After just few hours of playing with empeg, i am pretentious enough () to compile a short list of wishes:

emplode

I understand emplode was not meant to be the user's main ID3 editing tool, but quite often it is (e.g. when uploading tunes ripped long ago directly from CDR). So, make it possible to change settings of several tunes at once, and make commiting changes and going to the next one-click (or even better, keypress) affair.

Please keep original filename as an entry within track's tags. They come handy in the situation as above, when filenames contain more info (e.g. non-truncated titles) than old ID3 tags, and one notices that too late.

Menu navigation

Somebody passed a tip about turning the player off from the remote by ' * 5 enter ', or accessing visuals by ' * 4 enter '. It seem the nth menu entry is being highlighted, the firts being 'Playlists'. So far so good. Visuals menu, however, works by selecting the first letter from the remote. This is slightly confusing, but probably in line with the fact that list of visuals is somewhat dynamic, like playlist tree. However, I would like to have an option to always select menu entry numerically, without even having to press enter. In that way one could remember 2-digit code of favoutire visuals and select them by ' * 4 code '. I have no idea how to squeeze this into UI without eliminating present functionalyty, which also makes sense.

BTW, is a neat feature that the beep that is heard when traversing the menu is different when reaching the start of the menu anywhere documented?

Info & Visuals

It would be nice to duplicate 'down hold' (switch info and visual) behaviour on the remote (again, I don't know how - perhaps CD when already playing MP3s?)

I strongly support popular demand for a 'show info of a new track for a few seconds' feature.

Searching

Include playlist tags in searches. Sometimes I would like to continue to listen to particular other playlist, but after this one is finished. I would then just do append by title.

Add 'insert after current' to append and select (i.e. replace) search options.

I think that both track list and multiple selection would come quite handy in search. I would both like to see which lists and tracks I have by, say, Mike Oldfield, and in some cases jusr add few pops with vocals, and in another several strong ones from 'Killing Fields'. Obviously, I would then also need a means to tick those tracks I want.

Configuring

It would be very nice to be able to change config parameters (e.g. DHCP use, IP address, even config.ini options) from within the empeg itself. It does not have to be very easy or user-friendly, just to be there as the last resort.

Intra-track indices

This has been mentioned several times. Include the posibility of encoding a whole CD as one MP3 file, adding some kind of cue sheet with time marks and usual tags. One could handle such a file as a (probably un-shufflable) playlist.

Documentation

Please make manual more comprehensive, with all tricks mentioned on this BBS, more examples, more details on various features (e.g. EQ: what are the units of Q?) etc. Also include (probably in a separate manual or a good readme) geek info (like serial command codes, how to add telnet and ftp functionality etc).

Misc

Is there any hope of doing shuffling in the backgroud? When I turn it on on even a relatively short playlist (~150 tracks), delay is noticable.


That's it, so far

Cheers!

Dragi "Bonzi" Raos
Zagreb, Croatia
Q#5196, MkII#80000376, 18GB green