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Subject: OGG, FLASH, GAPLESS, ETC
Howdy Gang,
My Vibez has broken beyond repair - after 11 months of use, but I'm getting no response from Trekstor re repalcement.
Given that is was my first DAP & all I knew was that I loved the sound, I'm looking to buy a different DAP and have a few questions about certain specs of DAPs. If anyone is able to help, it would be greatly appreciated.
(1) I've seen a few players that have the facility to play ogg files (Samsung, Cowon, etc.) -- do these players also support ogg tag data (otherwise there is almost no point to having it)?
(2) Storage capacity aside, is it preferable to have a flash based DAP than HDD based? It seems the HDD players (ie. Vibez) are prone to breaking earlier.
(3) Even if a player supports ogg or flac, how is it that the playback is not gapless? Are there any DAPs other than the Rio and Trekstor players that support gapless?
(4) Has anyone that has used Rockbox to overcome all these difficulties encountered unforeseen problems? If not, I guess it's just a case of getting the DAP with the best SQ that can be Rockboxed & there you have a top DAP.
Cheers for the help!
My Vibez has broken beyond repair - after 11 months of use, but I'm getting no response from Trekstor re repalcement.
Given that is was my first DAP & all I knew was that I loved the sound, I'm looking to buy a different DAP and have a few questions about certain specs of DAPs. If anyone is able to help, it would be greatly appreciated.
(1) I've seen a few players that have the facility to play ogg files (Samsung, Cowon, etc.) -- do these players also support ogg tag data (otherwise there is almost no point to having it)?
(2) Storage capacity aside, is it preferable to have a flash based DAP than HDD based? It seems the HDD players (ie. Vibez) are prone to breaking earlier.
(3) Even if a player supports ogg or flac, how is it that the playback is not gapless? Are there any DAPs other than the Rio and Trekstor players that support gapless?
(4) Has anyone that has used Rockbox to overcome all these difficulties encountered unforeseen problems? If not, I guess it's just a case of getting the DAP with the best SQ that can be Rockboxed & there you have a top DAP.
Cheers for the help!
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