Support and General Use > Audio Playback, Database and Playlists
Slow track skipping
the Puck:
Yup, that did it. Directory caching was off, but it seems that was the default setting.
Is it a bad idea to enable it for ye olde iPods per default?
evilnick:
It's not that it's a bad idea to have it switched on (in your usage case), more that it uses more memory as it has to store the data of where all the files are.
This leads to (slightly) less memory available to play music, which in turn leads to less battery life.
Rockbox is used by many people in many different ways. Some use the Database, some prefer using the Files browser so there's a pretty careful balance so that the default options are "most useful" to the majority of the users.
This is one of the reasons that we have such a thorough and hopefully accessible manual (hint hint) ;)
the Puck:
yeah, yeah, I know, RTFM ;D
pondlife:
IMHO directory cache should be enabled by default for all hard disk players (with the exception of the Archoses?).
Who here runs DOS without SMARTDRV.SYS ;) ?
pondlfe
Llorean:
Remember, directory cache still has some limitation with regard to the maximum number of supported files (that are very easy to hit with our support of various chiptune formats). Until it fails more gracefully (and obviously) enabling it by default probably isn't the best idea.
Ideally, of course, it wouldn't actually fail.
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