Cowon D2 Firmware
Boots Burnside
repeat functions:
How easy is it to rewind back a few seconds?
There seems to be an a->b repeat function - how easy is it to use?
Can playlists be set to repeat, or can only files and folders be repeated?
The problem appears to be with the firmware. The symptom is that .m3u and .pla are corrupted/deleted after their creation if the player is rebooted with an SD-card inserted. Apparently if the lists are created on the PC, moved to the playlist folder, and the machine is rebooted without an SD-card inserted, then the playlists are fine and the SD-card can then be reinserted (as long as it is removed the next time a playlist is created). Cowon say they will fix this issue in a subsequent firmware update.
Buying online and returning stuff appears so easy within USA, but actually it can be a real hassle in Europe, even when sending goods between EU countries (which supposedly have good trade agreements).
Maybe the ipod has some of the features below, but:
It has programmable skip & seek speeds (for repeating sentences).
I can listen to a podcast and read the transcript for it at the same time.
I can record local Spanish radio and play it back later to study it.
J3 can slow down playback speed to 50% and correct the pitch.
It has good bookmarking and resume.
i think this is a factory defect, but as i live in ecuador, its hard to me to send it back to USA, if you can figure out whats going on whit my poor COWON, and can help me fixing this problem i would be thank you.
Hi, I am debating on whether or not to get one of these broken off of eBay. My guess is the guy dropped the player and broke the harddrive. So I can put in a new blank harddrive, and format it to FAT32, but the problem is the firmware. I noted that you say that you have to back up everything, and re-copy it onto the new harddrive. Is this absolutely neccessary? Or can I just go to JetAudio.com and get a new firmware and just upgrade? Thanks!
The biggest problem is that I have a Cowon Audio i7, a great player except for how it reads FLAC tags. If I have the tag 'Album Artist' or 'AlbumArtist' then the Album is displayed as "ARTIST=album artist" or "RTIST=album artist". This I've discovered after reading something on the MediaMonkey forums must be because the player reads 'Album' from the tag and assumes the next character is an '=' and following that is the album text. As it reads the tags sequentially, this replaces the previous correctly read Album tag. I tested this by adding a new tag that starts with the word Album, everything 1 character after this is displayed as the album.
Most on the various Cowon forums suggest removing any kind of Album Artist tag but this then would create problem in my various players where I don't want to see an entry for every artist on a compilation album.
My problem is that for one particular player of mine I need the tags written in a specific physical order for that player to display tag info correctly. I understand that this is a bug in the Cowon firmware and I have raised a support ticket with Cowon which assuming they accept as a bug would still probably mean a new firmware release will be a long way off
Here's a roundabout way that may work for you. If you delete a field, save the file, then add the field back, it will be written after all of the other fields. So let's say you wanted to be sure ALBUMARTIST came last:
In a couple of quick tests that I just ran this moves ALBUMARTIST after everything except DATE and TRACKNUMBER. Probably because those two field names are mapped. The above must be done in two steps. You can't just run the second action group following the first by placing them in order and checking them both in the Action Groups dialog. The file(s) must be saved after the first action group is run.
Mp3tag appears to write new fields in exactly the order that you create them in your action groups. If you really wanted to work at it, I think you could order any set of fields by moving them to temporary fields, saving the files, then writing them out using 'Format value' actions in the order that you desire. For example, extending the above to write ALBUM, ALBUMARTIST and TITLE, in that order, you'd do the following. It's still just two action groups:
In its marketing, Cowon distinguishes between "MP3 players" and "portable media players," where the latter are larger and have a greater focus on video playback. The categories differ slightly between the Korean and the global homepage.
Each Cowon player is equipped with a set of software sound enhancement technologies collectively referred to as JetEffect. The latest version of JetEffect, JetEffect 5, was introduced with the release of the Cowon Z2 Plenue.
JetEffect competes with products such as Sony's DSEE, Samsung's DNSe, and the SRS technologies found in products by iriver and Samsung and in products by HTC and HP, where they are branded as "Beats Audio".
JetVD is an Android application for downloading videos from YouTube in a wide selection of formats. It was first introduced to users of the Cowon D3 Plenue with the upgrade to firmware version x.55. An online version of JetVD, called JetToy, exists in beta stage.
