Quote by darkwraith007:

Hello everyone,

First off, I've read through the entire thread and would like to make some comments.

1 - Please put information in the thread title that 1.19 is the latest beta firmware.  I had to hunt through this thread just to find it.  A 'release date' for that firmware would also be good to have so we know how old it is.

4 - What is the 'scroll nudge' feature?  Is it implemented in the latest 1.19 beta?  Do I have to downgrade to an older version to have it?  Is it really that necessary?

5 - I'm interested in purchasing the docking station, but I live in the USA, and don't want to order from a foreign company, I'd prefer Amazon or something but I didn't see it listed anywhere.  Any tips/advice?

6 - What types of playlists and audio formats does the latest firmware support?  Does it include the latest version of Ogg Vorbis codecs/playlists as well?

What playlist format does the Vibez use?
If you use your Vibez using MTP -- in other words, if you use Windows Media Player 10 or 11, or Windows Vista, and haven't otherwise disabled MTP -- Playlists are dealt with in an MTP-specific way, and format support depends only on what your transfer software supports.

If you use your Vibez using mass-storage class -- in other words, if it appears as a drive-letter -- then the format support is indeed down to what the Vibez firmware supports directly.

Fortunately, the Vibez firmware directly supports all four main playlist formats: M3U, PLS, ASX, and WPL. Of these, M3U and PLS have the widest compatibility, but they're ANSI (8-bit) formats, which means they can't represent non-ASCII filenames in a way that's readable independent of locale. (Or, in other words, if your Greek friend writes some files with Greek filenames, and an M3U playlist referring to them, to your Vibez, then the playlist won't play. Nor will your French M3Us be readable by his Greek Vibez.)

ASX attempts to solve the locale problem, by being UTF-8 and XML-like; trouble is, it's not quite XML-like enough, as it doesn't escape XML special characters, and goes horribly wrong if you use "<" or ">" in filenames.

WPL is Microsoft's next attempt to solve that problem, and is genuine UTF-8 XML. Vibez uses WPL internally, for playlists sent over MTP. However, WPL support is not as widespread in other applications as either M3U or ASX.