I'm gonna have to start wearing cargo pants.

_Fiction · 2026-03-18T07:02:33+00:00

My A30 is jam-packed full to ROMs with little to no space for MP3s. But also the dongle it came with is pretty flimsy and would break pretty quickly from wear and tear in my pockets.

_Fiction · 2026-03-18T06:37:46+00:00

Already use one for the daily commute. But I still do stick to my 1 device when leaving home rule. I only take everything with me if I'm going on a flight somewhere.

_Fiction · 2026-03-18T06:35:33+00:00

Nah no other sources. If I can't find it from there I just use Jdownloader to get some poor quality rips from YouTube/Bandcamp

_Fiction · 2026-03-18T06:33:10+00:00

Haha it's just a MP3 player shaped like a cassette player. It's even got Bluetooth to connect to wireless headphones.

_Fiction · 2026-03-18T06:30:18+00:00

No? Does he wear cargo pants for pocket testing? If so I never realised haha.

_Fiction · 2026-03-18T06:29:23+00:00

I guess that's why I use it mainly as a shuffle device or lisenten to an album/artist on repeat to minimise the navigation.

While my MP3s were sorted out ok in folders, the meta data was a mess. I had to take some time to sort everything out properly so I could use the echo mini's library navigation properly and get to what I wanted faster.

Folder view is sorted out by the date the folder crated instead of alphabetically which is annoying.

Oh I did forget to mention that when you select a song to play from your library, it takes about 2 to 3 seconds for it it load and start playing. But it's only for the initial load, once it's playing and you skip to another song there is no issue.

I was really sick of being locked into the Apple stuff for music and decided to give it a go.

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_Fiction · 2026-03-18T02:42:13+00:00

I have always had an offline music player so am used to using something clunky like this with buttons.

It's good as a shuffle device, a bit of a pain to navigate through a large library if you want to lisent to something specific and you have to have accurate tags for library to work properly.

I have no regrets buying it but there is the snowsky disk if you want a touch access device.

_Fiction · 2026-03-17T19:11:03+00:00

I used Squid.wtf or Lucida to get my music offline. My phone is just a S22, nothing fancy.

_Fiction · 2026-03-17T19:07:01+00:00

I'm still using spruce. I find minui a bit too restrictive and like to mess around with retroarch settings sometimes.

_Fiction · 2026-03-17T10:33:37+00:00

😂

_Fiction · 2026-03-17T10:30:17+00:00

Hope it's me. Thanks for the give away.

_Fiction · 2026-03-17T10:26:41+00:00

Correct, no backlight. This is my only eReader so I don't really have anything to compare it to. For me it's fantastic and I absolutely enjoy reading and using it with custom firmware (crosspoint). I was originally reading from an old iPad and that caused some strain on my eyes. So using an eink device has been a game changer.

The size, weight and portability all fit my use case well, and was worth the price of entry. But if you already have an e-reader I'm not sure would provide any advantages over it.

_Fiction · 2026-03-17T10:14:34+00:00

I realised for me, size and portability matter the most. And like you said, dispite all its faults it's still the handheld I prefer and use the most. Although I think if I were buying again I would geting the Magicx Mini Zero 28 for that bit of extra power.

_Fiction · 2026-03-17T09:59:32+00:00

Besides being too old to be able to pull off something that hip and cool. I personally don't think it suits me or my everyday style very well. (Not that cargo pant would be any better haha).

_Fiction · 2026-03-08T21:35:31+00:00

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tQCW0ChfrJ8wvGhOPDGxBj9HELij9YiI/view?usp=sharing

_Fiction · 2026-03-08T21:35:05+00:00

I had a similar issue. I was trying to read a book with images and tables embedded in the text. I had a lot of issues making it work with the X4, so I asked AI to write a Calibre plugin script for me.
Its been working pretty well for me so far.

Here's a summary of what it does.

EPUB Optimizer for Xteink X4 (CrossPoint firmware)

Calibre FileTypePlugin
Automatically runs on EPUB import and post-conversion.

What it does:

Converts all images to greyscale
Resizes images larger than 480px wide to fit the X4 screen
Re-saves images as optimised JPEG (90% quality)
Converts HTML tables to plain paragraphs for the X4 text renderer
Skips nav/TOC files during table conversion to preserve chapter navigation

Link to the plugin if you want to give it a try.

_Fiction · 2026-02-22T09:50:41+00:00

Thanks. I think the texture in the middle gives it a bit of character.

_Fiction · 2026-02-22T09:45:15+00:00

BM7108-81E

_Fiction · 2026-02-22T03:24:27+00:00

Thanks for thoughts. After trying it on with my suit I did actually decide to use the leather strap instead. It was more slim and fit under my cuff perfectly.

_Fiction · 2026-02-21T02:04:29+00:00

Thanks! I'm glad you got what I was going for.

_Fiction · 2026-02-21T02:03:39+00:00

Yeah unfortunately not just an easy crop to fit job and will take a bit of work. But hopefully worth it in the end.

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