Recording Enhancements Pack

[qpwoei]

So, am I the only one who gets 'disk full, shutting down' whenever a use a build with AGC??? The two builds with AGC I have tried did show that message (or 'warning, low space in disk') which suggest inability to read available disk correctly. 
AHHHHH!!!! Dam**... I would LOVE the AGC feature :-(

[paulheu]

Just to be sure, did you try a real clean install? (including wiping the stored settings..)

[Mmmm]

paulheu - i tried your latest 3.19 build (rb-exp-03192006_1545) and got a 'checksum error' on reboot.

If my build works for you, as it seems it does,then you have a H120 or a H140. Paulheu's build will not work for your player as it is not for the H140/H120 (at least it is in the H3xx forums on mistic river so I assume it isn't). So don't even bother trying to get it to work!  ....it won't!

[Mmmm]

So, am I the only one who gets 'disk full, shutting down' whenever a use a build with AGC??? The two builds with AGC I have tried did show that message (or 'warning, low space in disk') which suggest inability to read available disk correctly. 
AHHHHH!!!! Dam**... I would LOVE the AGC feature :-(

How big is your disk and how full is it? What type of disk do you have?

[qpwoei]

How big is your disk and how full is it? What type of disk do you have?

thanx for answering

windoze reports a 20 Gb ToshibaMK2004GAL inside my H120, with 10 Gb free. I have defragmented the volume, but no success...

My steps to test builds are:
 
- first, keep a backup of the working one
- second, overwrite the file 'old rockbox.iriver' at root with that of the new build
- third, erase everything inside ./rockbox
- fourth, refill ./rockbox with folders from the new build
- restart and reset settings

Also I do NOT touch the loader (ihp_120.hex) at root which is perhaps a bit dated (20051227) , might this be a problem?

cheers

[AlexP]

Also I do NOT touch the loader (ihp_120.hex) at root which is perhaps a bit dated (20051227) , might this be a problem?

ihp_120.hex is only used when you flash the firmware from within the iRiver firmware.  Having it sat on your disk is doing nothing.

Once you flash the bootloader there it stays unchanging until you reflash with another version.  Version 6 is the latest.

[Mmmm]

How big is your disk and how full is it? What type of disk do you have?

thanx for answering

windoze reports a 20 Gb ToshibaMK2004GAL inside my H120, with 10 Gb free. I have defragmented the volume, but no success...

My steps to test builds are:
 
- first, keep a backup of the working one
- second, overwrite the file 'old rockbox.iriver' at root with that of the new build
- third, erase everything inside ./rockbox
- fourth, refill ./rockbox with folders from the new build
- restart and reset settings

Also I do NOT touch the loader (ihp_120.hex) at root which is perhaps a bit dated (20051227) , might this be a problem?

cheers

So you have the stock battery...hmmm that can't be the problem then.
Bigbambi is right..it is entirely possible that updating your bootloader to V6 may fix it...I'd give that a go first.

Another longshot.. try resetting your settings (deletng the .rockbox folder doesn't reset them).

[qpwoei]

tried everything suggested, but it keeps saying the disk is full. Thank you anyway.

I have noticed that Info (within General Settings menu) always reports '0 k free', no matter which build is loaded. But curiously enough, while most 'recording enhaced' builds record OK for hours, those with AGC fail completely.

Oh, I forgot to say I use the European version of rockbox (H120(eu)-v165).

[Llorean]

There is no European version of Rockbox. Rockbox is a completely separate firmware, and whatever version of iRiver firmware you have will not affect the functioning of Rockbox.

Have you tried forcing Rockbox to rescan your disk? (Go to check your disk in the debug menu under the info menu, and scroll to where it says how much free you have and click the Navi stick.) Windows can sometimes report free space where there isn't. Or, Rockbox can assume there isn't free space when there is because Windows hasn't properly updated file tables of some sort (I personally don't know much about this aspect, so I don't really get it, but my mind summarized it to 'windows doesn't always handle things right' which to me is a perfectly acceptable cause)

[Mmmm]

But curiously enough, while most 'recording enhaced' builds record OK for hours, those with AGC fail completely.

That is because the AGC patch includes a disk space checker so that you will be warned when disk space gets low...
It stops recording when you run out so that you don't end up with a corrupted file...
If your unit reports the correct remaining space this is great. If not it is a real pain (as you have noticed).

[qpwoei]

Have you tried forcing Rockbox to rescan your disk? (Go to check your disk in the debug menu under the info menu, and scroll to where it says how much free you have and click the Navi stick.)

Yeah, it reports 0 Mb free, whereas original iRiver firmware and windows both report 9807 Mb free in the single FAT32 partition. For me that's the usual situation because I regularly avoid filling any disk above 50-70% of total capacity.

Windows can sometimes report free space where there isn't. Or, Rockbox can assume there isn't free space when there is because Windows hasn't properly updated file tables of some sort (I personally don't know much about this aspect, so I don't really get it, but my mind summarized it to 'windows doesn't always handle things right' which to me is a perfectly acceptable cause)

I don't trust windows either, so after scanning the disk for errors with scandisk I resorted to PQmagic.... and it said there existed 'cross-linked files' in the volume but can't correct for the error. Now I face the hard decission of either re-format (and hopefully solve the issue) or stick to a build with no AGC. Anyway, shi* happens!

A lot of thanks for your input, guys

[Llorean]

And the continued 0mb free was *after* a rescan (which isn't just browsing to that part of the screen, but clicking the stick, which will then cause it to tell you it's scanning and take several seconds.)

Anyway, it sounds like you've found the cause. I don't know what to say. =/

[whatboutbob]

A couple of times now (once each with rockbox @ iriver f/w) my free space has been misreported by several gig.  'tis a real pain in the arse when you can't record because of it.

I couldn't figure it out, so I formatted the disk and all was well.  The problem doesn't seem to arise when I use the delete function within rockbox. *shrug*

[evilnick]

Have you tried running the disktidy plugin to make sure there are no files lurking in the recycle bin?

[qpwoei]

OK, problem solved!! I did NOT format, yet free space is read correctly (either rockbox rescanned at last - thanx Llorean - or PQmagic somehow fixed it. Dunno, but rockbox declares i can record for 16 hours so I'm happy
Did I mention this AGC is wonderful? Well, it IS!

A great THANKS to all of you for helping, your the best!