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Player recommendations? How's the X5 port?

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simulant:
First off, many thanks to all the RockBox devs... been using Rockbox since the Archos JB and absolutely love it.

My last two players, an Iriver h120 (my favorite so far) and an Ipod Video 30G, were both ripped off and I'm once again in the market for a new rockbox compatible player.   H120s are hard to come by and I didn't much like the Ipod (crappy battery life and I hate that damn wheel....)  so It looks like X5L might be the winner.

How's rockbox running on it these days?  At least as well as on the Ipod?  How's battery life?   Any caveats?

I'd appreciate any advice.....

    TIA,

          Simulant

LinusN:
The X5 is right on par with the iriver port. The only thing not supported is the USBOTG chip and battery charging. The battery life is just as good as the original firmware.

simulant:
Thanks.... Does that mean it won't charge via USB?   I can probably live with that.

xlarge:

--- Quote from: simulant on August 29, 2006, 02:54:56 PM ---Thanks.... Does that mean it won't charge via USB?   I can probably live with that.

--- End quote ---

It does charge via USB just not while rockbox is running.

bk:
The X5 is a little unusual in that when you plug in the AC adapter or USB (while the player is off) the official Cowon fw will automatically start up and start charging or connecting. So you don't actually have to intentionally boot the OF to charge via USB.

BTW, the X5 port works great. I think it's a great player, however the sound quality is very slightly worse than the H120 (which is the best sounding player ever made, IMO). Not enough to really matter, though.

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