3. Then look at the list of firmwares. The higher up it is on the list the newer the firmware is. Look for one called Cowon O2 PMP Firmware V.(then it will say a bunch of numbers). Choose the one that is highest on the list or the one with the higher number. Example: V.1.16 is smaller then V.1.17 so choose V.1.17. Then click download. Then scroll about half way down the page and under Firmware/Software download it should say Cowon O2 PMP Firmware V(a bunch of numbers). Then right next to it in green "GO" Click this.
5. When it is finished downloading go to your desktop, right click on the folder you just downloaded and choose extract all. Something should pop up, choose next. And then choose next again. Make sure that the box is checked that says something like "show extracted files".Then click finish.
See the project homepagefor official Rockbox releases, accompanying documentation and otheruseful resources related to this excellent software, but here you canfind only my apocryphal builds, information about the applied patchesand some additional stuff.
These builds are based on the master branch of theRockbox development sourceand include a bunch offixes and enhancementsas well as the latest main project updates up to build date. Summaryof the master changes history is availablehere.
All fonts and English voice generated byMbrolaspeech synthesizer are included. Being downloaded and properlyinstalled on a device all this should work just out of the box. Inaddition, auto-generated Russian voice is provided for each build as aseparate archive. Simply unpack it alongside the respective Rockboxbuild if you need.
In all these builds speech feedback initially is turned on only formenu. But some menu sections, such as font or language choice, infact, are implemented as file lists. To make them speaking as well, itis necessary to go to Settings / General settings / Voice, chooseSpell for Voice directories and Voice file names and enable using talkclips both for directories and files.
Since personally I use Sansa Clip+ and Cowon iAudio X5, all fixes andadditions are tested by me only on these architectures. Other buildswere created for my friends who like these improvements and asked meto do that.
Since the official Rockbox bootloader for Cowon iAudio X5 playeroverrides the original firmware, I preferthe alternative onethat allows one to keep Rockbox along with the original firmware. Seethe README file included into the archive for details.
Although Rockbox natively supports a bunch of sound file formats, butif you want it to be able to play midi-files as well, grabthis archiveand unpack it in the .rockbox folder on your player afterRockbox installation. It should be enough.
The FM radio presets pack for a bunch of cities (mostly Russian) alongwith voice thumbnails is availablehere.Downloaded archive should be unpacked in the .rockbox directory onthe device where Rockbox is installed. The voice thumbnails werecreated by Russian and English speech synthesizers depending on thealphabet used in the station names. The base information about radiostations and their frequencies was taken fromradiomap.eu.
We love the X5's small size and smooth scratch-resistant exterior, but the player's compact form factor comes with a price: namely, the separate plug-in adapter that houses the player's AC, USB, and line-in and line-out inputs. The small adapter (1.25 by 1 by 0.3 inches) plugs into the bottom of the unit, and you'll need it to charge up the player, record from another device, or transfer music and video from your PC, although you can use the X5's other USB port in USB Host mode (see the Features page). Using an adapter probably allowed the designers at Cowon to make the main device as small as it is, but carrying the plastic plug-in around is a hassle, and losing it would be very inconvenient indeed, though you can purchase an extra for $9.
Back on the plus side, the X5's 160x128-pixel, 260,000-color display looks good, if tiny at just 2 inches diagonally, with vibrant colors and decent detail, although the so-so resolution results in a noticeable screen-door effect. The display manages to pack in plenty of info, including artist, album, and song names, along with dancing sound-level indicators and a progress bar. You can even use an image from your photo library as wallpaper--a nice touch.
The X5 combines its video and music capabilities into an all-purpose digital A/V player, with mixed results. To play videos, you just navigate to the Movie folder and select the file you'd like to watch. You can then skip to the next file or scan forward or backward (up to 64X). However, the image freezes while you're scanning, leaving you with time elapsed/remaining and a progress bar, and there's no slow-motion forward or reverse playback. And while you can add movies to a playlist, you can't bookmark your videos, which means you'll have to scan to the point where you left off if you're interrupted in the middle of a film.
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