Drag N Drop Mp3 Player...

[jesse1984]

Hi,
I posted a similar post to this in another forum and got a couple of replies... Not sure if it helped me but it seems you guys are the experts so here goes..

Is there an mp3 player that has:

• drag and drop file support for windows explorer.

• ipod like (but not an ipod) id3 v1&2 metadata processing (eg. browse: artist->album->songs | genre->artist->album->songs | plays tracks in track number order (according to metadata). -most of my mp3s are sorted via genre... so browsing via genre -then sub browsing is really important.

• Shuffle that can be used to shuffle a genre or album not just a global shuffle that shuffles all songs on device.

• 8gb minimum capacity (hdd or flash)

• manual firmware updating (if available)

• rechargeable lithium / polymer battery

I dont care about flashy looks, video, niche extra's etc. just a solid player that i can sort my own playlists, albums & random tracks within windows explorer.
Am i asking way to much!? -i thought such a device would be easy to find. I have looked at all the usual suspects- Iriver, ipod, zune, etc. they all have proprietry software that sucks. I know there are a handful of 1-2gb units but they lack in overall functionality and generally they are cheap and nasty.
I believe some of the cowons used to do it? but i think you have to use their jetAudio for the latest ones (ie; iaudio 7). Price is not really an issue if theres something good enough.

It'll make my Day if someone knows of something.
Cheers.

[rubennyc]

TrekStor vibez comes extremely close. However it's missing the "browsing via genre -then sub browsing" part though. The only workaround is to pre-create playlists and nest them in folders, but it's an excercise that's probably too much of a PITA.

Rio Karma had undocumented/unintentional support for nested playlists. But this still puts you in the position of having to manually create your sub-browsing scheme.

Let us know if you find something that does this, as I'd love to have sub-browsing within Genres, too.

[jesse1984]

Thanks! -ill keep that in mind. Anyone else have ideas?

[cyberfixa]

Originally Posted by jesse1984

I believe some of the cowons used to do it? but i think you have to use their jetAudio for the latest ones (ie; iaudio 7). Price is not really an issue if theres something good enough.

No, I believe all the newest Cowons are user selectable when it comes to drag and drop or their software.