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Faulty playback on Ipod Nano 4Gb 1st Gen

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Chronon:
Users who experience problems represent a feedback mechanism for the developers.  If they don't get feedback then it can take much longer to identify what changes to make.  

In that spirit, I'll keep testing new builds.  However, this nano is slated to become a gift for someone in a couple of weeks.  So, I only have a small amount of time left for testing.

tvg:
But noone now is notified that the last working build for his player could be 13990. And even if so, nobody can download it, as I assume.

And the very few can really improve the code, others can only use.

mikelx215:
I agree. For the end user, the current builds could mislead someone into thinking that Rockbox is a buggy, unusable and unusable application. And if they were using a 1st gen nano that wasn't playing nice with the new Rockbox, they'd be right.

For the end user, who is code illiterate, several things need to happen. (This would be even more important if there will not be a fix in the near future.)

1: Since this is a serious bug (makes music unplayable, among other things) that appears to affect a sizable amount of your audience (including myself), there should be a notification somewhere on the main page or the build download page. When I updated Rockbox I had no way of knowing why it was constantly jumping to the next song.

2: As a temporary fix, a latest 'stable' build should be in the download section. For dumb end users who can't code, like myself, it'd be great if we could still use Rockbox while the current build is being fixed by the amazing and talented people who know what they're doing.

3: If you are unable to put an older binary (or the test 1 which works great) in the downloads, could I suggest a way to underclock Rockbox in the Settings menu? If possible, users with the bug could still use Rockbox, while providing feedback on the current build and still contribute to fixing the higher clockspeed problems.

Rockbox is a fine firmware replacement. I like it better than the iPod OS, if I didn't I wouldn't be using it.

GodEater:
But again you're assuming that Rockbox is a released product, which it's not.

Anyone using it is a tester, whether they like it or not.

mikelx215:
How much testing can an end user do if the daily builds don't work for them? Not a lot.

When will the bug be fixed? From the looks of things it won't be anytime soon. How many people won't become contributing members of the Rockbox community, thinking Rockbox is a buggy unusable firmware replacement?

This is a pretty serious bug, as it breaks on of the main functions of Rockbox. Just a small notification could inform so many people.

If needed, someone could host a mirror of 'test 1'.

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