Mp3 Playing - Can You Turn The Gp2x Screen Off?


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To save batteries, while playing MP3s, can you turn the screen off?

I searched for "MP3" in this forum and it tells me I can't search for acronyms/words under 4 letters. "MP3 PLAYER" found references to "PLAYER" but nothing specific to playing MP3s as an experience.
 
Also, since the site search is useless for a lot of the searches that people like to do (cap, neo geo, psx, mp3, omg, bbq, etc) it's worth knowing that google site search works pretty well most of the time.

In google you can type:

site:gp32x.de omg bbq

to search for pages with omg or bbq. Note that there's no space either side of the colon.
 
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Well it's in the manual but who reads the manual nowadays :p I must add some pages to the wiki on how to use video/music/photo feature.
 
jansport posted on May 10 2006 at 07:29 AM said:
Well it's in the manual but who reads the manual nowadays :p I must add some pages to the wiki on how to use video/music/photo feature.

PLAYLIST?
Does the GP2X support having a playlist? Can I set the order of the MP3 files I put on the SD card somehow?

jansport - Heh - especially among those who don't own a GP2X - who reads the manual? It's a selling point for me as I already bought an MP4 player [alt] that didn't work very well (can't make playlists, sound issues that my wife can't hear, she loves the player - it's hers now).

FluffyPanda - Thanks! I feel stupid not having thought of using my Google search bar and "find in site" :p not all forums get indexed well. Good to know!
 
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not playlist support actualy but you can use oldplay that have this function

the order of the mp3 can be done with naming the files in the order you want them be played ;)
 
Yod4z posted on May 10 2006 at 07:58 AM said:
not playlist support actualy but you can use oldplay that have this function

the order of the mp3 can be done with naming the files in the order you want them be played ;)

Thank you guys - y'all are quite helpful! Sincerely.

Yod4z - What's "Oldplay"?
Renaming files doesn't terrify me - I tried that on my wife's MP4 player, but it paid more attention to file creation dates on the SD card -- but not always. It was documented and wierd. She doesn't care what order her songs are in. I do.
 
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No playlist support, but they are sorted alphabetically. One of the strongest features of the gp2x is not the included software (which is a bit poor in general) but the ease of development. There are already replacements either released or in development for most of the functions in the firmware.

These are usually open source (often ports of pc software) and the developers are pretty good at listening to feature requests. If you don't like the built in mp3 player don't worry, you'll find one that you do like soon enough. There aren't many devices out there that can offer you that.
 
FluffyPanda posted on May 10 2006 at 03:03 PM said:
No playlist support, but they are sorted alphabetically. One of the strongest features of the gp2x is not the included software (which is a bit poor in general) but the ease of development. There are already replacements either released or in development for most of the functions in the firmware.

These are usually open source (often ports of pc software) and the developers are pretty good at listening to feature requests. If you don't like the built in mp3 player don't worry, you'll find one that you do like soon enough. There aren't many devices out there that can offer you that.
Well said. It is also important to know that certain features that you're looking for may exist but you don't really know about them, I think it's also the user's request to be better informed about these things through the wiki hence I recently added this page so ( hopefully ) nobody else has to go through these lengthy searches.
I hope GPH will add playlist support on the Music Player in the future though, if they listen as much as the other GP2X devs do then we can look forward to to an improved MP3 player.
 
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FluffyPanda posted on May 10 2006 at 10:03 AM said:
No playlist support, but they are sorted alphabetically. One of the strongest features of the gp2x is not the included software (which is a bit poor in general) but the ease of development. There are already replacements either released or in development for most of the functions in the firmware.

These are usually open source (often ports of pc software) and the developers are pretty good at listening to feature requests. If you don't like the built in mp3 player don't worry, you'll find one that you do like soon enough. There aren't many devices out there that can offer you that.

FluffyPanda and Jansport: You two just convinced me to buy one of these things.

Last night my I spent 4 hours researching this thing after finding it on a lark on Wikipedia. My Latin wife inquired about the Brain Game for the Nintendo DS, so I researched that. I researched the PSP, and I thought "I hate $30-50 per game. What do I like in my games? Moddability!" So I looked up MODS for each system, and learned that Sony has declared open-war with their high-tech PSP users, and that the DS isn't that easy to do stuff with unless you want free games.

Reading through the history of all handhelds, I saw a link for the GP32, and GPX2... and now I'm here.

When my friend, Brandon, heard that it's, as I described it, "A hand-held that runs emulators, MAME, NES, SNES, Genesis, even NEO GEO, but no GBA yet" he said "That sounds handy!"

Also last night, I found out that my linear knowledge of C++ and modern knowledge of C#.NET will apply for this device, and I can do something I loved with my C64, but sadly was too young to do much of: program for it!

When I talked to my lovely Latina, about the costs and benefits of the DS, PSP and GP2X, she pointed out "Anything that gives you freedom is better."

From a country where not all things are free, fair, or uncorrupted - I'd say she's right.
 
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