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iRiver H320 corrupt recording... And a couple of questions re vs. iHP-120
ben:
My iHP-120 died so I decided to try an H320. Yesterday, I loaded up 1.30 EU firmware patched with the newest boot loader and installed the rockbox build from yesterday...
I had two problems.
First I couldn't find a way to set the recording directory like on the 120.. it was recording into root. But that was ok...
I set up for MP3 encoding with 320K bitrate, 44K sampling. Using the ALC in DJ mode.
I recorded for a little over an hour, everything seemed fine.
But when I played the file back, it only played for one second.. then it just froze up. The player didn't hang, but it was definitely not playing the file either... I tried playing on my laptop, the file is definitely screwed up.
Anyway what I am asking is, does recording work yet on the H320, is this a known problem, is there anything I can do? Is there a not-yet-checked in version that I should be using for the H320?
The H320 code seems still rough around the edges. The iHP-120/140 code is really tight now! Is the H320 just not ready for real recording yet?? Or is there something I can do??
Thanks
-Ben
petur:
--- Quote from: ben on July 20, 2007, 03:11:32 PM ---Anyway what I am asking is, does recording work yet on the H320, is this a known problem, is there anything I can do? Is there a not-yet-checked in version that I should be using for the H320?
The H320 code seems still rough around the edges. The iHP-120/140 code is really tight now! Is the H320 just not ready for real recording yet?? Or is there something I can do??
--- End quote ---
what makes you think that? What H320 code is rough around the edges compared to h120? The reason I ask is because h1x0 and h3x0 use the same code for recording (or anything audio-related to be correct).
I myself never do mp3 recording (only WAV) but I assume it should work.
Is there maybe a problem with that h320? Disk corrupted?
ben:
When I said rough around the edges I didn't mean specifically the recording code, but in general playing around with rockbox, there was some flakiness, hesitation etc. And the appearance just not as polished out of the box (out of the build??) as the 120 build was. I am not complaining at all, not in the least.. I was just speculating as to the source of my problems...
Sure it's possible that the hardware has a problem.. it is a used player and I only have had it two days so far. But so far it has been good. Since I never had an H320 I gave it a little workout with the original (USA 1.04) firmware, then I flashed the 1.30 firmware, unpatched, loaded up some music, made some recordings and explored that a while... That seemed ok, as far as the iRiver firmware goes...
Finally I flashed the bootloader and installed rockbox.. and that seemed basically ok.. so I put some themes and fonts on...
Then I went out and did the recording with rockbox...
So though my experience with this unit is limited so far, the hardware seems ok.
But that's why I asked. If you tell me that the software should be ok then I will continue messing with it and see if a hardware problem becomes clear. Obviously I was hoping for an answer more like "oh yea, you need this patch".. because I can patch things, but hardware issues, not as easy to fix...
Llorean:
Well why not try to describe specific examples of what seems "wrong" to you. "Flakiness" is hardly a technical term, and doesn't help narrow down what you're experience. "Hesitation" could mean "entering folders" "changing menu items in a list" or even "going to the next track" among a variety of other things.
This makes it extremely difficult for us to know what problems you're experiencing and suggest that maybe you've just not quite got the settings right, or perhaps are experiencing real problems, or have a faulty player, or something else even.
pixelma:
--- Quote from: ben on July 20, 2007, 03:11:32 PM ---First I couldn't find a way to set the recording directory like on the 120.. it was recording into root.
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This is is not an issue of recording on H120 versus H320 but an issue of a slightly older build versus a current build. About 1 or 2 weeks ago there was a commit that changed the handling of recording directories. Now you can set every directory as recording directory: call the file context menu on the directory you want to record in (with a long press of Navi, I believe) and chose the option "Set as recording directory".
That's a fairly new feature and unfortunately not very well documented yet - but on an H120 it would be the same. You can also manage a list of these settings through the recording options, if you read the last 2 threads below yours in the recording subforum you'll find a bit more information.
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