The Fiio X5 Thread

[fauxfreshness]

Yeah, I would use that Tuff-luv.com leather case if I were you in that case, since it will do a WAY better job of protecting.  I have zippered "hard" (pretty firm) cases I use with it, but I like the look of the leather one.  The Diginis one is super thin and doesn't protect the corners at all, whereas the Tuff-luv at least has the cover that appears to "bridge" to the back part of the case if it were dropped.  Kind of like an S-View case for the Galaxy Note 3, if you've seen one.  I was going to order one of those leather ones personalized, so I wonder how long that's going to take to make it here...

 

[pollyc]

Hi,where I buy FiiO x5, good price, without paying import taxes? I live in Italy, thanks

 

[Dobrescu George]

ok... i don't like the color of the brown one, and the black one would hurt x5's back with that metal thingy... i think that i might go with what fiio provides, i mean the leather case made by fiio themselves... i will go and see it and tell if it is good for protection, as it should be...
 
also, i need help... i want to select a song in browse mode... and let it play... and i want that if i press fwd and it hits the bottom of the folder to go to the next folder.... how do i set it to do so?.... (i already played with it a little but i didn't seem to be able to do it)
 
it feels like when i am using browsing mode by folder, the x5 has as it's boundary the folder in which the song is situated (it is very very bad for me as i have folders structure like 
 
 
Card/Artist name/year-album title/song name.flac
 
so i would need as it finishes an album,to move to the next album and so on.... how do i do this?... as i said, searched for this, and tried some combinations myself, but could's get to the bottom of this problem...
 
also, the solution, might be to make playlists also, but i have no ideea how to make one that would help me. i know how to make a playlist but i would need to make something like a playlist that points to smaller playlists instead of files directly, as i have lots of artists.... i don't know how to do this...
say, i make a playlist for every artist, in which playlist i would have the discography in order... i would put these playlists in a folder... all nice... but i want to make a bigger playlist that would contain all of them... for the purpose, of, if a playlist hits the last song, to move to the next artist insteat of the first song of the current artist....
 
this is a little more delicate help, and i want to kindly ask for a solution, as it is a little more complicat than what i usually do...

 

[CH23]

Hello guys,

I've taken it upon myself to create a wiki for frequently asked questions about the X3, X5, and X1.

I would like you all to help me, and eachother, in adding to this wiki, to make it as comprehensive as possible!


http://www.head-fi.org/a/the-great-fiio-dap-faq-wiki


Thank you!

-CH23

 

[nmatheis]

Thumbs-up , CH23!

 

[CH23]

Thumbs-up , CH23!

currawong reminded me of the existence of the wiki

Say, can you edit my article? It should have been set to be editable by any head-fier.

 

[fauxfreshness]

The black leather case I was referring to has no metal back, so that might be more useful (it's the first Amazon link from my earlier reply).  As for playlists, here are the options:
 
If using tracks from the same storage location as the the playlists, but wanting to run through different folders, I have JRiver Media Center making .M3U8 playlists like so with the playlists stored on the root of the flash disk.
 

 #EXTM3U \Music\Eliminate\Hyper EP\01 - Eastern Swing (Original Mix).mp3 \Music\Flux Pavilion\All Trap Music 2 [Explicit]\26 - Do or Die (Flosstradamus Remix) [Explicit].mp3 \Music\RL Grime\All Trap Music 2 [Explicit]\33 - Shells [Explicit].mp3 \Music\Apashe\Battle Royale_Black Gold (VIP and Remixes)\01 - Battle Royale (Feat. Panther) (VIP).mp3 \Music\Apashe\Battle Royale_Black Gold (VIP and Remixes)\02 - Battle Royale (Feat. Panther) (Tha Trickaz Remix).mp3 \Music\Apashe\Black Mythology\01 - Black Gold.mp3 \Music\Apashe, Dabin, Kai Wachi\Black Mythology\02 - Forsaken.mp3 \Music\Mantis\Block Rocka\01 - Block Rocka.mp3 \Music\Kai Wachi\Echelon\01 - Echelon (Original Mix).mp3 \Music\Aero Chord\EDM.com Exclusive\01 - Bouzouki [EDM.com Excluisve].mp3 \Music\Aryay\EDM.com Free Downloads\01 - The Lawnmower by Aryay.mp3

 
That will allow the device to read the playlist, on the root of the disk using the folder browser, and enumerate the paths to each track correctly.
 
