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Akai Kenshi

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  1. That´s good news bc when you manually add cover art it is indeed embedded. However, in case you just import a cd the file remains unchanged. Itunes uses a database file to link cover art.

    In order to properly retrieve and add album art I recommend mp3 tag from www.mp3tag.de

    As far as I can see what needs to be done is support for winamp playlists and gapless playback.

    Thanks ceres, that program really makes up for Nero's lack of any sort of tagging system as far a I can tell.

    So, logic leads me to conclude that if LAME and iTunes encoded files with gapless options won't play gapless, then my Nero Digital files with the "remove silence" option selected won't either. *sigh*

    A bit of a tangent, but does anyone know what kind of AAC encoder comes with Sony Media Manager?

  2. We might find that the 810 series is identical to the 800 series save for the firmware on it which could lead to 2 possibilities:

    1) Sony do the right thing and release a 1.3 / 2.0 firmware that gives the 800 the same functionality as the 810

    2) Some hacker in Internet land modifies the 810 firmware to allow it to load on to an 800

    The case and screen look the same and as the player is basically storage, a CPU and an OS I can't think that there would be a technical reason to redesign the player to make it do what it needs to do, or maybe I'm just an optomist :)

    Well, some guy around here was working on getting RockBox to work with his HD-5, was he ever successful?

  3. There's nothing wrong with ATRAC, except for that it's a marginalized format. Sony could have opened it up and released an SDK, but they probably didn't think it was worthwhile.

    Nero Digital AAC sounds just as good anyway. I know it's a pain to re-rip all your CD's, I have to do it too. But you can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.

  4. LOL!

    @Akai Kenshi: it's 30€ actually. anyway, the smaller brother has an FM tuner and a new hardware. I can't explain why it's cheaper...

    Oh, well that sucks for Europe. Here in the states it's only a $20 difference. The nicer design and a few more sound enhancements and EQ settings are my guess as to why it costs more. As for the FM circuit, I never found that to work very well on an MP3 player and I hardly listen to the radio anyway.

  5. aaah!! drag and drop, eventually!

    I like the controls of the S61x, but not the round shape and the smaller screen...

    The new A81x looks the same as its father, a pity they didn't add FM to it. I'm wondering if some chip actually changed inside or if it's just a disguised software upgrade... uhm...

    Also, why is S so much cheaper than A??

    $20 is not a big price difference.

  6. So, for those of you going out to purchase one of the new walkmen, which path will you take? Are you feelin' the Plays-For-Sure love? Or will you take up one of the multiple UMS options? Or perhaps some of both?

    As for me, I never cared much for WMP 11. It's got a nice interface, but it seems to like doing screwy things to me like not being able to access CD info or net radio even though my internet connection is perfectly open. Audio seems to slide out of sync while watching my DivX files. And it doesn't really support AAC, which I'm finding to sound pretty nice when encoded at 160 ABR using Nero Digital.

    I'll be using a combo of Nero Digital and MusikCube until they get Sony Media Manager rolling, at which point I'll try it out. It should be good for properly cropping and formatting video files, if nothing else.

  7. From the quick look I took on SonyStyle, the a81x is $20 more than the s61x and it looks like it has a few more sound enhancements and EQ options included. And a sexier design, in my opinion. Now if only it came in red!

  8. Finally! A80x for the US. Man, Sony USA is just too stupid. I mean, NOW they are releasing 2GB players? New iPods are coming pretty soon. Again, Sony USA, stupid and late AGAIN and AGAIN. Looking at the NWZ series, looks like Sony gave up Connect in favor of Windows Media play-for-sure DRM :( Talk about dumber and dumber, even Microsoft is dumping play-for-sure, and now Sony is adopting it?

    Maybe Sony should just stick making PCDPs and MDs. They were pretty good at those. It's unfortunate that they gave up on those.

    By the way, for a blog called Atraclife, we're kinda behind the engadget people now. C'mon, just spill the juicy stuff already. Maybe ishi and friends are held back by NDA?

    EDIT: Apparently this is NOT the NW-A80x, but the eveil twin, NWZ-A81x. WTF? Being Windows Media play-for-sure device, I'm afraid it's won't have the drag-n-drop features of the NW-A80x. How stupid is Sony USA? Why can't they just release the plain Nw-A80x in the US, since they're out in Canada already?

    How do you know that it's Plays-For-Sure? Does it have to be for DRM WMA?

  9. Sony USA doesn't even stock the 4 gig W950i & W960i Walkman phones. The best on offer is the W880i with a 1 gig memory card.

    Both of those phones only operate on one of the two American GSM bands, so they wouldn't work too well here, which is why SonyStyle USA doesn't stock them. Sony Ericsson's got this bad boy coming soon though: z750a. It's not Walkman branded and is limited to 32 MB and Memory Stick Micro for storage, but it does have a media player on it. Pretty cool phone actually, works on every GSM and UTMS/HDSPA network on the planet.

    But I digress. I saw the two new Chinese players a while back, but I thought they were destined for Sony China only.

  10. So, today while browsing the SonyStyle website, I noticed that the selection of MP3 Walkmans has been removed. Now it's just Sony Ericsson Walkman phones, PSP's, e-book readers, etc. under portable electronics. Not that we didn't know this already, but now it's become obvious that Sony USA doesn't see the MP3 Walkman as a viable enterprise.

    I guess I'll be re-ripping all my CD's to AAC, and shopping for a Sony Ericsson. I could use a new cell phone anyway.

  11. I won't shed any tears for SonicStage, but the thought of ATRAC getting ditched is rather disheartening. It's a good-sounding format capable of gapless playback and some awesome battery life. I really wish Sony would just release an SDK for it so it could be used with other media players and continue supporting it on their hardware.

    But if we can get some gapless AAC playback on all walkmen, I can live with re-ripping all of my CD's.

  12. Internal AA Battery compatibility would be nice for those of us who don't want to put up (or are fed up) with rechargeables.

    Color Choice (preferably "high tech" Silver or "classic" Black for example) would also be nice.

    AA batteries = BAD.

  13. Makes sense, but is 32GB enough? My 20GB is already full with just music. Once you get photos and videos and pod/vodcasts, might space not be limited?

    Or am I alone on this one?

    -Nav

    Well, we're talking about a 16 GB chip that can fit into a tiny MP3 player, like a pack of chewing gum size. So why couldn't they engineer, say 4 of those chips into a device the size of most HDD players and have 64 GB of storage?

    NAND flash memory chips keep doubling in capacity anyhow. No, it won't be long until mini-HDDs are phased out.

    Now, what I would really love is a 100-120 GB flash drive for my laptop...

  14. HDD's in portable media players and digital audio players aren't going to be around much longer. I read on CNET recently that Toshiba came out with a 16 GB flash memory chip that will start shipping in the fall. So just put a couple of those bad boys into a PMP and you'd have a high-capacity solid state device. There will be no need for HDD's anymore, which is all for the better because they are fragile and use a lot of power.

  15. Storage is key, at least 40 GB would be good. Maybe have a modular hard drive or flash unit assembly that makes it easy for people to get the exact amount of storage that they want.

    Bluetooth would be good for linking with headsets and cell phones.

    Finally, something that Sony should be doing already with the PSP: MORE AND BETTER GAMES!!

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