Strange bookmark behavior

[solstone]

Just installed r16415 (for the Sansa e200), and bookmarks are working fine for me now.  

Tested both regular memory and sdcard, power off and back on again.  Resumed from the correct location every time so far.  

Rockbox rocks, as do the many people working to make it work.  Thanks all!

-Sol

[P.Opus]

I agree completely.

The new version works very well.  I knew this would eventually be fixed.  The Rockbox team are incredibly talented and dedicated.

What some folks here absolutely fail to understand is that every build that comes out is essentially "beta" software.

The last official release of rockbox, was 2.5 and was for the ARCHOS only.  So if you are running any other version, you are esentially running beta code.

And I must admit, that Rockbox "beta" is more stable than many other peoples "release code".

Rockbox is open source and relies on the volunteer work of dozens if not hundreds of people who do this for a hobby.  That is why this board gets a little snippy when some little "snot" comes on and "demands" stuff be fixed, or asks step by step installation questions that are clearly stated in the manual, or asks the same question 600 times (like when is Rockbox going to be available for the 2nd Gen I-Pods?)

It's almost as if these goobers think that somehow because they own an MP3 player that the Rockbox team is somehow "obligated" to develop for them.  Or, if they do own a "supported" player, they feel that the team is somehow obligated to "fix" any unsuspecting bugs immediately, or keep vast libraries of code available from the beginning of time.

Note to those users.....That's what your original firmware is for.  You have an I-pod with issues? contact Apple.  Don't like a feature on your Sansa?  Let Sandisk know.

Rockbox has made my player much more versitile than the original firmware that came with the device. It's database handling and feature set outstrips the original feature set on my Sansa Rhapsody.   Rockbox even supports SDHC, something the Sandisk swore up and down was not possible on that hardware.....

But even so, I would not for once ding Rockbox for what it "doesn't" do.  

I have 15975 archived, so that I can roll back to it should this build have some unforseen issues.  But once I am happy with this build, it too will go in my archive.

And a final thing.....Don't upgrade to the newest build, simply to change the number....If you see a feature set or bug fix you like, great, give it a try.  But if you stick with a build you are happy with and only "upgrade" when you see a specific fix or feature set that directly affects you.

You'll be much more satisfied.

Thanks again to all for this great firmware/software.  My hats off to you all.

[GodEater]

or keep vast libraries of code available from the beginning of time.

Just as a note, we do in fact keep "vast libraries of code from the beginning of time". Every commit done to the rockbox code base since the project started (more or less) is available in svn. The thing we don't do (because disk space is a finite thing), is keep libraries of builds heading back into previous epochs. You get one month gratis. If you want a build from earlier, then you must show willing, and LEARN HOW TO BUILD IT YOURSELF.

[AlexP]

Thank you for your kind words, but I must point out:

or asks the same question 600 times (like when is Rockbox going to be available for the 2nd Gen I-Pods?)

Rockbox works reasonably on the 2nd gen iPods.  It doesn't however work on the 2nd/3rd gen Nanos, the Classic, and any shuffles

[P.Opus]

What I meant to say was 2nd Gen I-Pod Nanos  

Unfortunately I am at work and can only get to this forum through a web proxy, and while the web proxy would let me post, it did not allow me to edit after I saw my blunder.   So my Bad.  

[AlexP]

I know what you meant, I was just being facetious

[npd]

Hi,

I have just downloaded rockbox for the first time last week and I seem to have been stung by this problem with the bookmarks on my 80gb ipod video. I have just downloaded todays version - 03/03/2007 and it still seems to be misbehaving.

As such, this is my first post ...

After reading this thread and trundling through the forums... I understand I cannot simply download the 25/01/2008 build that appeared to work. I also don't appear to be able to download the source code for this version either ... or I am looking in the wrong place?

Is there anything I can do?

Any help is much appreciated.

Thanks,

Neil.

[Lear]

What problem? More than one has been discussed in this thread.

As for getting old versions of the code, use SVN (aka subversion).

[npd]

I cannot create a bookmark while playing a mp3 audio file, using the context menu. The auto create options do not seem to work either on my ipod.

After searching the forums I was pointed in the direction of this thread and I got the impression from previous posts that the bookmarks were working fine...

[tahoejoe]

With firmware from the last week or so, I have been able to create and resume bookmarks on mp3 files ( but not wma files where the file resumes at the beginning but not stopping point) when playing from  the "file" menu ( but not the "database" menu) on both the sansa e250 and c250.    If you are using the database to play files, I don't think it is possible to create bookmarks.

[npd]

Nice one. Thanks for the help.

It is the same on my ipod. I cannot create bookmarks when using the "database", but it would appear that I can when using the "files".

[bascule]

Nice one. Thanks for the help.

It is the same on my ipod. I cannot create bookmarks when using the "database", but it would appear that I can when using the "files".

Correct. This is the way Rockbox works. You cannot create bookmarks if playback is started from the Database.

[zajacattack]

Is there a specific reason for this?

[roolku]

bookmarks require a playlist (either stored as m3u( or as a recipe how to create it) to work on. The recipe is easy in the case of playing a directory (use all files and possible shuffle them) but very difficult in the case of the database. Nobody has done it and it might be better to use a different approach there. But again nobody has stepped forward and done it so until that time we are stuck with the current situation.

You can always save the current 'dynamic' playlist to a file and use a bookmark there.

[krisdb]

Bookmarks are working now!

I take back everything I said.  

Rockbox FTW!

Also: Wow, I didn't realize these things, I thought you guys actually had a means of controlling every person on Earth, but I was wrong