Recording Enhancements Pack

[petur]

Petur, did you test the 2GB auto-split since you removed boosting?  Saw you mentioned that there seemed to be a gap in playback, so I'm just making sure that is is just an issue with long wav playback, not the actual recorded files not being seemless...cos it was working ok a couple of months ago (last time i tested).

Still need to have a look at the wavs on PC, hope to have time this week :/

[Mr. Brownstone]

Is this compatible with the AGC patch?

Kind of answered my own question with the --dry-run parameter.

The answer is yes. I record quite regularly, so I'll report back if I have any problems.

[petur]

The answer is yes. I record quite regularly, so I'll report back if I have any problems.

Be warned that there's possibly lost samples in the filesplit (until I can investigate this). It should be save if you stay below 2GB and don't use the timesplit feature...

[amoergosum]

I just had an idea for the REP...
wouldn't it be nice if there would be the possibility to
press the left record button in order to get to the
recording screen instantly?

And another question:
Would it be possible to integrate AM-radio?

[whatboutbob]

I just had an idea for the REP...
wouldn't it be nice if there would be the possibility to
press the left record button in order to get to the
recording screen instantly?

http://www.rockbox.org/tracker/task/5233

[Mmmm]

I have "Show Recording Screen on Startup" set to "yes". When I startup, I'm immediately on the recording screen and everything is fine EXCEPT I can't monitor audio through the headphones. The level meters are responding and it in fact records just fine, I just can't hear a thing. To actually hear the audio, I need to press "Stop" to go to the "Recording Screen|Recording Settings" screen and then if I go back into the "Recording Screen", everything is fine.

This happens with headphones plugged into the remote or plugged directly into the main unit.

Just checked this and it works fine on my h340, so the cvs build used with line-in and mic should be ok. Just can't test spdif...

Works ok on mine too with the patch applied (but again no spdif test). Lurker...does it work properly with default settings?

[petur]

Would it be possible to integrate AM-radio?

No, it's an FM radio chip

[petur]

Be warned that there's possibly lost samples in the filesplit (until I can investigate this). It should be save if you stay below 2GB and don't use the timesplit feature...

duh... false alarm, it was foobar acting up on me. I appended the wavs in audacity and it was a perfect match.

[lurker]

I have "Show Recording Screen on Startup" set to "yes". When I startup, I'm immediately on the recording screen and everything is fine EXCEPT I can't monitor audio through the headphones. The level meters are responding and it in fact records just fine, I just can't hear a thing. To actually hear the audio, I need to press "Stop" to go to the "Recording Screen|Recording Settings" screen and then if I go back into the "Recording Screen", everything is fine.

This happens with headphones plugged into the remote or plugged directly into the main unit.

Just checked this and it works fine on my h340, so the cvs build used with line-in and mic should be ok. Just can't test spdif...

Works ok on mine too with the patch applied (but again no spdif test). Lurker...does it work properly with default settings?

It seems that on my h140, the headphones don't get turned on for monitoring until I go from the "Recording Screen|Recording Settings" menu and select the "Recording Screen" option. That would appear why when it jumps to the "Recording Screen" at startup (without going through the menu), I don't have any audio out of the headphones. If I set "Show Recording Screen on Startup" to "no" and (therefore) enter the "Recording Screen" manually, all is fine.

Now that I know what's going on, it's just mostly annoying. I've been capturing sounds on the spur of the moment (which is why I use the "Show Recording Screen on Startup" set to "yes"). But to hear audio in the headphones, I have to press "Stop" to backup to the menu and press "Play" again to turn on the headphones.

I would guess (that at least on my h140) there's some initialization code for  monitoring that's being skipped unless I manually go through the menu and press "Play". Note that the headphones are "dead", not "quiet", but "dead" (like a D/A or output stage is not turned on). When I go through the menu, the audio immediate jumps on.

Any other tests anyone can suggest?

[whatboutbob]

Any other tests anyone can suggest?

Seeing as it is working for others, I would suggest that there's something specific about your setup that is breaking it...likely either your build, your settings or your unit (unlikely).

Have you tried resetting your settings to clean the slate then changing only the 'show recording screen on start up'?  Let us know if that is still demonstrating the same problem.  If its not, then change your options one at a time back to what they were pre-reset until you find the gremlin.

Are you running the headphones out of a remote btw, or out of the main unit?

