work on best low cost mp3 player for rockbox

[Milardo]

Hi hunterleo,

                   Is the rockbox player in production yet? Any pictures? Specs and pricing?

[m03da]

I just realised to ask Leo- is Rockbox going to be ported by your company and preinstalled on the player, or will you be shipping it with your own system?

We will ship them with our system first.

Is it more difficult for your SW engineers to port Rockbox than to create (or port) a proprietary OS for the new platform? I believe that shipping a player with Rockbox preinstalled might get more people to buy it- Rockbox is quite popular and most HW running it is getting painfully obsolete..

[blue96]

Yes I thought battery life. Now I see why is the difference.
What about the RUIZU X18, does it also use the Actions RJ2127 or something else, possibly better (in terms of sound)?

Do you mean by battery life? Their PCB boards are designed by different engineers. And the B03's battery capacity is smaller because the space is limited.

[hunterleo]

Hello,

just a quick question: is this project still on schedule?

I am really looking forward to a new rockboxable Player, as all but one of my sansa clip zips have stopped working by now! I think it is really cool, that your company is doing its best to develop that player!

Greetings and good luck
Henrik

Yes, do you have any suggestions for the new player?

Thank you,

Leo

Automatic bookmarking. M4B audibook format support.

I got the agptek B03 and the manual bookmarking is loads better than the clip jam or sport, but its not as good rockbox which autobookmarks when you shut it down. I can live without both but they are really nice to have.

I figure the auto bookmarking is probably the more import,since I can manually convert m4b

If you hold the middle button to turn the player off, it will automatically bookmark where it played.

[faelnor]

Great project! Features in my dream music player would be, if we exclude the SoC and audio output capabilities:

• FM radio chip
• SD controller with 2TB card support
• USB 3.0 or 3.1 controller
• Easily replaceable, large lithium-ion battery
• Durable physical lock slider
• SD slot (ideally full-size)
• USB type C connector

Do you have any plans to allow for fast data exchange, USB type C and larger SD support?
Is there a physical lock mechanism -- I really missed that feature going from a Gigabeat F to the Sansa Clip Zip?

[CaptainSodaPop]

How big will the mp3 player be if it's case will be made of metal?

To what other size/mp3 player can it be compared?

[Eldus]

I would love to see sound quality be of very high importance. It would be cool if you could allow for hi-res decoding say 24-96kHz (or 48). Low output impedance would be great too.

[hunterleo]

Great project! Features in my dream music player would be, if we exclude the SoC and audio output capabilities:

• FM radio chip
• SD controller with 2TB card support
• USB 3.0 or 3.1 controller
• Easily replaceable, large lithium-ion battery
• Durable physical lock slider
• SD slot (ideally full-size)
• USB type C connector

Do you have any plans to allow for fast data exchange, USB type C and larger SD support?
Is there a physical lock mechanism -- I really missed that feature going from a Gigabeat F to the Sansa Clip Zip?

We will make these features on our high end device.

[hunterleo]

How big will the mp3 player be if it's case will be made of metal?

To what other size/mp3 player can it be compared?

To the size of AGPTEK A02.

[WillScarlett]

Hello,
I was out for a while, sorry for that. The most important features for me and the reason I use Rockbox on a ClipZip are:

- Car Adapter Mode
- Automatic Sleep mode (Can be configured to automatically start with sleep mode already activated)
- Ogg Vorbis Support
- Support for a large number of files
- Folder based navigation as well as database navigation with search function and playlists*
- Small size and weight of the Clip zip. But a slightly bigger player will do as well.


When is your first rockboxable model scheduled for a release? And do any of your existing models have my beloved features?

I am very happy that you are still on this task!


*the search function does not really work in Rockbox on the ClipZip, because it is quite painful to type in the letters... the characters are in a wicked order

[hunterleo]

Hello,
I was out for a while, sorry for that. The most important features for me and the reason I use Rockbox on a ClipZip are:

- Car Adapter Mode
- Automatic Sleep mode (Can be configured to automatically start with sleep mode already activated)
- Ogg Vorbis Support
- Support for a large number of files
- Folder based navigation as well as database navigation with search function and playlists*
- Small size and weight of the Clip zip. But a slightly bigger player will do as well.


When is your first rockboxable model scheduled for a release? And do any of your existing models have my beloved features?

I am very happy that you are still on this task!


*the search function does not really work in Rockbox on the ClipZip, because it is quite painful to type in the letters... the characters are in a wicked order

Thanks for the suggestion. How car adapter mode works?

AGPTEK A12 has most of features you wanted, except for car adapter mode and search function, but I have to admit that rockbox works better for those features.

Thank you,

Leo

[SM]

I can't wait to get the rockboxable player, the A12 looks really nice but, I'd rather wait for some rockbox goodness... At least if my Clip Zip lives long enough for that.

[WillScarlett]

See 8.5.4 and 8.6.1 of the Manual here: http://download.rockbox.org/daily/manual/rockbox-sansaclipzip/rockbox-buildch8.html#x10-1450008.5.4
When you activate car Adapter Mode in Rockbox, set the Start screen to "resume playback" and hook the Player to a car charger (cigarette lighter plug) and your car Radio (via aux cable), your Player basically works as if it were built into your car Radio. It automatically starts and stops with the turn of the car key/ignition.

[CaptainSodaPop]

About two months ago Leo said that rockbox player will take about 3 months to release.So I guess it's coming out around September.Can't wait as well, really excited about this one. And even more now if it's gonna be similar to A02 by design and size!

[hunterleo]

See 8.5.4 and 8.6.1 of the Manual here: http://download.rockbox.org/daily/manual/rockbox-sansaclipzip/rockbox-buildch8.html#x10-1450008.5.4
When you activate car Adapter Mode in Rockbox, set the Start screen to "resume playback" and hook the Player to a car charger (cigarette lighter plug) and your car Radio (via aux cable), your Player basically works as if it were built into your car Radio. It automatically starts and stops with the turn of the car key/ignition.

Got it. I will talk to our team to see if we can add this feature onto our new player. Thanks!