So I’ve become more an more ticked off at the initial Sansa firmware and the problems Sandisk has with ever trying to get things to work in Vista. So I downloaded Rockbox for my Sansa e280 MP3 player. I have to say, I am a gigantic fan. That’s putting it mildly.
Much like every other OpenSource program I’ve downloaded or started using in the last year (since getting my new computer), I’m finding that Rockbox has all the functionality of the programming that it replaces and then a whole lot more on top of that.
If anyone has an MP3 player and is looking for a replacement firmware, I highly recommend Rockbox. It has supported firmwares for over a dozen different players, including iPod. To be fair, it isn’t nearly as cool as the iTouch or iPhone, but it is still pretty cool. I mean, I can play Doom! on my MP3 player.
Also - the Sansa firmware can only handle a 2GB MicroSD card, but Rockbox can support up to 16GB (at least - that’s all I’ve seen tested so far).
All that to say - I fixed my MP3 player and I can now not bitch and moan about the crappy programming that came native with the Sansa.
