Audioscrobbler and Last.fm for Zen Vision:

I was wondering what the chances were that we'd ever see a firmware update for the Zen Vision: M that will allow Audioscrobbling (www.last.fm). The player already seems to keep track of my listening habbits. Would it really be so hard to allow that information to be accessible from my PC?
According to the people at the Audioscrobbler forum, the only reason an Audioscrobbler plugin _doesn't_ exist for Zen players is that Creative's firmware is not open enough. Would it really be terribly difficult to open up the firmware and let the relevant information be accessible? For a lot of people, the ability to use Last.fm with their MP3 player would be a huge selling point. The Zen Vision: M is an otherwise very versatile player; it would be great to see this extra feature added in an upcoming firmware upgrade.
Anybody else out there want to see this happen? Any reason why it couldn't? Please chime in.

yes sure i want this last.fm plug-in if it ever happens. i Use last.fm everyday and would love to se my track listing being displayed on there from my creative zen vision m............... it was the one thing i was hoping it would have but knowing it didnt i nearly picked the ipod. saying that im glad i didnt ;-)

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Pressing the reset button does not do anything. The only thing that I've found that will work is to open it up and unplug the battery. But even that is starting to not work.
This doesn't happen every time I use it, but it is happening quite a bit. It's gotten to the point today that I can't even charge the battery at all.
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The connector on the motherboard check it . It may need to be resoldered. The last time I ran into those symptoms that was the solution.

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Hey everyone,
I participated in Nov's starbuy, didnt manage to get anything and after it, I checked back a couple of days later and saw that Dec starbuy was scheduled for today 2 Dec at 0pm for Zen Vision M (Black) 60GB. But just logged onto Creative Online Store and didnt see the link for Starbuy. Anyone know what happened to it's? Does this mean no more starbuy from now on?

I also was eagerly watching for the starbuy that you have referred to on Dec 2 at 0pm. I must say I'm disappointed with what Creative has done. Sure, they have every "right" to withdraw their offers but they did not bother to inform the public about it. I personally checked the website patiently from 9pm to 030pm thinking that maybe they were getting ready to upload the website with the starbuy. But NO the stupid link kept going back to the creative homepage. And they sneakily removed all the advertisements to the starbuy.
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Check it out at sg.store.creative.com/starbuy
Why they decided to pull the ZVM beats me. I have no idea. And why Creative has started selling what looks like basically an expensi've radio (ie, they are going back in time) beats me even more. As echoed by many Internet reviewers, compared to Apple Ipod, Creative's MP3 players are pretty good and they should focus their attention on that, try to make them even smaller and longer battery life, more functions, more codecs, better screens, BUT what we see is Creative di'versifying and designing/manufacturing so much new products that they may not have a market for.
EDIT: Ok I just checked, about DAB: from Wikipedia
Digital Audio Broadcasting or DAB is a technology for broadcasting audio programming in digital form that was designed in the late 980s but which is now being introduced in many countries. The original objecti'ves of converting to digital systems were to enable higher fidelity, more stations, less inteference, mobile services and additional information such as text, although in practice the vast majority of radio stations on DAB sound worse than on FM.
In Singapore, MediaCorp's SmartRadio was launched on 9 November 999. Using the Eureka 47 DAB system, SmartRadio provides six digital-only stations and eight simulcast FM services, along with images and text to supplement the audio. Singapore was the first country to reach full DAB coverage.
My response: I still think that Creative should work on their mp3 players. They could try introducing this DAB technology into their MP3 players, maybe be the first in the world to do it. Sooner or later another company's gonna do it.Message Edited by fourseven on 2-04-200602:30 AM

