Showing posts with label Sansa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sansa. Show all posts

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Rockbox on Sansa Disk Clip Zip

After my beloved Ipod classic got stolen , I needed another mp3 player with the following features
efficient but relatively cheap.
  • micro sd card slot to upgrade and swap songs.
  • open source friendly.
  • can handle various media files other than well-known mp3 format.
  • light-weight and portable.
  • doesn't attract much attention such as fancy apple products :/
  • plays well with DRM audiobooks (audible specifically ).
 I purchased the Sandisk clip zip 4 Gb..and I like it so far,but i needed more.So , dual booting with Rockbox was my choice, the installation didn't take much time , failed first at linux pc but it went OK on Windows 7 , i guess it has something to do with the drivers or the usb-mode.
Rockbox is full of features and highly customizable (I need to go thru the 128-page manual to get a full picture of i'm missing so far). what i liked most :
  • plugins such as calculator, alarm , 
  • ability to forward 1-2-5 minutes (not possible on SanDisk OS ).
  • support of all sort of playlists .
  • support of many media format.
  • bookmarks and resume from where left .
  • customizable .cfg files for settings editing on pc (can be transferred via usb to the sansa)