If you need to work with absolute paths (leaving the playlists to be stored in any directory, and should permit you to have a playlist that covers both microSDXC slots, then it would look like this:
 

 #EXTM3U TF1:\Music\Eliminate\Hyper EP\01 - Eastern Swing (Original Mix).mp3 TF1:\Music\Flux Pavilion\All Trap Music 2 [Explicit]\26 - Do or Die (Flosstradamus Remix) [Explicit].mp3 TF1:\Music\RL Grime\All Trap Music 2 [Explicit]\33 - Shells [Explicit].mp3 TF1:\Music\Apashe\Battle Royale_Black Gold (VIP and Remixes)\01 - Battle Royale (Feat. Panther) (VIP).mp3 TF1:\Music\Apashe\Battle Royale_Black Gold (VIP and Remixes)\02 - Battle Royale (Feat. Panther) (Tha Trickaz Remix).mp3 TF1:\Music\Apashe\Black Mythology\01 - Black Gold.mp3 TF1:\Music\Apashe, Dabin, Kai Wachi\Black Mythology\02 - Forsaken.mp3 TF1:\Music\Mantis\Block Rocka\01 - Block Rocka.mp3 TF1:\Music\Kai Wachi\Echelon\01 - Echelon (Original Mix).mp3 TF1:\Music\Aero Chord\EDM.com Exclusive\01 - Bouzouki [EDM.com Excluisve].mp3 TF1:\Music\Aryay\EDM.com Free Downloads\01 - The Lawnmower by Aryay.mp3

 
The "TF1:" prefix allows you to specify which card you're sourcing from, and the absolute path to the file(s) to be played.  So you should be able to have a playlist that "straddles" both cards using "TF1:" and "TF2:" prefixes.  Just make sure you stick with whatever format you like, as it tends to be easier.  I don't have playlists that I'd want tracks from both cards in right now, so I just use the first method.  I also use Unicode formatting to allow for characters that the ANSI formatted M3U made by my media software won't work with (it puts question marks instead, even though the paths are made correctly, and the playlist entries don't work and are skipped).
 
HTH

 

[nmatheis]

currawong reminded me of the existence of the wiki

Say, can you edit my article? It should have been set to be editable by any head-fier.

Yes in Desktop mode. Not in Mobile mode, though.

 

[514077]

I noticed in the owner's manual that one can format in X-FAT (hope that's right spelling) but you can only update the firmware with a FAT32 formatted card.  I'm quite sure of that, but someone could check that out before adding to the wiki.  Hope I can find something to contribute at some time.
Thanks for putting in the work, ch23.
I should have said that the X5 can read from X-FATed cards but to upgrade a card must be FAT32.  There is a FAQ section in the last section of the manual which could be used for reference.  And, of course, the bugs and things we've all found along the way, could be added in the wiki as well. IMHO

 

[nmatheis]

I noticed in the owner's manual that one can format in X-FAT (hope that's right spelling) but you can only update the firmware with a FAT32 formatted card.  I'm quite sure of that, but someone could check that out before adding to the wiki.  Hope I can find something to contribute at some time.
Thanks for putting in the work, ch23.

Yup, that's right and has been a source of confusion before in this thread. I'm sure others would find it useful if you added that.

 

[Dobrescu George]

my problem was not that simple... i can make a playlist for every artist.... ok and done.... but i want that after i finish a certain artist my player to jump to the next artist in alphabetical order...
 
so i cannot index all of my music in one playlist... because browsing would be impossible...
 
i want to have a method to have a playlist pointing to a playlist, like have an allartist playlist pointing to a every playlist with every artist,... like that if i press play, and start from aaa/000-aaa/aaa.flac, it would play until the batterry is dead, or until it hits the last song from the last album of the last artist, like xxx/999-xxx/xxx.flac.....
 
in browsing mode i cannot do such thing, as it repeats the folder as a boundary....
 
can i make such a playlist that would both keep the usuability of browsing, and let me do a play through all of my database?....
 
So, i have to choose between doing a re tagging of all of my databse, or if a playlist hits it's last song in browsing mode, it goes to the next playlist instead of repeting the same playlist?...

 

[Jobbing]

For those who want to carry around all their music files

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/armenc/kuff-the-future-of-wearable-storage?ref=newest

 

[Dobrescu George]

as i guessed, no solution... this would be nice from fiio to do, to make the boundary setting work in folder browsing mode...
 
as far as for a solution, i think that i am going to make a playlist for every artist... and from there....... i don't know a solution anymore....

 

[fauxfreshness]

  I noticed in the owner's manual that one can format in X-FAT (hope that's right spelling) but you can only update the firmware with a FAT32 formatted card.  I'm quite sure of that, but someone could check that out before adding to the wiki.  Hope I can find something to contribute at some time.
Thanks for putting in the work, ch23.

 
When I was reading it it indicated that NTFS was supported, but exFAT had to be used for firmware updates.  I only formatted the 64 GB card in the device and copied the firmware to it for the update from 2.0 to 2.2, and I haven't checked the filesystem yet.  If I get a chance I might.  But I know it also supports FAT32, so I imagine the firmware was initially targeted for use off of that.  Since Windows, by default, doesn't care to format cards over 32 GB as FAT32 and the device just formats them on its own, I did that.

 

[darkarn]

Errr guys, has anyone compared the Fiio X5 against any table/portable USB DAC (instead of other DAPs)? I have no results from the Computer Audio and Portable Source Gear sections so far...