USB for c2XX, e2XX, M:Robe 100, H10, iPod 4G, Mini, Mini 2G, Nano, Color & Video

[perrikwp]

yeah, i run rockbox on sansa c250 and charging always worked. but now the question is how do you charge your player (say, sansa c250) without putting it into the stack mode?

The info you seek is mentioned in the manual:

http://download.rockbox.org/manual/rockbox-sansac200/rockbox-buildch3.html#x5-380003.3

[Mr.Speedy]

THANKS! i'll never more have need to boot to that crap orig. FW on sansa, waiting for useless DB update, and also i don't have to take my MicroSDHC reader with me everywhere.

One BIG THANKS guys, you've made a lot of good and important work, i'm very thankful for you,

ROCKBOX ROCKS!

[rmaniac]

Could there been any issues with LBA48 or 4096 sector size with the USB code? I have been running 3.1 on my iPod 5.5G with a 240GB drive. I have it all patched and working. I decided to try out the usb stack. So I recompiled the daily build from today with my usual patches and changes for the large drive. I plugged it in and it saw it on my powerbook.. but the finder could never really see the files.. then I plugged it into a linux box.. which saw the files and showed the right amount of space available and filled but my whole Ogg dir was empty! There was some 180GB or so of Oggs in there.. I am now re-rsyncing those files and using the rb usb stack to do so.. there are some pauses on occasion but most files seem to transfer between 3 and 9MB/s. Could this random FAT death be a coincidence or might it have to do with the USB stack? Is there anything I can do to better test this?

I just did some more testing.. When I look under disk utility while using the RB USB Stack it reports this:
128GB Toshiba MK2431GAH Media
Capacity :   127.9 GB (137,307,346,944 Bytes)
Available :   213.0 GB (228,728,569,856 Bytes)

On the Apple firmware it says:
223.6GB Apple iPod Media
Capacity :   223.4 GB (239,925,803,008 Bytes)
Available :   213.0 GB (228,728,012,800 Bytes)

The boot firmware and rockbox itself seem to be respecting my LBA48 define but the USB stack is not. This is something that should be looked into I expect. I will file a bug report.

[tsupersonic]

Hi, I have an 4th gen iPod Color (Photo) 20GB. I loaded the newest current build, and I have a couple of bugs to report.

First, it doesn't charge over USB (or AC adapter for that matter) when its on the rockbox firmware. If it's on the stock ipod firmware, it charges over USB (& AC Adapter).

Second, System -> Rockbox info is showing the battery is charging all the time, even if it's not plugged into the outlet or to my laptop.

I also don't understand the purpose of this USB mode. I was able to transfer files to my iPod before this firmware when it was on rockbox USB mode... Of course, I don't use iTunes, I use sharepod, but nonetheless, it transfers music onto the iPod.

[Llorean]

There was no Rockbox USB mode before. You were rebooting into the Apple disk mode.

[hsjpatman]

There is a god.
Thanks ROCKbox, you rock.

edit: I just donated, via paypal, the $5 I would have spent on a card reader.

[dreamlayers]

I just did some more testing.. When I look under disk utility while using the RB USB Stack it reports this:
128GB Toshiba MK2431GAH Media
Capacity :   127.9 GB (137,307,346,944 Bytes)
Available :   213.0 GB (228,728,569,856 Bytes)

On the Apple firmware it says:
223.6GB Apple iPod Media
Capacity :   223.4 GB (239,925,803,008 Bytes)
Available :   213.0 GB (228,728,012,800 Bytes)

Problem should be fixed in r20208.

[252-rer]

When the new usb transfer was enabled it seems to have killed ipod charging in rockbox mode completely. I have a 30gb 5g video and had used it for charging before. This seems to affect multiple versions of ipods as in this same thread i see 5.5g and 1g mini not charging.

[dreamlayers]

When the new usb transfer was enabled it seems to have killed ipod charging in rockbox mode completely. I have a 30gb 5g video and had used it for charging before. This seems to affect multiple versions of ipods as in this same thread i see 5.5g and 1g mini not charging.

Have you changed the way you use your iPod?  I think iPods running Rockbox will only charge at 500 mA via USB if you turn on your iPod by connecting it to an Apple iPod USB charger or another compatible charger.  (Connecting later or using a USB port won't do this.)  Also, if any iPods charge at 100mA by default, that can keep up with normal use but it can't keep up with power used by the disk during USB transfers.

[froggyman]

I have an iPod Video 30GB 5.5 Generation, without any hardware hacks, and i can not seem to get rockbox usb mode to work i am using RockBox version r19577-081224 and am pretty sure that this has the USB support in it being that i just ubdated to the current rockbox build a few days ago after hearing about this. I thought it would be great having this feature but i can seem to get it to work because when ever i connect it to my computer it just displays the little rockbox USB thing and boots into Apples disk mode.

Now, am i just an idiot and didnt enable some setting, is it some bug in the build i have or do i need to just reupdate rockbox.

[Llorean]

The version number 19577-081224 means your build is several months old. 081224 means "2008, December 24". Are you sure you updated properly, and chose to use the actual current build when given the choice?

[froggyman]

i got it to work now, i tried the installer again but it didnt work and just kept installing that december edtion (yes i made sure that current build was selected)

but after getting frustrated with the installer i just downloaded the latest build from the current build page, and did and did a manual installation and its working great now, awesome work devolpers (hopefully someday i will be able to contrubute to the rockbox source after i get a little better with programming, and what ever i am only 15 right now too)

awesome work now i only need the apple firmware on my player for watching videos at decent speeds...

[Visti]

This is excellent. Exactly the update I was waiting and hoping for. Works flawlessly on my c240 in Linux.

[bluebrother]

i got it to work now, i tried the installer again but it didnt work and just kept installing that december edtion (yes i made sure that current build was selected)

Can you put some details on this (and possibly attach the latest local configuration (in ~/.config/rockbox.org/RockboxUtility.ini)? I'm pretty sure this works.

[pebsen]

Lovely! I am using the c240 sansa with a 4gb microsdhc, so I'm happy.

However, I noticed a small glitch that i want to report. If the fm-radio is turned on while inserting the usb cable the radio keeps playing while the device is mounted (while this is not the case when playing mp3). I don't know if this is related, but on one occasion the computer didn't recognize the usb-device while the radio was playing. I have tried this several times and the problem only occurred once.

I think the fm-radio should be turned off when the device is inserted.

Thanks a lot for your work!!

/ Petter