[Typhoon859]

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look, i am using flacs... only... and i get a low, i can say baterry life... about, i do not know 15-20 hours.... but, again, my iriver, which promised me 30 hours of music, was not lastin about 6 hours.... so j3 really is good...

The bad software design is what really bothers me.  It ruins such potential.

 

[macrocheesium]

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The bad software design is what really bothers me.  It ruins such potential.

What kind of software? You mean the computer software, or just the J3's UI?

 

[macrocheesium]

 


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The bad software design is what really bothers me.  It ruins such potential.

What kind of software? You mean the computer software, or just the J3's UI?

 

[Typhoon859]

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What kind of software? You mean the computer software, or just the J3's UI?

I mean on the device itself of course.  There are so many glitches and so much lack in customization (not talking about skins) that I've actually been lazy to list it all.

 

[macrocheesium]

 
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I mean on the device itself of course.  There are so many glitches and so much lack in customization (not talking about skins) that I've actually been lazy to list it all.

Have you tried any of the user made UI's? There's a ton of selections, and Chakra/Lynx lets you customize it a lot. I agree that the default Cowon UI is really bland.

 

[Griffinhart]

Seems to me like you expect quite a bit out of something that uses what is essentially Flash for its UI...
 
But then, I haven't interacted with the J3's original UI beyond hitting the "Music" button in the main menu and going straight into Aero Music ever since AM was released, so I might just be out of touch.
 
-- Griffinhart

 

[Dobrescu George]

neither me!... i consider that it is not necesarry to have lots of skins and customizations, as the cowon ui is good itself...
 
and afterall, i am using lynx and aero music, which are pretty customizable....
 
why would cowon want lots of ui that are not so good? they have only one, that really is good, and afterall the player itself is audiophile, and is meant to be for music, not for look..... maybe you would like an android based device!....

 

[Typhoon859]

Guys, I'm talking about song setlist options like on the Zune and options like how much time it takes for it to go to sleep or for the screen to dim, etc...  There are custom UI's that have more options than the original?  It's not just a different looks and navigation?

 

[Kizune]

 
 
 
Aero Music adds the following features:
- Multiple on-the-fly playlists
- EQ Editor with preset names
- Mini queue (select the next track to be played)
- LRC and TXT lyrics support (yeah, I know, the J3 has native LRC support for some weeks, but I heard it sucks)
- Horizontal music UI (replaces Cowon's crappy coverflow; el maco's flow browser is supported, so you get a better coverflow implementation)
- Access to all music-related options
- Maybe other stuff I forgot to mention
 
Lynx adds the following features:
- Event Manager
- Custom icons (links to third-party applications on the mainmenu, such as Flash games)
- Folders (similar to the iOS 4 folder feature)
- Widgets (better widgets than Cowon's ones)
- Autoplay of Music on startup
- Security (Android-like pattern, password, auto-lock after 5 wrong inputs)
- PlugIn support so third-party developers can add more features
- Access to features like brightness, sleep timer, bluetooth,...
- Maybe other stuff I forgot to mention
 

 

[Angelopsaro]

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Aero Music adds the following features:
- Multiple on-the-fly playlists
- EQ Editor with preset names
- Mini queue (select the next track to be played)
- LRC and TXT lyrics support (yeah, I know, the J3 has native LRC support for some weeks, but I heard it sucks)
- Horizontal music UI (replaces Cowon's crappy coverflow; el maco's flow browser is supported, so you get a better coverflow implementation)
- Access to all music-related options
- Maybe other stuff I forgot to mention
 
Lynx adds the following features:
- Event Manager
- Custom icons (links to third-party applications on the mainmenu, such as Flash games)
- Folders (similar to the iOS 4 folder feature)
- Widgets (better widgets than Cowon's ones)
- Autoplay of Music on startup
- Security (Android-like pattern, password, auto-lock after 5 wrong inputs)
- PlugIn support so third-party developers can add more features
- Access to features like brightness, sleep timer, bluetooth,...
- Maybe other stuff I forgot to mention
 

Ok its finished, if i dont find time to install aero music this weekend i will kill my self!

 

 

[Typhoon859]

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Aero Music adds the following features:
- Multiple on-the-fly playlists
- EQ Editor with preset names
- Mini queue (select the next track to be played)
- LRC and TXT lyrics support (yeah, I know, the J3 has native LRC support for some weeks, but I heard it sucks)
- Horizontal music UI (replaces Cowon's crappy coverflow; el maco's flow browser is supported, so you get a better coverflow implementation)
- Access to all music-related options
- Maybe other stuff I forgot to mention
 
Lynx adds the following features:
- Event Manager
- Custom icons (links to third-party applications on the mainmenu, such as Flash games)
- Folders (similar to the iOS 4 folder feature)
- Widgets (better widgets than Cowon's ones)
- Autoplay of Music on startup
- Security (Android-like pattern, password, auto-lock after 5 wrong inputs)
- PlugIn support so third-party developers can add more features
- Access to features like brightness, sleep timer, bluetooth,...
- Maybe other stuff I forgot to mention
 

Wow, thank you.  I'm guessing that with both, all default features remain because I pretty much use all the Cowon features. 
 
Using the default J3 interface, I've arranged icons the way I like and it takes a while to lay everything out like that.  How do I save/revert back to how I have it now just in case?  It can't just be to the default like brand new.  Thanks   I think my love for my Cowon J3 might increase very shortly. 

 

[Kizune]

Since you don't Cowon's interface (you just override it) if you install UCIs, you can easily go back to the default by deleting the UCI's files. Example: In order to delete Lynx, you have to delete 'mainmenuN.swf' (N = Number of mainmenu), 'lynx_settings.swf', 'lynx_lock.swf' and some other files with similar names. That's it.

 

[Typhoon859]

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Since you don't Cowon's interface (you just override it) if you install UCIs, you can easily go back to the default by deleting the UCI's files. Example: In order to delete Lynx, you have to delete 'mainmenuN.swf' (N = Number of mainmenu), 'lynx_settings.swf', 'lynx_lock.swf' and some other files with similar names. That's it.

Ah, I see.  So if I install Aero Music, all I'll have to do is delete its files and it'll be exactly as it was before I installed it?  How are setting changes saved in the UCI?  Doesn't it have to overwrite some default Cowon J3 UI settings if they're linked or it's not the way it works?  It just saves over the additional installed files of itself?  Sorry for being overly cautious. 

 

[Kizune]

Every UCI can create its own setting files, the so-called SOL files. They can be found in /System/Flash UI/SOL/.
So there's no need to overwrite any of Cowon's settings.
 
 
"So if I install Aero Music, all I'll have to do is delete its files and it'll be exactly as it was before I installed it?"
 
Yes.

 

[Typhoon859]

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Every UCI can create its own setting files, the so-called SOL files. They can be found in /System/Flash UI/SOL/.
So there's no need to overwrite any of Cowon's settings.
 
 
"So if I install Aero Music, all I'll have to do is delete its files and it'll be exactly as it was before I installed it?"
 
Yes.

Ok, thank you very much!  I'm glad this works intelligently, lol.  And.. you made Aero Music? 
 
PS- I just paste all the files and folder into the Flash UI folder right?  XD