integration with podcasts/similar feeds: Does anyone have feedback on how this player works with podcasts or similar audio/video feeds?
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Creative has a a program called zencast. You paste all your feeds into it and it will put all your podcast in one folder. If your interested in vidcasts(video podcasts) it gets more complicated. The majority of these are in Ipod format(m4v) and need to be converted. Zencast does this but really slowly. More vidcasts are starting to make more formats available, and I think in a short time this should not be a problem.
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I can download podcasts from itunes & have no problem. I haven't needed to convert. I use Musicmatch Jukebox to download onto the sansa.
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Yes, I've got it set up that way, and it's working fine for me. I run XBMC, so I've remapped it for that, but before that, I tested it with the built-in Windows Media suite, and that worked out of the box.
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Sorry Nathan, I never had a chance to try it. The player died after a few hours out of the box. I wouldn't recommend this player.
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I didn't think so. It was okay at first, it definitely works as a music player, but the limited functionality led me to ultimately buy another player and give this one away. I had a hard time shuffling music (I don't think you can) and finding certain artists. The UI isn't very intuitive.
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The library's a great suggestion -- thanks! I called both SanDisk and Audible to complain about their mutual incompatibility and was told by both that it was up to SanDisk. Anyway, my lesson from all of this is that I should look into these things more thoroughly before I buy another player (which hopefully won't be any time soon!).
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Yeah! I tried it and I like it (WalkmanMTP). Not perfectly intuitive but much easier than WMP. Worked nicely, but read the Read Me file for howtos.Thanks Vijay, good call.
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yeah, that's how I have mine set up. I use it for audio only, so I cannot comment on the video. but it allows me to stream my google play music from my tablet into a 2 channel input on my receiver (zone 2). works well for that.
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T Underwood: Did this device work for you? I am looking for the same solution.
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I'm not sure if it can play "podcasts". Since podcasts are only videos as far as I know, I would assume you could play them...but remember assuming makes and a- out of you and me. Even if it doesn't play podcasts, Creative has a site up where you can download "zencasts". Believe me, you will find several things you like on the site, yes there are that many videos.
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Thanks for the info.Personally, I'm not terribly interested in all of the bells and whistles (like internetTV and wifi capability), but if this can play a good range of video files with varying codecs, it's looking like a good buy. :)
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I am still learning and I did not set mine up for that but you can view these in a number of ways with lots of different software. I am using ISPY freeware and you can specify a youtube channel I think from there. also works with VLC media player. just set up the ip and pull it up. also Airvision comes with it for monitoring as well.
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The fiio played all mp3 files without issue. As for podcasts it would depend on the file format. I have yet to autosync it like I can with my iPods.
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Check out Connected Radio. It's a plug-in that lets you select from 1000s of audio steams. You can also add your own favorite audio feeds. You can find the plug-in on DivX labs and many others.http://labs.divx.com/connected/plugins
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I finally went Apple TV instead.. found great deals in their refurb selection. Does all the internet radio stuff (albeit fewer stations, but it's got my faves.. npr, WMVY, etc), as well as stream my iTunes library, music, podcasts, tv shows, movies... works with air tunes & remote speakers.. basically more features for cheaper price.
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As an owner whom has Fin'd this DANDY unit and made it "mine", I'm in the process of mashing together a last.fm streamer - might I ask who you are? That could make a claim such as that?
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I have two set up and can have both on the same feed.. i just click both on in my airplay menu