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Hello SQL experts,
I hope you can help with this.. I have a table (could have 1M or more rows in it) see structure below. I am looking to get the first and last date/times for each employee for each day. I also need the location GUID for the first read.
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LocationGUID (uniqueidentifier datatype)
DateTime (DateTime datatype)
12345678-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
11111111-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
04/12/2014 07:00:01
12345678-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
22222222-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
04/12/2014 10:40:05
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22222222-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
04/12/2014 17:04:02
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22222222-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
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22222222-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
04/14/2014 14:00:03
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This would be the ideal output (I can do without the TotalTimeInHours):
EmployeeGUID (uniqueidentifier datatype)
LocationGUID (uniqueidentifier datatype)
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LastRead (DateTime datatype)
TotalTimeInHours
12345678-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
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04/12/2014 07:00:01
04/12/2014 17:04:02
Total in hours between the first and last read.
44422222-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
22222222-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
04/14/2014 08:00:00
04/14/2014 14:00:03
44422222-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
33333333-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
04/15/2014 07:49:00
04/15/2014 09:00:01
I would post what I have tried so far but I have been trying many different types of queries over the last few days. In short I need the employees first and last reads for each date. They could have many entries per date or just 1. I am certain that this
is a trivial thing for a SQL expert but not trivial for me :).
Thank you in advance!

Thank you!
This is almost what I need. The LocationGUID has to be included in the output. When I include it, I have to put it in the Group By clause. When I do that the reads are based on the LocationGUID (see below).
** I added a few more data entries and included the LocationGUID in the output.
***** SQL ***********
CREATE TABLE test( EmployeeGUID uniqueidentifier, LocationGUID uniqueidentifier, DateTimeCol DateTime )Insert into test values
('12345678-0000-0000-0000-000000000000','11111111-0000-0000-0000-000000000000','04/12/2014 07:00:01')
,('12345678-0000-0000-0000-000000000000','22222222-0000-0000-0000-000000000000','04/12/2014 10:40:05')
,('12345678-0000-0000-0000-000000000000','22222222-0000-0000-0000-000000000000','04/12/2014 17:04:02')
,('12345678-0000-0000-0000-000000000000','22222222-0000-0000-0000-000000000000','04/12/2014 19:00:00')
,('44422222-0000-0000-0000-000000000000','22222222-0000-0000-0000-000000000000','04/14/2014 08:00:00')
,('44422222-0000-0000-0000-000000000000','22222222-0000-0000-0000-000000000000','04/14/2014 14:04:03')
,('44422222-0000-0000-0000-000000000000','22222222-0000-0000-0000-000000000000','04/15/2014 07:49:00')
,('44422222-0000-0000-0000-000000000000','22222222-0000-0000-0000-000000000000','04/15/2014 09:00:01')
,('12345678-0000-0000-0000-000000000000','11111111-0000-0000-0000-000000000000','04/13/2014 10:40:05')
,('12345678-0000-0000-0000-000000000000','22222222-0000-0000-0000-000000000000','04/13/2014 17:04:02')
,('12345678-0000-0000-0000-000000000000','22222222-0000-0000-0000-000000000000','04/13/2014 19:00:00')
;with mycte as (
SELECT *, row_number() OVER(partition by EmployeeGUID, Cast(DateTimeCol as date) Order by DateTimeCol) rnASC,
row_number() OVER (partition by EmployeeGUID, Cast(DateTimeCol as date) Order by DateTimeCol DESC) rnDESC
FROM test)
Select EmployeeGUID ,Cast(DateTimeCol as date) dt,LocationGUID,
Max(Case when rnASC=1 Then DateTimeCol End) minDateTimeCol
,Max(Case when rnDESC=1 Then DateTimeCol End ) maxDateTimeCol
,Datediff(minute, Max(Case when rnASC=1 Then DateTimeCol End) ,Max(Case when rnDESC=1 Then DateTimeCol End ) )/60.0 TotalTimeInHours
from mycte
Group by EmployeeGUID, LocationGUID,Cast(DateTimeCol as date)
Order by dt,EmployeeGUID
drop TABLE test
**** OUTPUT **********
EmployeeGUID
dt
LocationGUID
minDateTimeCol
maxDateTimeCol
TotalTimeInHours
12345678-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
2014-04-12
11111111-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
2014-04-12 07:00:01.000
NULL
NULL
12345678-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
2014-04-12
22222222-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
NULL
2014-04-12 19:00:00.000
NULL
12345678-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
2014-04-13
11111111-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
2014-04-13 10:40:05.000
NULL
NULL
12345678-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
2014-04-13
22222222-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
NULL
2014-04-13 19:00:00.000
NULL
44422222-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
2014-04-14
22222222-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
2014-04-14 08:00:00.000
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Accesories for Zen Vision

