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Can't play mp3s through 'Files' option (Sansa c200)
krisdb:
Well, I guess I'm done using Rockbox. I know its free, but I wasted money buying the Sansa so I could use Rockbox. I would recommend anyone who is thinking of getting a Sansa c200, so they can use Rockbox on it, to think twice (unless you enjoy manually removing the battery, multiple times). For me, it is just completely unusable in its current form, for what it stated it did and what I was hoping to use it for. I'm guessing the ipod versions get more attention than the Sansa versions.
Llorean:
The sansa versio is also nearly a year younger than the iPod version. And people like you who experience problems that nobody else with the player experience rarely seem to understand that as we are not mind readers and can only fix it if you can find out enough information about it.
markun:
--- Quote from: krisdb on January 22, 2008, 09:52:01 AM ---Well, I guess I'm done using Rockbox.
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Too bad we can't give you any money back. I hope you will have better luck in future.
--- Quote ---I'm guessing the ipod versions get more attention than the Sansa versions.
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The ipods also have their problems with rockbox, like short runtime (although it's being worked on)
krisdb:
--- Quote from: Llorean on January 22, 2008, 10:29:57 AM ---The sansa versio is also nearly a year younger than the iPod version. And people like you who experience problems that nobody else with the player experience rarely seem to understand that as we are not mind readers and can only fix it if you can find out enough information about it.
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That's fine, except I posted this issue twice (first time over two weeks ago on the 6th http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=14796.0 and this post), and got ZERO responses. I tried to offer as much information as I could (and tried to figure out as much as I could on my own), but it gets to a point where I couldn't give more information without some kind of proper feedback, which I didn't receive. Even something like "we are looking into it". I mean, yeah, I could wait a month to get some kind of feedback and another however many to pinpoint the issue, but constantly pulling the battery out of my Sansa because its crashed gets old quick.
I'm not trying to complain about Rockbox, because its free and does alot right, but its just meant as warning to anyone thinking of getting a c200 to use Rockbox's stated features (like I did), to be wary. This is open-source software, which means its probably being developed during the developer's free time, so you won't get fixes and responses like you would with commercial software. Just the nature of open-source software, I guess.
saratoga:
--- Quote from: krisdb on January 22, 2008, 01:16:30 PM ---Even something like "we are looking into it". I mean, yeah, I could wait a month to get some kind of feedback and another however many to pinpoint the issue, but constantly pulling the battery out of my Sansa because its crashed gets old quick.
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Can't you just reset it by holding power like on the e200?
--- Quote from: krisdb on January 22, 2008, 01:16:30 PM ---I'm not trying to complain about Rockbox, because its free and does alot right, but its just meant as warning to anyone thinking of getting a c200 to use Rockbox's stated features (like I did), to be wary.
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In the c200 case its because its brand new. The port was added in September, and it really is beta. If you're expecting a polished product, you're probably a year too early. Buy something like the Gigabeat or even e200 which have been around a bit longer or else except that you're going to be finding bugs that no one knows how to fix just yet.
And anyway I don't think anyone ever claimed that the c200 port was particularly stable or even that it worked beyond basic playback, so I'm not sure that any warning is necessary. It sort of goes without saying that an unfinished beta is going to have issues.
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