find out what features it has?

I didn't. On the contrary, I found the Rockbox UI to be very intuitive.

I later referred to the manual to find out what the different "Insert" commands for the playlist exactly did (and some other specific things), but I was able to use Rockbox without having to read through the entire manual first.

[Yotto]

So, basically, the Creative GUI "craps all over" Rockbox because the user has to read the Rockbox manual to find out what features it has?

I'm still trying to figure out how the Creative player would handle Foobar's playlists.

[isamu]

I have a question.... why does adjusting the "stereo width" have no effect on the sound? I've tried adjusting it from the lowest to the highest but I hear no difference at all. I'm using the line out jack(heaphone jack is now useless).

[Vortex]

You have to set "Channel Configuration" to "Custom".

[Yotto]

You have to set "Channel Configuration" to "Custom".

Just like it says in the manual.

[ryan2632]

So, basically, the Creative GUI "craps all over" Rockbox because the user has to read the Rockbox manual to find out what features it has?

you are correct, sir.

[Mikerman]

Actually, I found that one just needed to go thru the various menu screens to see what was/is available (although the manual helps in making sure that everything that needs to be set is set, especially for some of the less-self-explanatory settings/settings that doen't exist on many other players).

[ryan2632]

Actually, I found that one just needed to go thru the various menu screens to see what was/is available (although the manual helps in making sure that everything that needs to be set is set, especially for some of the less-self-explanatory settings/settings that doen't exist on many other players).

i couldn't agree with this more. i've been using rockbox for about a year and a half now, and i have never actually read the manual. but then again, i find the majority of it pretty intuitive. if i run into a problem, or cant figure out how to do something, i simply spend a little bit of time searching through the menus or the settings and come to a solution on my own.

[frause]

I later referred to the manual to find out what the different "Insert" commands for the playlist exactly did

I remember doing that for the ipod (Video) OF. Didn't actually find anything about it in the manual. The Rockbox manual stomps all over THAT.