recording - timer until record starts

[muesli]

i wanna set up the device, leave it alone and wanna come back sometime. unfortunately the very first seconds are spoiled by noises of me, clicking the record-button, running away.

it could be cut with an editor afterwards, of course. but to have a free adjustable record-timer would make it handiest to avoid the unwanted and unavoidable disturbances

[dreamlayers]

You can already do this on devices which support the wake up alarm.  Go to System -> Time & Date.  Set "Alarm Wake up Screen" to "Recording", set the "Wake-Up Alarm" time, enabling the alarm, and then power off.  At the alarm time the device will power on and start recording.

[muesli]

sounds great...but...the h120 doesnt have an internal clock 

[Chronon]

Not without a hardware mod, at least. 

[muesli]

doesnt help me that much 

[GodEater]

Well you could do the hardware mod...

[muesli]

..or you guys implement it that ALL users would benefit

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/RTCModH1x0
looks easy for someone who knows what he needs to do..sorry not for me

[GodEater]

..or you guys implement it that ALL users would benefit

Not ALL. It would apply only to H100 users, and only those that don't have the RTC mod done, and of those, the ones that want to use this slightly corner case feature.

Everyone ELSE would have to suffer the code bloat it would induce.

[muesli]

come on, a timer would take maximum 10 lines of code.

i have to "suffer" from other - for me useless - features and im not complaining

im only wondering that nobody suggested that feature. it could be so handy and used for many purposes as i.e. unattended recordings

[gevaerts]

come on, a timer would take maximum 10 lines of code.

So it's an easy feature, and you have a good idea on how to do it. Where's your patch?

[muesli]

10 cls
20 print "hello world"
30 end

those are my "skills" in coding...

[Llorean]

So basically, "I think you guys should spend time on something I'm unwilling to spend the time learning how to do myself, even though I benefit to gain from it, and you guys don't really."

That's a convincing argument, I'm sure. Consider that if it's not worth enough for you to put in the effort, it probably isn't for anyone else as well.

[GodEater]

those are my "skills" in coding...

If those are the extent of your skills, what do you base your estimation of how easy it is to implement on?

[muesli]

sometimes i have the feeling that you developer guys are only interested in your very own features. but what user yearn for (regardles what) seems to be blocked with the very same "argument" -> "start learn coding yourself" every time. you guys know perfectly yourself that coding cant be learnt easily. either you are capable or you are lost with it (that regards me).

i guess i will give up to ask for anything cos its just waste of time.

[GodEater]

sometimes i have the feeling that you developer guys are only interested in your very own features.

On a volunteer project, that is exactly the case. If you cannot interest a developer in something you want, your only recourse is to learn how to implement it yourself. Sorry - but that's the way the cookie crumbles.

but what user yearn for (regardles what) seems to be blocked with the very same "argument" -> "start learn coding yourself" every time. you guys know perfectly yourself that coding cant be learnt easily. either you are capable or you are lost with it (that regards me).

This is simply not true. Even your simple "extent of my coding skills" demonstrates you have at least some understanding of what is involved, and that you *are* capable of learning how to do it. I surmise you're simply not motivated enough or too lazy to bother extending your skill set.