[lurker]

Have you tried resetting your settings to clean the slate then changing only the 'show recording screen on start up'?  Let us know if that is still demonstrating the same problem.  If its not, then change your options one at a time back to what they were pre-reset until you find the gremlin.

Are you running the headphones out of a remote btw, or out of the main unit?

I'm running sw 060604-1858

I went into "Manage Settings|Reset Settings" and did a play to reset. However, even after the reset, and powering off and back on, my h140 still enters the recording screen and the mic. gain is still set to what I set it to. So, why did my "Reset Settings" not clear the Recording Screen at Startup and my mic. gain? (I really did try to RTFM, to try and reset settings by holding down a button at startup, but I couldn't find what button to hold and I tried a bunch to no avail... do I need to delete some file to reset settings?)

Regarding the headphones coming from the remote or main unit, I get the same behavior from both.

[Mmmm]

When rockbox asks you to press play (when resetting) it means click the joystick in. To reset at startup just press the on button to start and then hold down the record button (it will say "cleared" in the centre of the screen.

[lurker]

When rockbox asks you to press play (when resetting) it means click the joystick in. To reset at startup just press the on button to start and then hold down the record button (it will say "cleared" in the centre of the screen.

Ah... worked great, thanks. Note that Page 12 of the latest PDF manual for the iriver shows a picture and both in the picture and text, Play is the button above Stop and the joystick press is Select.

Back to the issue at hand...

After doing a reset, if I change ONLY "Show Recording Screen on Startup" to "yes" then power off and back on, I have the exact same problem (except I'm obviously using the internal mic instead of my external mic).

So, on my h140, reset to default, change "Show Recording Screen on Startup" to "yes". Every subsequent power on requires me to press Stop then Play to exit and re-enter the recording screen before any audio comes from the headphones. Happens both on the remote and main unit.

Is no one else with a h120/h140 seeing this with the REP sw build I'm using? Again, it's build 060604-1858. Is there a newer REP build one I should be running?

I may be able to get access to another h140 to try, if the concensus is that it might be my hardware.

[Mmmm]

Note that Page 12 of the latest PDF manual for the iriver shows a picture and both in the picture and text, Play is the button above Stop and the joystick press is Select.

Ooh, That'll have to be changed then! Febs!!! Top right is the On/Pause button joyclick is Play/Select.

Back to the issue at hand...

After doing a reset, if I change ONLY "Show Recording Screen on Startup" to "yes" then power off and back on, I have the exact same problem (except I'm obviously using the internal mic instead of my external mic).

So, on my h140, reset to default, change "Show Recording Screen on Startup" to "yes". Every subsequent power on requires me to press Stop then Play to exit and re-enter the recording screen before any audio comes from the headphones. Happens both on the remote and main unit.

Is no one else with a h120/h140 seeing this with the REP sw build I'm using? Again, it's build 060604-1858. Is there a newer REP build one I should be running?

I may be able to get access to another h140 to try, if the concensus is that it might be my hardware.

Well I'm using exactly the same build as you so that isn't the problem....

I must say I'm a bit stumped....It seems unlikely to me that it is hardware but it seems to be pointing that way... hmmmm I'll keep thinking about it.

Ps. this thread now has more postings than any other on the whole forum!! wow!

[lurker]

Well I'm using exactly the same build as you so that isn't the problem....

I must say I'm a bit stumped....It seems unlikely to me that it is hardware but it seems to be pointing that way... hmmmm I'll keep thinking about it.

Ok, I was able to try a virgin h140 just off ebay. Loaded the bootloader and loaded REP rockbox build from my hard drive and it worked?!? Then, I looked at the version and saw it was an OLD REP version, 060506-1452. This version was from May and didn't include digital input (which I don't care about anyway). However, the important thing to note is that it worked fine (i.e. I immediately got audio from the headphones on powerup without having to press Stop/Play to exit/re-enter the recording screen).

So, I then downloaded 060604-1858 from Mmmm's sig, and when I boot it up, I get exactly the same broken behavior described earlier in this thread.

So, now I'm curious what changed between the builds to cause this? Because these builds were built at different times from different patched sources, is it true that diff-ing the source from the two builds is near impossible to see what's going on? If not, I'm game if someone can point me to the correct places in the souce tree & patches. Alternatively, if anyone has the two source trees for these builds, I'd love an email of them (PM me if you're willing to send them).

Mmmm, do you have an h120/h140 or have your tests which worked been on another iriver model?