Import contacts to Ipod

[trimtri]

Rockbox is really good!!

I am looking forward for some more features.

1. The way Rockbox boot and shut down consume more power. Could it have options to change to normal booting and shutting down, especially shutting down?

2. And how to import contacts to Ipod Video 30G? Is there a plugin for this?
3. Could Rockbox automatically load lyrics plugin when playing a song?

[[Saint]]

1. The way Rockbox boot and shut down consume more power. Could it have options to change to normal booting and shutting down, especially shutting down?

What's your suggestion here? You're talking of a "Sleep" function?
As far as I know there is no known way to achieve this yet.

2. And how to import contacts to Ipod Video 30G? Is there a plugin for this?

No.

3. Could Rockbox automatically load lyrics plugin when playing a song?

Yes.



[St.]

[AlexP]

1. The way Rockbox boot and shut down consume more power. Could it have options to change to normal booting and shutting down, especially shutting down?

It does do normal booting and shutting down.  I suspect (as [St.]) that you are referring to ipod sleep, which isn't shutting down or booting at all.  If you only turn off for a short time this will save power, but for longer periods it will cost less power to shut down properly.  This is why you find with ipods that if you leave them for a bit with full battery they will be empty when you come to use it a few days later.

Anyway, Rockbox doesn't support sleep.  If someone were to implement it, I'm sure it'd be accepted.

[trimtri]

My Ipod 30G can not load lyrics automatically with Ipod Version: r27850-100820; when playing a song, I have to open lyrics plugin or open lyrics file. In ipod Version: 3.6, there is no lyrics plugin, and so it can not show lyrics at all.

1. The way Rockbox boot and shut down consume more power. Could it have options to change to normal booting and shutting down, especially shutting down?

What's your suggestion here? You're talking of a "Sleep" function?
As far as I know there is no known way to achieve this yet.

2. And how to import contacts to Ipod Video 30G? Is there a plugin for this?

No.

3. Could Rockbox automatically load lyrics plugin when playing a song?

Yes.



[St.]

[[Saint]]

My Ipod 30G can not load lyrics automatically with Ipod Version: r27850-100820; when playing a song, I have to open lyrics plugin or open lyrics file. In ipod Version: 3.6, there is no lyrics plugin, and so it can not show lyrics at all.

I think you're getting me confused:

3. Could Rockbox automatically load lyrics plugin when playing a song?

Yes.

Doesn't mean "Yes, and Rockbox has support for this." it means simply "Yes, it could do this".

You didn't ask if Rockbox does this now, or has done this in the past, or ever will in the future...You simply asked if it could be done, and the answer to that is:

Yes.

[St.]

[trimtri]

I am sorry for my English. On my Ipod 30G, I set brightness level to 1. When press long Play button to shut down, the dark screen appears with text: shutting down, but then the screen become much more bright and turn off. To save power, I think Rockbox should boot and shut down as Ipod without Rockbox, fade in and fade out. Thank you for your patience to my English.

[[Saint]]

I think Rockbox should boot and shut down as Ipod without Rockbox...

AlexP tried to explain this here:

I suspect that you are referring to ipod sleep, which isn't shutting down or booting at all.  If you only turn off for a short time this will save power, but for longer periods it will cost less power to shut down properly.  This is why you find with ipods that if you leave them for a bit with full battery they will be empty when you come to use it a few days later.

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Depending on the use case, "sleep" doesn't really save any power at all, it could even use more power than shutting the device down completely.

With the original iPod firmware, there isn't really a "shut down" at all, rather, think of it as being similar to "Hibernate":
The player is in a very low power state, but, it is still "On" even after it has "Shut Down" and will continue to draw power (albeit very little) when in this state.

At least with Rockbox I know that when I turn my iPod off, it's actually off.

If someone were to implement "Sleeping" for the iPods, I'm sure it would be accepted...but, it would be another option I imagine, it wouldn't replace the "Shut Down" function altogether.



[St.]