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imsjry:
I have a Gigabeat 40G will all of my music already loaded with album art associated with each file. Someone please tell me a good reason to switch to Rockbox. From ready all the materials, the program actually seems more difficult to manage than the existing Toshiba software. Since there is a workaround to get rip of the Toshiba SAT wrapper if I wanted to, what is the big advantage to Rockbox?

Thanks all.

GodEater:
If you find the standard Gigabeat firmware meets all your current needs - then there's no need for you to switch at all.

If at some stage in the future you find that you more needs of your audio player, and the Gigabeat's native firmware can't meet them - then come back and see us.

Rockbox isn't about making you switch your firmware - it's about offering you the choice. If you can't see any need to do it - then there's no way we're going to convince you to do it against your will.

That being said, bear in mind most if not all of the posts you'll see in these forums are from users who've run into difficulties. Based on our download stats against number of forum members - we have good reason to believe that most people run Rockbox without any issues at all. I certainly find it very easy to use (although to be fair I never looked at the original Gigabeat firmware even once!).

bascule:
From a link on the front page of Rockbox.org:
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/WhyRockbox


--- Quote from: imsjry on December 05, 2007, 11:05:06 AM ---From ready (sic) all the materials, the program actually seems more difficult to manage than the existing Toshiba software.
--- End quote ---

That, of course, is an entirely subjective opinion and one not even formed from your personal experience. If by difficult to manage you mean allow the user lots of choice, whilst requiring a modicum of common sense to install and setup to your liking, then yes it is marginally more difficult than the fully-integrated worlds of GigaRoom or iTunes...

imsjry:
I did read the "why Rockbox" area. Since I don't care about games/watching video I'm trying to see the need for Rockbox. Since everyone seems to love it, I'm just trying to see the need to take the plunge.

For example:

Does it really sound better quality-wise? I never noticed any sound problems on my current player.

How is the gain control feature? Work good?

With the patched themes, is it easy to add artwork for album art for each folder you would play?

Can you do Random play of all the folders easily? I read that was a problem for some.

Can you easily transfer playlists from say, MediaMonkey to the player?

DeanMurray:
I have 2 Gigabeat F40's. Both running Rockbox.

I was completely frustrated with the Toshiba software. I found it to be unstable. Loading my player using the Gigabeat room software was basically an overnight job because everything had to be encrypted.

With Rockbox I can load it up in 10-20 minutes max.

Album art with the Toshiba firmware was hit-or-miss.  There are a couple extra steps displaying album art in Rockbox, but once you've created your bitmaps its solid.

I don't watch videos or play games, but its nice to have the option.

Those are a couple of things I like about Rockbox over the Toshiba software. I think Rockbox is worth the small learning curve.

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