Firmware 1.01.29

[thanashs567]

It is available a new firmware with version 1.01.29 in the sansa updater 1.083

[dfkt]

Good to hear it supports Ogg Vorbis.

I'll wait until it's uploaded here or on the Sandisk forums - that piece of junk Sansa Updater will never pollute my computer again.

[dfkt]

Ok, 1.01.29 is available for direct download: http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum...ad.php?t=22669

[Mikerman]

Version 29 Release Notes:

Release notes for Sansa Clip Version 1.01.29

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Issues addressed:

1) Fixed occasional early expiration of Rhapsody Licenses.
2) Battery indicator is now much more linear with Play time remaining.
3) Fixed a bug in FF/ REW of Long VBR MP3 files.
4) Fixed Genre can appear two times depending on the Tag encoding.
5) Device highlights "Play Previous" after returning to Music from FM playback.
6) Fixed bug with maintaining Custom EQ setting / volume level after power cycle.
7) After FM Autoscan, device will return to FM tuner display.
8) Bug fixes relating to deleting files on the device.


Enhancements:

1) Improved the speed to change DRM-protected tracks in Plays from Device Mode.
2) Increased Brightness for 4 GB devices.
3) Added OGG-Vorbis (*.ogg) Decoder Support in MTP and MSC mode.
4) Ported Audiobook and Podcast Sorting and Resume features found in Fuze.
Content placed in Audiobook or Podcast Folders will be accessed separately from Music.
Content with Genre tags of "Audiobook" or "Podcast" will be handled from any location and sorted by the UI..
PodCast and Audiobook have been organized by 2 level hierarchy.
Podcast content is sorted with newest episode first.
Auto Bookmark: These contents will prompt the user with "Resume?" or "Restart" option when restarted.
5) Improved the Shuffle algorithm to maintain the sequence of up to 2000 songs. User can skip to the previously played songs without reshuffling. Sequence is preserved after power off and on.
6) Handle playlists up to 1000 songs. Fixed playlists with large count taking long time to load.
7) Battery Power percentage is available on the "Settings> System Info" Screen at the end.
8) Device Auto Powers off if the Radio is Paused / Muted, to do power saving.
9) Add support for Melon SKT MusicDRM V1.4 (For Korea market).
10) Performs Faster, more complete MTP Format operation.

[The Little Guy]

Lets hope some of the new features are ported to the Fuze.

[FreeZ5]

Maybe some of the ones that weren't ported FROM the Fuze!!!!

[Mikerman]

No reason to re-create the wheel for the different players; instead, get a good platform and continue to improve it, and then port it to all the line, as much as possible.

[clipuser]

While I welcome the addition of playback speed control for podcasts very much, I wonder why it is not available to tracks in Music folder as well.

Also it is frustrating and misleading that press-hold on podcast episode says "added to playlist" but it actually doesn't. I often want to listen to more than one episodes of podcasts during my commute and not being able to add them to playlist is quite dissapointing.

[macilaci457]

Does the screen turn off with this while charging on USB?

[HipHopScribe]

Guess I need to pull out my Ogg Vorbis collection, I retired it when I sold my D2. Now they need to add Ogg support to the Fuze.

[dfkt]

Originally Posted by HipHopScribe

Guess I need to pull out my Ogg Vorbis collection, I retired it when I sold my D2. Now they need to add Ogg support to the Fuze.

Vorbis works pretty well, for a first release: http://www.anythingbutipod.com/forum...ad.php?t=29809

[Lucky Luciano]

Originally Posted by macilaci457

Does the screen turn off with this while charging on USB?

Only after an hour or so. I don't understand why didn't they set it to the same value as the OLED screen timeout setting.

[Dionamuh]

It's been over two months since I checked these forums, or the Sandisk forums. And now it seems that a new firmware came out yesterday. It must be a sign!
I've had a black 2GB Clip for just over two months now, and I love the little thing! I haven't really used it much, because I don't want to throw it in my bag and ruin it. The battery is still fine. Let's put on some new firmware.

[lightsout565]

You think Sandisk will add some of the features not found on the Fuze (ogg vorbis support) to their other line of products (Fuze, View, etc.)

[Mikerman]

Disappointing explanation from SanDisk as to the display brightness enhancement for the 4gb player:

You may get a little more brightness at the MAX setting. Not all the OLEDs will show the same amount of improvement, but on average there is an improvement.

I notice little, if any, improvement in the screen brightness with mine.

[ron2112]

I'm delighted by the improved shuffle algorithms. I've had my Clip about two months, and I've got about 1.2GB worth of music on it. Five days a week I take my Clip to the gym and hit shuffle on the entire collection. That's the only thing I use it for.

Prior to updating the firmware yesterday, I definitely noticed I was hearing the same tracks over and over, day after day. But during yesterday's workout (after the firmware update), I would estimate that almost two-thirds of the tracks I heard had never been played in that entire two months. I didn't even remember I had most of this stuff loaded on there. I am really psyched, this is a big improvement.

[A.z]

Originally Posted by ron2112

Prior to updating the firmware yesterday, I definitely noticed I was hearing the same tracks over and over, day after day. But during yesterday's workout (after the firmware update), I would estimate that almost two-thirds of the tracks I heard had never been played in that entire two months. I didn't even remember I had most of this stuff loaded on there. I am really psyched, this is a big improvement.

I'll 2nd that.
That was freaking annoying, but now it's gone!

[RoD]

I have the impression that the custom equalizer isn't working as it should be with the new firmware. Whenever I make a small adjustment the volume drops quite a bit, and the sound isn't really balanced anymore. I didn't experience this with the previous firmware, allthough sound could get really unbalanced if the sound was tweaked a lot. Small tweaks worked fine though.

Anyone else experiencing this?

[ron2112]

Originally Posted by RoD

Anyone else experiencing this?

Nope. One of the first things I did after loading the firmware was adjust the EQ. I'd forgotten to write down my settings so I had to tweak and test, and I didn't notice anything like that.

Ron Moses

[RoD]

Well I changed the firmware to m300s, instead of m300e. The effect I described above is now less noticable and I can actually improve the sound with the custom equalizer again. So i'm all happy now