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However, Neuros may want to consider disclosing the HD pass through limitation up front on the Website and in the manual in a way that non-technical types will understand more specifically what they are buying, and the 480i setting required for HD video sources.

Although the neuros will only record 480i, that is all that composite video supports.  I used to have an HR10-250, and the problem I had was that when it was set to output anything above 480i, the HR10-250 would not send any output to the composite video jack.  It was a limitation of the IRD, not the neuros. 

How to play the playlist when all the files are added into the playlist ?
I can't see it in the audio menu

Turn on the 442
Choose Audio Player
Press the Menu button
Under the Repeat item, press right or left until you choose Fav
Press Back/Exit and you should have the audfav.m3u playlist

Ow, so u use perl. I wrote it in textpad and saved as .pl, then opened it when i had perl. (the file that says randomm3u.pl audall.m3u>audfav.m3u).

But it doesn't work?

I wrote some more suggestions in the other thread [1], but pretty much you got it, but the one that says random_m3u.pl audall.m3u > audfav.m3u needs to have a .bat extension, like random_m3u.bat.

[1] http://forums.neurostechnology.com/smf/index.php?topic=7130.msg39595#msg39595

You run it from the command line. 

Thinking about it, you can probably also make a batch file that will make it easier. 

Save the first code box (random_m3u.pl audall.m3u > audfav.m3u) as random_m3u.bat on the root of your 442, and save the second code box as random_m3u.pl also on the root of the 442.   The root I refer to is the same place the audall.m3u file resides.

Then you should just need to double click on the random_m3u.bat script to randomize the playlist.

This is Windows only, and both of the instructions require that you have perl installed.

Yes, I understand the concept of your script, but I don't understand how I should make it work.

You run it from the command line. 

First, you save the script (the code starting with #!/usr/bin/perl) onto the root of the 442 named random_m3u.pl.  The rest of the instructions are for Windows (2000 or XP) users, if there are instructions needed for other OSs, let me know and I will try to get some.

Figure out what drive letter the 442 was mapped on (look in My Computer), it is probably something like G:, and in my examples I will use G:

Click on Start, choose Run, type in cmd and click OK

This should bring you up to a C:\> prompt.  Type in G: (or whatever your 442 mounted as) and press enter.

The prompt should now say G:\>.  Type in the command from the first code box (random_m3u.pl audall.m3u > audfav.m3u) and press enter and that should randomize your audfav playlist. 

Type in exit and press enter to close the command window, stop the 442 and the favorite playlist should now be randomized.

i would like to play songs of all the artists or albums at random.

here is a link to the post describing how I did it:
http://forums.neurostechnology.com/smf/index.php?topic=7130.msg38460#msg38460

Can anybody tell me what's the best option and is the zolid (=neuros 442) capable to shuffle all the songs?

Here is a link to what I came up with:
http://forums.neurostechnology.com/smf/index.php?topic=7130.msg38460#msg38460

it's not human to copy file by file if you have hundreds of pictures on your SD card.
Neuros forgot that you can copy whole directories?
 

Ya, the 442v1 is not good for that.  When the 442v2 is out, it should be able to easily archive the pictures off of a camera.  I have a bug report in about that already.   

http://bugzilla.neurostechnology.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514

quote:Originally posted by JEFFH

Im not involved in the developer google group but do keep up by reading the latest posts and the focus has all moved to the OSD with little or no talk about the 442.
From the Reading of these areas i get the general sense of a disfunctional development project.

I am not involved much either, but I do read what I can.  One thing, as I understand it, is that the software for the OSD, 442v2 and N3 are all going to be the "same" with minor modifications to the interface.  The internals are all going to be running the same software.  So any work on getting the OSD production ready means that the 442v2 and the N3 are also getting closer to being ready.  

That said, I am hoping I can get a new 442v2 before mid-november because we have a week long trip planned and I want the 100 gig one to take with me :-)

l8rZ

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by ice.skillz</i>

I saw the script and wasn't sure about how to use it and get it to work with the 442. How do you do this?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

I wrote the script and the post[1] and to use it you need perl.  If you are running Windows, the easiest way is to get the free ActiveState ActivePerl[2].  Other OS's probably have perl shipped by default.  If not, it depends on the OS as to how to get it.

Actually using the script I described in the previous thread[1], if you are having trouble with that, let me know.

[1] http://forums.neurostechnology.com/smf/index.php?topic=7130.msg38460#msg38460
[2] http://www.activestate.com/Products/Download/Download.plex?id=ActivePerl

l8rZ

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by westmo</i>

I see no files and when I try to format the drive I get a PLS Check with PC!.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
When I got that it was a bad hard disk and I had to send it in for replacement.

l8rZ

quote:Originally posted by andrewte

Same as PSP? That's a good tip, including the plug size?

Yup, unplug PSP, plug in 442.

l8rZ

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by kcmark</i>

Why should we believe that Neuros will be any more responsive to user needs with the new 442v2 when it is apparent that there is comparatively little concern for EXISTING customers using the existing 442.  <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
So far, they have taken all of the user comments posted in the dev group very seriously[1].  There have also been several scheduled IRC chats[2] with the people developing stuff.  If you wanted to have input, you would have been welcomed.  If you don't want to keep informed and just want to complain, I don't think Neuros or anyone else can do anything for you.

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">The 2 firmware upgrades have done VERY little to improve the usefullness of the 442 to the consumer, nor has Neuros mgmt given us any solid timetable as to when we'll get to upgrade our handicapped 442 for something better.  <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

The current 442 was not developed by Neuros, it was repackaged by them from another company (search this forum for details).  This means that they have only as much control over the current product as makes sense for them to pay for.  At the moment it appears that it would cost them too much to develop those few features on this current dead-end system.  The 442v2 looks to be shaping up very well so far from what I have been reading on the available resources.

I just posted my thoughts about the release date and what not in another topic[3].

[1] http://groups.google.com/group/Neuros-DM320Hardware
[2] http://open.neurosaudio.com/search/node/irc
[3] http://forums.neurostechnology.com/smf/index.php?topic=7306.msg39082#msg39082

l8rZ

quote:Originally posted by kcmark
what the anticipated release date is for the 442v2.  We don't need an exact day but could you at least provide us with some idea of when we will be able to upgrade our existing unit? This summer? this fall? 2007?

The OSD (which used to be called the R3) is going to be coming up for a "Gamma" launch[1] "in about a month (end of July)".  The boards and software for that and the 442v2 are being developed simultaneously.  

There is more status information on the Neuros blog[2] about the OSD.  And, as I understand it, the dev boards for the OSD and the 442v2 have been shipped out and the software is being written.  The "final" boards for the OSD and the 442v2 sound like they are pretty much finalized on paper.  I would guess probably this fall for the 442v2.

I don't work at Neuros, this is just what I get from reading the blog[2] and following the discussion on the google group[3].  

[1] http://open.neurosaudio.com/node/285
[2] http://open.neurosaudio.com/
[3] http://groups.google.com/group/Neuros-DM320Hardware

l8rZ

I thought it was in the WIKI, but apparently it is no longer there.  

The 442 uses the same power supply as the PSP.  You should be able to find a PSP power supply someplace.

l8rZ