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Hi there,
the player doen't play near the half of my downloaded FLACs and 90% of APEs, just returns to the main menu, probably due to the 24/96, haven't checked it yet, that's really annoyed.
So in what format should files be in order to play smoothly? Will there be the significant quality loss if I reconvert these files to the supported format?

Thanks!
S:Flo2 f/1.2

24/96 has been tested and is too much for this player and no, there will not be a massive loss unless you have bat like sensitivity to your hearing

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Ok I should be good then viewing by directory, the tracks are numbered in my library like this.

1.track.flac
2.track.flac

Etc.

Any downside to viewing by directory?

I made sure my 1TB of lossless audio would be viewable by ID tags and directory browsing, looks like that effort payed off.

no real downsides
note, as this player sorts alphabetically numbers need to be like this, with leading zeros ..


01_track 1.mp3
02_track2.mp3
.
.
.
10_track 10.mp3

so it will list them in order(if using Alphabetized sorting)

no real downsides, its no better than the sortted DB anyway as long as you are sorted with files and folders

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I don't think that there is a 24/96 portable player on the market, those big files will drain battery much faster I believe...

Just checked - 2 of them are 24/96, the rest are 44Khz, 800-900kbps. Nobody has the same problem?

only 16/44 works, 24/96 doesn't work, try these they should work

File name: 04-Espen Gulbrandsen vs. DJ Julian Vincent feat. Maria Nayler - Perfect Sky.flac
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/kvtdz2zmgg4

File name: 08-Tom Colontonio - Mercury Retrograde.flac
Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/file/dwzdjtmngte

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updated the main thread with some music related info and stuff - if anyone can help out in any way especially with regard to what are the max kbps of each music filetype or any other info related to what this player can and cat play would be very much appreciated

Cheers

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Music Player

Overview
This section mainly refers to the User interface and general functionality of the music player, listing all the options and functions available, tips and tricks and son on

The music player interface/application is not perfect, it has some quirks that are both generic to all Chinese media player and some that are unique to this player. The general layout of the main music player screen is not too bad, fo the most part is clean and buttons accessible, album art is too small and text elements like Song name, album etc and crammed into a small spaces at the top of the player, meaning long song filenames have to scroll back and forth to be seen - mad considering all the screen real estate on offer.

Interacting with all the buttons give you a visual feedback in the form of a throbbing circle animation, letting you know you have hit the right spot, its a nice efect, simple and effective.

Music screen Layout
The main music player screen has been crammed full of all you need to navigate and work your music, with so much stuff on the one screen that album art has been squashed to a smaller size and important elements crammed in small places.
All the PLAY/PAUSE, buttons as well as the TIME SLIDER are a accessible towards the bottom of the screen as well as 2 buttons, one to take you to the settings screen (more below on settings details) and one to take you back to the main music browser menu.

The FF and REW buttons are located towards the top and can be a little awkward to reach while using one handed as its quite a big player, they would have been better down below the art, making them more accessible, you can use the button for FF or REW but you can also drag the time bar quite easily.

In the center of the music players screen is a sort of info/display panel, this in itself holds 4 different views, each accessed by swiping left or right on the screen, they consist of an EQ bars animation view, Album art view, lyrics view (if lyrics available) and another screen dedicated to showing some sort of music visualization effect - this last one is pointless, its not in tune with the music, in any way, just a simple 10 frame animation - this space would have been better used to display track information or even a quick view track list from current artist, as it is its a waste of time.

The following screen shot shows the design and layout of the music player.- a picture paint 100 words, you can see from this image the layout, options and all that jazz



Tips, Tricks, problems and other stuff.

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Favorites and playlists

In short the players has the bog standard built in favorites feature. This is an internal only list and does not work from any standard PC playlist formats.
There is only the one list to play with here, songs can be added 1 at a time (flaw) and deleted 1 at a time, you can not rename the playlist in anyway - its just a basic list of music files and nothing more

Adding to the playlist

• Browse the music in whatever manner you like, either music library or file browser[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• select a song by touching it and dragging down on the screen and releasing, this is the only way to "select" a song, just touching it will open and play it!! - this needs sorting out as its tricky to get right[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• once highlighted (orange selector bar appear) click small icon on bottom left of screen[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• from the popup menu select ADD TO FAVORITE[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• nothing appears to happen but it has added it[/*:m:1sjl1poc]

Note that the players does not put any indicators on songs that have been added to the list but you can only add 1 of each song
Note You can only add 1 song a time, this is not the normal rockchip way so not sure what teclast have done here
Note Adding a song to a currently PLAYING favorites list will not automatically register and play, you need to reselect a song from the list for it to be put into the pot and played along with the other songs on the list - so, it does not work like a ADD TO NOW PLAYING function

Deleting from the playlist

• Open the favorites list from the main music menu[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• select a song by touching it and dragging down on the screen and releasing, this is the only way to "select" a song, just touching it will open and play it!! - this needs sorting out as its tricky to get right[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• once highlighted (orange selector bar appear) click small icon on bottom left of screen[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• from the popup menu select YES[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• song is removed instantly[/*:m:1sjl1poc]

Note You can only delete 1 song at a time
Note There is no clear favorites option
Note Favorites list is not visible or manageable in anyway on the host computer