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if you get a belkin fm transmitter (or alot of other company's). they usualy run through a AAA battery. the battery usualy lasts awhile. so you don't have to worry. they plug into the headphone jack and that wont power the player. the reason why some companys use the lighter port on cars is to save you from using batteries, but that just limits its usage to in vehichles.
IF possible. check if your car stereo has a "line-in" jack. if there isnt a headphone plug on the front. it might be in the back of it. usualy newer ones do. you might want to check the players manual if you have on. or get somebody who knows what there doing to check for you. if you do that you can use a direct line (cord with female headphone plugs on both ends) to go straight from your Vision:M directly into your stereo. that will give you great sound quaulity. otherwise fm transmitters just give you around tape/stereo sound quality.
good luck.
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Will my old wall charger for Zen Vision:M will work with the (New) Z

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sebastiankf,
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Okay, so my previous post didnt seem to have a message..
Is there a car kit to play music from the creative zen vision m in your car?
I have a CD player in my dash, not a tape
thanks!

boltoncalling,
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Hi..
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Thanks

Hi,
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I have a Vision 30g, and i love it. It has never given me any trouble, and i have it for two years! And i know that's a good spell...some friends i know have gone through 3 ipods in the same time. Anyhow....
I got a nice set of bluetooth earphones for christmas, so i can use my phone and mp3 hadsfree while driving...the trouble is, my vision does not have bluetooth. Is it possible, or am i just wishing blindly, that some adjustment/download can be applied so my vision is bluetooth enabled?
I'm reaching here folks, any help appreciated...
Signed...A happy vision customer, that wishes to evolve!!

? It wasn't my intention to make you feel stupid. I had hoped the smiley would help convey that.
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Hi
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Hi,
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A Primer on Hardware Sizing for Oracle E-Business Suite
http://blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan/2010/08/ebs_sizing_primer.html
What Are the Minimum Desktop Requirements for EBS?
http://blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan/2010/09/ebs_pc_clients.html
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I have pulled it out of the box and put 2 Mac approved mem sticks in it to boost it to 8 Gigs mem and it still locks up and freazes.. So many people told me Mac was the way to go... 1500 dollers could have bought me a great pc laptop. Now I have a wirless mouse keyboard and a mac mini (aka Brick) that allowed me to donate money to a cause that is helping buildings and companies out side of the US. While I have junk.. It's still under warranty and I reinstalled the os after the new mem sticks. Again.. locks up and does nothing. What can I do with this? Toss it in the trash? Any info on what I might do with it.. Please help!

It would be most helpful if you updated your system information:
Please reconcile the following
at 18 day's old it started to lock up and not function. Took it in and they wiped and reinstalled it. Well at 24 day's old it's been sitting in the box not being used.
... I reinstalled the os after the new mem sticks.
If your Mini is anything less than six months old it would be running Lion, not 10.6.1, nor would it have been necessary to "reinstall the OS". Any help that anyone can provide is predicated on your system configuration so it's important.
If you are running Lion then boot your Mini while holding the D key. This will load Apple Hardware Test which will enable you to test your memory. "Mac approved" memory is sort of vague, and even memory that is allegedly designed to meet your Mini's specification may fail. There few reputable memory vendors.
"Apple installed" memory is more meaningful, and indicates Apple has tested it and guarantees its function. Otherwise all bets are off with a claim of "Mac approved". You will have to verify that yourself with Apple Hardware Test.
If your Mini was running, or ever ran OS 10.6.1 for that matter, it is close to three years old.
You must clear up these uncertainties before anyone can help.

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