Is the A2 ever going to support gapless playback?

Thasp · 10-15-2006, 13:03

It says a lot when the iPod has a critical feature, and other players don't, because they're the last to get anything.

I've heard people say with MP3s the cowon is "almost" gapless. That's like being "almost" pregnant. It's even worse with vorbis files where it should be better because that's a natively gapless format.

I love video on it, it's far from a novelty and is great to watch when the professor is telling some elongated off topic story, or on the bus, but eventually other players will do that too, and the A2's horrible music/video scanning(how many times have you either gotten it to stop playing, go to the next track, or the previous track when scanning quickly for a certain part of a song), and general lag from hitting back to when it actually goes back won't be acceptble anymore.

hobo · 10-15-2006, 14:40

The ipod is gapless because of iTunes. If Cowon could do the same with Jet Audio then the A2 might have gapless.

Note that the ipod isn't "True Gapless". You have to convert your music to the Apple codec (i think) and iTunes will make it gapless.

rhymesgalore · 10-16-2006, 08:20

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Originally Posted by hobo

The ipod is gapless because of iTunes. If Cowon could do the same with Jet Audio then the A2 might have gapless.

Note that the ipod isn't "True Gapless". You have to convert your music to the Apple codec (i think) and iTunes will make it gapless.

Sorry, but this is not correct. First of all it is true gapless (whatever that means for real

) You don't have to convert your music at all, and itunes doesn't alter the files in any way, there's no id3tag or so that's changes through that. Simply put your (preferably) LAME-encoded mp3's (though songs encoded through itunes in mp3 work as well), AAC or whatever codec on the player and you're good to go.

MaxSt · 10-16-2006, 15:10

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Originally Posted by Thasp

It says a lot when the iPod has a critical feature, and other players don't, because they're the last to get anything.

Aren't iPods got this feature only very recently?

Thasp · 10-16-2006, 21:14

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Originally Posted by MaxSt

Aren't iPods got this feature only very recently?

Aren't cowons without this feature completely?

late > never

georgiano · 10-17-2006, 00:14

gapless and multiple playlists.
thats what i miss in A2

neoxerxes · 10-17-2006, 09:31

Honestly people, any major feature (e.g. gapless playback) that is crying out on this player isn't going to happen. The last firmware update attests to this fact. The A2 has reached market maturity, Cowon is obviously going to be focusing their attention on upcoming products. Sad, I know, but that's how they will get you to buy the A3...

MaxSt · 10-17-2006, 10:59

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Originally Posted by Thasp

Aren't cowons without this feature completely?

Cowon was busy adding OGG and FLAC and such...

mssx · 10-17-2006, 11:30

gapless playback would relly be cool but it is highly unprobable we'll get it in the future for our A2.
scanning for a particular part of a music or video is better with the click wheel but i haven't faced many problems. they are more often with mpeg files and most of the stuff i have are avis with xvid and mp3 in them....

Thasp · 10-20-2006, 17:58

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Originally Posted by MaxSt

Cowon was busy adding OGG and FLAC and such...

Rio had this in 2003 - and they were a failure as a company more times than I can count.

I see the iPod does h.264 also. It's almost looking like a better player now, which frightens me.

Packgrog · 10-20-2006, 18:48

Give it a little time. With this new Linux bootloader, it may be only a matter of time before we manage to port some software to the A2, and possibly even gapless. Lord knows that would be one of my priorities! Heheh! First things first, though, we have to test out the bootloader. Give it some time, but don't expect it soon, or from Cowon themselves.

neoufo51 · 10-20-2006, 18:50

The Cowon A2 is a VERY popular PMP. I can see people customizing the firmware themselves next year, adding whatever they like.

10-15-2006, 13:03	#1
Thasp Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 259	Is the A2 ever going to support gapless playback? It says a lot when the iPod has a critical feature, and other players don't, because they're the last to get anything. I've heard people say with MP3s the cowon is "almost" gapless. That's like being "almost" pregnant. It's even worse with vorbis files where it should be better because that's a natively gapless format. I love video on it, it's far from a novelty and is great to watch when the professor is telling some elongated off topic story, or on the bus, but eventually other players will do that too, and the A2's horrible music/video scanning(how many times have you either gotten it to stop playing, go to the next track, or the previous track when scanning quickly for a certain part of a song), and general lag from hitting back to when it actually goes back won't be acceptble anymore.

10-15-2006, 14:40	#2
hobo Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: UK Posts: 501	The ipod is gapless because of iTunes. If Cowon could do the same with Jet Audio then the A2 might have gapless. Note that the ipod isn't "True Gapless". You have to convert your music to the Apple codec (i think) and iTunes will make it gapless. __________________ My A2 vids: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56Z8ds3a3Q8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iiw4j1qylQ 2ndv

10-17-2006, 11:30	#9
mssx Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Coventry, United Kingdom Posts: 517	gapless playback would relly be cool but it is highly unprobable we'll get it in the future for our A2. scanning for a particular part of a music or video is better with the click wheel but i haven't faced many problems. they are more often with mpeg files and most of the stuff i have are avis with xvid and mp3 in them.... __________________ Cowon A2 + Sennheiser IE6

10-20-2006, 18:48	#11
Packgrog Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 203	Give it a little time. With this new Linux bootloader, it may be only a matter of time before we manage to port some software to the A2, and possibly even gapless. Lord knows that would be one of my priorities! Heheh! First things first, though, we have to test out the bootloader. Give it some time, but don't expect it soon, or from Cowon themselves. __________________ Cowon A2 30GB v1.91 w/ InvisibleShield \| Rockboxed iHP-120 (Bootloader v6, Build CVS-061020) \| Altoid Tin Monica 2 NOS DAC \| Future Sonics Atrio m5 \| Beyerdynamic DT250-80

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10-17-2006, 00:14	#6
georgiano Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 67	gapless and multiple playlists. thats what i miss in A2

10-17-2006, 09:31	#7
neoxerxes Resident D2er Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 138	Honestly people, any major feature (e.g. gapless playback) that is crying out on this player isn't going to happen. The last firmware update attests to this fact. The A2 has reached market maturity, Cowon is obviously going to be focusing their attention on upcoming products. Sad, I know, but that's how they will get you to buy the A3...

10-20-2006, 18:50	#12
neoufo51 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 23	The Cowon A2 is a VERY popular PMP. I can see people customizing the firmware themselves next year, adding whatever they like.