Music Formats and other related stuff

• MP3 up to 320kbps
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• embedded album art for songs <4mb in size only (current bug - we hope)[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• Can be sorted in to music database by ID tags (album, artist)[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• player display ARTIST tag, ALBUM tag and song filename on the main music player screen[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• can display lyrics with seperate LRC file named the same as song filename (*.lrc)[/*:m:1sjl1poc]

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[*]WMA up to 320kbps (i think)

• neither embedded art or folder art works for wma (current bug - we hope)[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• Can be sorted in to music database by ID tags (artist) - does not read wma ALBUM tag - classes all albums in wma as unknown[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• player display ARTIST tag and song filename on the main music player screen - does not display ALBUM - classes all wma as unknown albums[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• can NOT display lyrics[/*:m:1sjl1poc]

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[*]WMA LOSSLESS

• can not play wma lossless files[/*:m:1sjl1poc]

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[*]FLAC - do not know maximums yet but we know it cant player 24/96 rated files

• neither embedded art or folder art works for FLAC (not uncommon in many players)[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• Can be sorted in to music database by ID tags (artist and Album)[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• player display ARTIST and ALBUM tag and song filename on the main music player screen[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• can NOT display lyrics[/*:m:1sjl1poc]

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[*]APE - need more info[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
[*]AAC - need more info[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
[*]OGG - need more info

• neither embedded art or folder art works for wma (current bug - we hope)[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• Can NOT be sorted in to music database by ID tags[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• player display song filename only on the main music player screen - does not display ALBUM or ARTIST as it cant read OGG tags at all[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• can NOT display lyrics[/*:m:1sjl1poc]

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menu lists for Settings and Browse

The settings menu and available options are as follows:-

• BROWSE enables you to jump to exact file location point and highlight current song related to list viewing options[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• EQ Setup
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• Normal[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• PlayFX (3 options in another setting)[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• Rock[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• Pop[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• Classic[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• Bass[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• Jazz[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• User (user defined)[/*:m:1sjl1poc]

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[*]PlayFX

• 3D[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• Bass[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• LEQ - some form of volume leveling??[/*:m:1sjl1poc]

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[*]User EQ - opens new screen with 5 point eq slider - values are

• 60Hz (+12 to -12)[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• 300Hz (+12 to -12)[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• 1kHz (+12 to -12)[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• 3kHz (+12 to -12)[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• 6kHz (+12 to -12)[/*:m:1sjl1poc]

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[*]Repeat Mode

• Repeat One - repeat 1 song continually[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• Repeat once - play current song selection once only (no repeat)[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• Repeat All - repeat play all songs continually[/*:m:1sjl1poc]

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[*]Play Mode

• Order - play current song selection in order listed on player (not necessarily track order)[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• Random Play songs randomly within current selection[/*:m:1sjl1poc]

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[*]Display Mode choose the central display within the main music screen

• Lyric -displays lyrics if available and in LRC format (not embedded)[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• Frequence - display EQ bars [/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• Special Info -this is actually the album art display - if available, black CD image if not[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• Animation -displays the simple visualization animation[/*:m:1sjl1poc]

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The main music menu and available options are as follows:-

• Current Play enables you to jump currently playing song[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• All File - displays ALL songs in one massive list that are currently in the music library (not file directory)[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• Artist - displays full list of Artists within the music library (not file directory) - selecting opens screen with ALL song from that artist - not broken down by album[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• Title - displays a full list of all songs but this time lists by the ID TAG song name, selecting one opens new screen with song filename displayed (odd)[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• Album displays full list of Albums within the music library (not file directory) - selecting opens screen with ALL song from that album - select to play[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• My Favorite - view a list of songs added to favorite list, this is the ONLY playlist available[/*:m:1sjl1poc]
• Directory browse and select song from the file directory, circumnavigating the music library[/*:m:1sjl1poc]

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• Phone: Samsung Galaxy Mini / Huawei G300 (just ordered)
• Fav App: Strava, IMDB, Jewels
• Portable Audio: currently none
• Headphones PC: Brainwavz HM5

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it also supports WAVE files, sample below is a 1:1 rip using EAC

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Support FLAC-image file with CUE-sheet file in same folder with indentical names .
For Example structures:
Folder [Yello]
Sub folder [Stella (Remastered) 1985]
File: Yello - Stella (Remastered).flac
File: Yello - Stella (Remastered).cue
When play Yello - Stella (Remastered).flac we can see on screen:



We can change "NEXT SONG" with smooth finger-slide from left to right over screen where Albums ListXX and song name.
We can change "PREV. SONG" with smooth finger-slide from right to left over screen where Albums ListXX and song name.

For example Structure CUE-file:

REM GENRE Electronic
REM DATE 2005
REM DISCID E70EA50F
REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v0.99pb4"
PERFORMER "Yello"
TITLE "Stella (Remastered)"
FILE "Yello - Stella (Remastered).flac" WAVE
TRACK 01 AUDIO
TITLE "Desire"
PERFORMER "Yello"
FLAGS DCP
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 02 AUDIO
TITLE "Vicious Games"
PERFORMER "Yello"
FLAGS DCP
INDEX 00 03:42:08
INDEX 01 03:43:62
TRACK 03 AUDIO
TITLE "Oh Yeah"
PERFORMER "Yello"
FLAGS DCP
INDEX 00 08:03:44
INDEX 01 08:05:22
and etc.


Support APE-file with NORMAL compression ONLY!.
Support APE-image file with CUE-sheet file in same folder with indentical names. - equivalent FLAC-image file