integration with podcasts/similar feeds: Does anyone have feedback on how this player works with podcasts or similar audio/video feeds?
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Creative has a a program called zencast. You paste all your feeds into it and it will put all your podcast in one folder. If your interested in vidcasts(video podcasts) it gets more complicated. The majority of these are in Ipod format(m4v) and need to be converted. Zencast does this but really slowly. More vidcasts are starting to make more formats available, and I think in a short time this should not be a problem.
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The fiio played all mp3 files without issue. As for podcasts it would depend on the file format. I have yet to autosync it like I can with my iPods.
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That's a drag - personally live365 is a waste. last.fm would be better - even though THEY aren't the best - BUT I do like Pandora and that being on the unit is enough.Thanks.
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Not very well, so far. It has failed to include my playlists which hold several hundred tunes each. It would take days to manually rebuild them on the Squeezecenter software. if anyone knows how to remedy this i would be gartefull for the info.
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Absolutely, I do this all the time. You just have to set up player 1 and 2 for each side...button wise. Sometimes changing the usb ports jacks up the settings but most of the time, they just work.
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Not sure about podcasts - but I've had no problems streaming radio or playing music direct from my Windows Nokia 822. Navigation, talk to text, talk to OneNote, etc - all work fantastic.
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Thanks for your response to my comments. Hopefully the software update will fix it. I haven't even checked what version I have but have used it in preaching about 3 sermons (approx. 1 hr long each), 1 funeral (almost 1 hour) and graveside ceremony (about 23 minutes). So far, with that useage I have not experienced the particular problem you did. So far I am very pleased with its performance. What are your overall thoughts about it? Have you experienced any marginal performance areas other than the dropout?
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the 2.2 software is an excellent upgrade. i like the superior integration of podcast in the PC software and zune.to the problems with the library above: that was an issue for some (i didn't have any problems by telling the software to rebuild the info during load), to correct afterwards only required the deletion of the zune specific file folder with the information contained and allowing the information to be rebuilt with the new software. instructions can be found in the microsoft zune support, or knowlege base.
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I had this same problem, too. put a couple of movies on there and it was almost painful to try to watch. I don't think this device works very well for videos/movies. :/ I doubt the hardware is good enough to provide a proper, synced playback.
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Hi and thanks for the response.I am also assuming that I can do with an iPod Touch the exact same thing that I do with my current 5G video iPod, which is to subscribe to all my podcast rss feeds with my Windows iTunes, and then when I dock my iPod all the updated podcasts sync up to the iPod, and I can listen to them via the "Podcasts" menu option under "Music". I am assuming I can just keep doing it that way? I am not so interested in subscribing to new podcasts from the Touch but rather having my existing ones sync the new episodes automatically. Today you have to dock for that, and I hoping that tomorrow they will happen over Wifi. Hi and thanks for the response.I am also assuming that I can do with an iPod Touch the exact same thing that I do with my current 5G video iPod, which is to subscribe to all my podcast rss feeds with my Windows iTunes, and then when I dock my iPod all the updated podcasts sync up to the iPod, and I can listen to them via the "Podcasts" menu option under "Music". I am assuming I can just keep doing it that way? I am not so interested in subscribing to new podcasts from the Touch but rather having my existing ones sync the new episodes... » Read More Hi and thanks for the response.I am also assuming that I can do with an iPod Touch the exact same thing that I do with my current 5G video iPod, which is to subscribe to all my podcast rss feeds with my Windows iTunes, and then when I dock my iPod all the updated podcasts sync up to the iPod, and I can listen to them via the "Podcasts" menu option under "Music". I am assuming I can just keep doing it that way? I am not so interested in subscribing to new podcasts from the Touch but rather having my existing ones sync the new episodes automatically. Today you have to dock for that, and I hoping that tomorrow they will happen over Wifi. « Show Less
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We are using PlayOn which is now integrated with Roku.It streams from a NAS unit on our network.Claimed to be a beta implementation but works flawlessly for us.
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Beast, love how you say that. Audio books work very well for me. Good features; pick up where you left off, option to speed up or slow down the speed up the audio. Just awesome. As you know you have to find some way of downloading the audio book (i used youtube). I dnt knw about audible and this player mixing
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Yes, I bought this player to listen to audiobooks which I borrow from a couple of different public libraries. There is room for 10 bookmarks, so I can keep up with several different books or different sections of the same book.
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Miranda, I feel I didn't give you a good enough answer earlier and I don't want the contrarians to confuse you. Keep in mind that I am a Roku User/Owner and prefer the Roku to the Apple Product. I believe you are looking for a simple solution, not complicated? It is really going to come down to how much you're willing to do to make it work. If you want it to work out of the box with Apple Itunes... buy the Apple box. If your willing to do some server setups, file conversions and a fair amount of tinkering, then go with the Roku... you can make just about anything work with enough effort. The Roku will never have a native Itunes application as it is a competing device that is partnered with Amazon's VOD service. Because of this, and limitations of the Roku supported file types, there will never be a direct way to play things you purchase off of Itunes. I hope this helps.
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I used an external speaker system. Then I got the google cromecast gadget. But now I am not i.nterested in messing with that and just watch netflix on my computer.
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AIOS does not support this useful and there is no sign of further product feature implementation. VLC is a great open source with these cool features. Unfortunately, it is not support in media player. Hope it helps.
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T Underwood: Did this device work for you? I am looking for the same solution.