rona
06-13-2005, 15:15
i am seriously thinking to buy iaudio G3 2 gb, but i have a few questions that i couldn't find any answers in forums or any published reviews of this device:
- does wmp10 recognize G3 as a portable music device so that sync function can be used? it could recognize my previous player (iriver ifp 799) as a "music device" even if the firmware was a non-ums version, which means that the device was not seen in my computer as a removable drive. i know that wmp10 can sync to any ums device (i can use sync feature to transfer mp3/wma to my pen drives and when i loaded ums drive for iriver, i could also use sync feature) but the main problem is that if the device is not a music device, all synced files go to the root folder instead of seperate folders, which is pretty bad for me because i liked to sync auto-playlists of wmp my old iriver, any subfolder i want and without any sorting problems. i have no clue if i can do this for g3. cnet review of the product says that wma drm content can be played only if it is synced via wmp10, but all drm files go to the root folder. any ideas about this? please don't tell me use other software like mediamonkey or musicmatch, i like wmp10 and i have used lots of other stuff before coming to this verdict.
- while talking about wma drm, can g3 play wma drm files? (i guess the answer is probably yes)
- what exactly is the "playlist support" of g3? does it support m3u, wpl or does it have its own way of sorting things via bundled software?
- the files in a folder are played according to alphanumerical order or the date that the files are created? is there an option to change how the player handles the files?
thanks for any answers. and sorry to all if these were answered before, but i made searches on these and could not come up with good answers.
- does wmp10 recognize G3 as a portable music device so that sync function can be used? it could recognize my previous player (iriver ifp 799) as a "music device" even if the firmware was a non-ums version, which means that the device was not seen in my computer as a removable drive. i know that wmp10 can sync to any ums device (i can use sync feature to transfer mp3/wma to my pen drives and when i loaded ums drive for iriver, i could also use sync feature) but the main problem is that if the device is not a music device, all synced files go to the root folder instead of seperate folders, which is pretty bad for me because i liked to sync auto-playlists of wmp my old iriver, any subfolder i want and without any sorting problems. i have no clue if i can do this for g3. cnet review of the product says that wma drm content can be played only if it is synced via wmp10, but all drm files go to the root folder. any ideas about this? please don't tell me use other software like mediamonkey or musicmatch, i like wmp10 and i have used lots of other stuff before coming to this verdict.
- while talking about wma drm, can g3 play wma drm files? (i guess the answer is probably yes)
- what exactly is the "playlist support" of g3? does it support m3u, wpl or does it have its own way of sorting things via bundled software?
- the files in a folder are played according to alphanumerical order or the date that the files are created? is there an option to change how the player handles the files?
thanks for any answers. and sorry to all if these were answered before, but i made searches on these and could not come up with good answers.