Bring back the button mapping of the OFW in iPod Video

[INGRAMLI]

I have been using rockbox on my IPV for some time already, but i still find it difficult to get use to the button mapping of the current rockbox version. To be specific, that is the function key during playback. In OFW of apple, pressing menu will go to the higher level of folder>main menu. While in rockbox, to choose another song from another playlist, the centre button has to be clicked, then I<< , and centre button again to move into another folder. Are there anyway to bring back the old config in the OFW, without any programming knowledge?(Dont tell me to go back to the OFW, apart from this issue, i consider rockbox a major improvement to the OFW   )

[AlexP]

We don't actually care what the OF does.  Rockbox runs on many many players other than ipods, and ran on the majority of them before ipods, and consistency across platforms is (whilst not the be all and end all) important where possible.

In order to change the keymapping, you will have to set up a build environment, make a small change to one of the source files, and then compile.

[INGRAMLI]

In order to change the keymapping, you will have to set up a build environment, make a small change to one of the source files, and then compile.

where can i find instructions for doing so that can be understood by noob who got no related knowledge at all?Help appreciated

[AlexP]

You can follow the instructions at www.rockbox.org/wiki/SimpleGuideToCompiling to get a build environment set up.  Once you have done that, try compiling a normal rockbox build with no edits, to check all is well.

Then we will get onto where to edit - you will be looking in /apps/keymaps/keymap-ipod.c

Good luck

[bluebrother]

Why should a button labelled "Menu" not go to the menu?

[Febs]

I've always found the button mapping in the original firmware to be counterintuitive.

[evilnick]

Don't even get me started on the way to change volume on the (iPod) OF. Who ever thought that that was in any way intuitive?!

[INGRAMLI]

You can follow the instructions at www.rockbox.org/wiki/SimpleGuideToCompiling to get a build environment set up.  Once you have done that, try compiling a normal rockbox build with no edits, to check all is well.

Then we will get onto where to edit - you will be looking in /apps/keymaps/keymap-ipod.c

Good luck

Need help on the setup:
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/CygwinInstallWithScreenShots

When i have step 1 and 2 done, proceed to step 3, it said that the setup.ini cannot be found from http://download.rockbox.org/ , how can it be fixed?

[cool_walking_]

Are you sure it says "setup.ini" and not "setup.ini.sig"?

Note: As of version 2.573.2.3 the Cygwin installer requires .sig files to be present and verified against a gpg key stored at Cygwin.com. For now you can avoid performing this check by running "Setup.exe -X" from a command line. -- JustinHannigan - 14 Aug 2008

[INGRAMLI]

Are you sure it says "setup.ini" and not "setup.ini.sig"?

Note: As of version 2.573.2.3 the Cygwin installer requires .sig files to be present and verified against a gpg key stored at Cygwin.com. For now you can avoid performing this check by running "Setup.exe -X" from a command line. -- JustinHannigan - 14 Aug 2008

thanks. it is solved now

new problem:
i am working on compiling the Source Code, the instructions said,
Configuring Build

    * Create a new folder for the compiling by typing mkdir folder, where folder is the name of the folder (I tend to call it build). This folder should be inside the Rockbox source folder.
    * Enter that folder by typing cd folder, where folder is the name you chose for the folder
    * In that folder type ../tools/configure which will bring up a list of all possible devices
    * Select your device by typing in the corresponding number
    * Next you will be given the option of the build type... just type N for Normal Build
    * Once that is completed, you should see the text Created Makefile '

i get troubles when " In that folder type ../tools/configure which will bring up a list of all possible devices", when i type "../tools/configure" after C:\Rockbox\Home\Guest\build>, it said it is not a known command....

[cool_walking_]

I'm a bit confused how you ended up with this folder structure: "C:\Rockbox\Home\Guest\build".  I can see the SimpleGuideToCompiling page refers to this directory structure, but I'm not sure how it got to that point either   I think the wiki instructions may be a bit broken.

What are the contents of the "C:\Rockbox" folder?

[INGRAMLI]

I'm a bit confused how you ended up with this folder structure: "C:\Rockbox\Home\Guest\build".  I can see the SimpleGuideToCompiling page refers to this directory structure, but I'm not sure how it got to that point either   I think the wiki instructions may be a bit broken.

What are the contents of the "C:\Rockbox" folder?

the folder itself contains nothing but a folder named "home", which also contains nothing but the folder named "guest", where the daily build source code is placed.

[cool_walking_]

So you just created "home\guest" because the wiki referred to them?  In that case, those empty folders are useless.  You can move the Rockbox source up to C:\Rockbox (so C:\Rockbox contains "apps", "docs", "fonts", etc.), and then delete "Home".  Then from within Cygwin, navigate to C:\Rockbox:

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cd c:
cd Rockbox

Note that within Cygwin, file and folder names are case-sensitive, so "Rockbox", is not the same as "rockbox".

Then create a build directory, move into it, and run configure:

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mkdir build
cd build
../tools/configure

[INGRAMLI]

So you just created "home\guest" because the wiki referred to them?  In that case, those empty folders are useless.  You can move the Rockbox source up to C:\Rockbox (so C:\Rockbox contains "apps", "docs", "fonts", etc.), and then delete "Home".  Then from within Cygwin, navigate to C:\Rockbox:

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cd c:
cd Rockbox

Note that within Cygwin, file and folder names are case-sensitive, so "Rockbox", is not the same as "rockbox".

Then create a build directory, move into it, and run configure:

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mkdir build
cd build
../tools/configure

How to run cygwin?each time i run Cygwin Bash Shell from start menu, it started for a very short moment and automatically closed...

[cool_walking_]

Gah.  And so we move into Cygwin and possibly Windows support, which I'm going to be chided about.

Right-click the Cygwin entry in the Start menu and select "properties".  Hunt around in there for a checkbox saying something like "close window on exit", and uncheck it.  Click OK. Run Cygwin from the Start menu item again.  It should show you an error message.