Recommendations for a digital audio player

[garym]

Re: Recommendations for a digital audio player

Hi,

I don't want to sound pedantic (really, I don't!), but I noticed something relating to the behaviour the Sony Walkman since using 'embedded' artworks this week:

As the album moves from one track to the next, it is almost as if the artwork is refreshed. I mean, as soon as the player jumps to the next track on the album, for about a 1/4 of a second the artwork disappears (ie, the artwork region of the screen goes blank) and then reappears again. Perhaps this is what happens with 'embedded' art?, or maybe it's just down to a quirk on the Walkman?

I will check it in foobar on my PC just to see is the same thing occurs...

Paul

Not surprising, because evidently with the walkman, it only sees the embedded art. So each track has "new" art, even if it happens to be the exact same artwork. It loads artwork for EACH track. Foobar doesn't likely do this as it can read the folder.jpg.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Recommendations for a digital audio player

Hi,

I don't want to sound pedantic (really, I don't!), but I noticed something relating to the behaviour the Sony Walkman since using 'embedded' artworks this week:

As the album moves from one track to the next, it is almost as if the artwork is refreshed. I mean, as soon as the player jumps to the next track on the album, for about a 1/4 of a second the artwork disappears (ie, the artwork region of the screen goes blank) and then reappears again. Perhaps this is what happens with 'embedded' art?, or maybe it's just down to a quirk on the Walkman?

I will check it in foobar on my PC just to see is the same thing occurs...

Paul

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Recommendations for a digital audio player

No, very believable. These folks are idiots. I really feel sorry for end-users of technology who don't know (or don't have the capability) of gathering info from actual knowledgeable users.

Sony Tech Team would do well to read this thread. They might actually LEARN something!

[garym]

Re: Recommendations for a digital audio player

Hi,

I just random-checked a few albums and they all seem to be displaying the artwork! And those with double/triple-discs correctly display their respective-artworks.

Ironically, Sony emailed earlier on. They said their higher-tech team advised: "I will not be able to use my own PC to transfer music files or artworks to the Walkman"; and so instead I need to use an 'alternative' computer for this task. Quite unbelievable!

Paul

No, very believable. These folks are idiots. I really feel sorry for end-users of technology who don't know (or don't have the capability) of gathering info from actual knowledgeable users.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Recommendations for a digital audio player

Hi,

I just random-checked a few albums and they all seem to be displaying the artwork! And those with double/triple-discs correctly display their respective-artworks.

Ironically, Sony emailed earlier on. They said their higher-tech team advised: "I will not be able to use my own PC to transfer music files or artworks to the Walkman"; and so instead I need to use an 'alternative' computer for this task. Quite unbelievable!

Paul

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Recommendations for a digital audio player

nice! You did remember to hit the FINISH button, correct?

Ha ha, yes I remembered this time thankfully!

Just firing-up the Walkman now...

[garym]

Re: Recommendations for a digital audio player

It converted 150GB of artworks in 22 mins:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rM...m8fhS7QsUCvbzt

nice! You did remember to hit the FINISH button, correct?

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Recommendations for a digital audio player

If you decide you need to embed your artwork in addition to having folder.jpg, do the following to automate it. (test on a folder or two to make sure you understand what's happening before running it on your entire collection).

7. bottom right, click CONVERT
8. when done (which could take hours depending on number of files), click FINISH.

It converted 150GB of artworks in 22 mins:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rM...m8fhS7QsUCvbzt

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Recommendations for a digital audio player

Probably just wipe. Also brick is external usb drive.

OK, thanks; I'll do just that...

[garym]

Re: Recommendations for a digital audio player

Yes, I think you are correct. Plus, SD-cards seem to be significantly slower at such transferring tasks. The C: drive performs the task in half the time!

Would you just 'wipe' the Walkman's SD-card before saving the new 'embedded' artwork files on? Or would you go so far as to 'format' it again.

Probably just wipe. Also brick is external usb drive.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Recommendations for a digital audio player

agree. but once you have a backup, I'd run it all in one big job. (I'm not that knowledgeable about using SD cards, but I suspect you'd be better off running the process to embed art on files that are on your USB external drive or your C: drive (rather than directly on your SD card), then copying the files back over to your SD Card.

Yes, I think you are correct. Plus, SD-cards seem to be significantly slower at such transferring tasks. The C: drive performs the task in half the time!

Would you just 'wipe' the Walkman's SD-card before saving the new 'embedded' artwork files on? Or would you go so far as to 'format' it again.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Recommendations for a digital audio player

Before you do a batch conversion. or anything else that could drastically modify your ripped files, please make sure you have an extra copy of the files that will remain unmodified, like on a brick (USB) drive or an NAS. Too many ways of having an accident and doing irreparable damage. Much better safe than sorry.

They are backed-up on 2 x SD cards, 3 external HD's, and my C: drive.

Is the second-mentioned what you refer to as a "brick"? Thanks.

[garym]

Re: Recommendations for a digital audio player

Before you do a batch conversion. or anything else that could drastically modify your ripped files, please make sure you have an extra copy of the files that will remain unmodified, like on a brick (USB) drive or an NAS. Too many ways of having an accident and doing irreparable damage. Much better safe than sorry.

agree. but once you have a backup, I'd run it all in one big job. (I'm not that knowledgeable about using SD cards, but I suspect you'd be better off running the process to embed art on files that are on your USB external drive or your C: drive (rather than directly on your SD card), then copying the files back over to your SD Card.

[schmidj]

Re: Recommendations for a digital audio player

Before you do a batch conversion. or anything else that could drastically modify your ripped files, please make sure you have an extra copy of the files that will remain unmodified, like on a brick (USB) drive or an NAS. Too many ways of having an accident and doing irreparable damage. Much better safe than sorry.

[monsterjazzlick]

Re: Recommendations for a digital audio player

Now you have both folder.jpg and embedded art in all your files. AGAIN, do your testing to be sure that embedded art is actually the solution to your problem first. otherwise, no need to embed artwork.

garym,

All three 'Emerson, Lake & Palmer' albums are showing artwork on the Sony Walkman now! So this must mean the Walkman reads 'embedded' art only.

Should I perform a massive 'Batch Conversion' in one single hit now, please? I have 150GB of FLACs. Or would you slice it down and do, say, one GENRE at a time; just to be safe?

Paul