appar111
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I tried one of the IRiver IHP-120's this weekend. The sound and battery life were great, as was the build quality and accessories. I had a couple complaints though.
First, the fact that it states its Mac compatible, and yet I could not use the DataBase function because the program used to create it is only for use on Windows based machines. So I thought, I'll just use the filetree setup-- not much different than using a Mac or PC file tree system, right? Well, I would select an Artist, then select one of the file folders of their albums, then selected a particular song in that folder, and every single time, it would scan in that entire album folder's contents before playing the track I selected. AND it never even played the track I selected (i.e. track 4, for example). It would scan through every track in that folder, then start playing track one. It wouldn't be so frustrating if it didn't take 1-2 seconds per song when scanning through the songs of a particular folder.
Am I missing something here? I find it hard to believe that no one on the boards has mention the fact that for a typical 12 song album, it takes about 20 seconds to scan through all the songs in that folder, and then it doesn't even play the track I selected originally! That is extremely frustrating when you're working with 20 GB worth of songs. Shuffle function seems to eliminate this-- songs can skip around from folder to folder without scanning in that entire folder's contents. But sometimes I want to listen to a few songs on an alubm, then go to a different album, and the 20-some seconds it takes every time a new album folder is selected is just too frustrating. I guess I figure that if I pay almost $400 total for something, I shouldn't have to wait half a minute every time I switch albums. And this shouldn't have anything to do with using a pc or mac, as the problems is in accessing the files on the unit, not uploading the files TO the unit (that part is actually drag & drop, and very easy).
I made sure that the DB function wasn't selected on the IRiver-- thinking that if that was the case, it might explain why it was taking so long to scan through a folder's contents.
So is this just inherent in the IHP-120-- normal access time for it in the filetree mode?
thanks!
First, the fact that it states its Mac compatible, and yet I could not use the DataBase function because the program used to create it is only for use on Windows based machines. So I thought, I'll just use the filetree setup-- not much different than using a Mac or PC file tree system, right? Well, I would select an Artist, then select one of the file folders of their albums, then selected a particular song in that folder, and every single time, it would scan in that entire album folder's contents before playing the track I selected. AND it never even played the track I selected (i.e. track 4, for example). It would scan through every track in that folder, then start playing track one. It wouldn't be so frustrating if it didn't take 1-2 seconds per song when scanning through the songs of a particular folder.
Am I missing something here? I find it hard to believe that no one on the boards has mention the fact that for a typical 12 song album, it takes about 20 seconds to scan through all the songs in that folder, and then it doesn't even play the track I selected originally! That is extremely frustrating when you're working with 20 GB worth of songs. Shuffle function seems to eliminate this-- songs can skip around from folder to folder without scanning in that entire folder's contents. But sometimes I want to listen to a few songs on an alubm, then go to a different album, and the 20-some seconds it takes every time a new album folder is selected is just too frustrating. I guess I figure that if I pay almost $400 total for something, I shouldn't have to wait half a minute every time I switch albums. And this shouldn't have anything to do with using a pc or mac, as the problems is in accessing the files on the unit, not uploading the files TO the unit (that part is actually drag & drop, and very easy).
I made sure that the DB function wasn't selected on the IRiver-- thinking that if that was the case, it might explain why it was taking so long to scan through a folder's contents.
So is this just inherent in the IHP-120-- normal access time for it in the filetree mode?
thanks!