Rewind across tracks

[mycroft]

Can we have a feature (optional?) that allows rewinding across tracks? I use Rockbox almost exclusively for listening to audiobooks when driving, walking, etc. When the inevitable distraction occurs, or when restarting after a break, it is often necessary to rewind 10, 20, or more seconds to catch the thread of the narrative. In the current version of Rockbox, if the break happens to be in the first 10-20 seconds of a track, one cannot rewind through the desired time span. So then it is necessary to skip to the beginning of the previous track and then either listen or fast forward through the whole track (which may be several minutes long) to catch the last 10 seconds. Perhaps there could be an option to let the rewind function simply ignore track boundaries?

[Chronon]

I think that the behavior of the "Skip length" feature could/should be modified so that skipping past track boundary in reverse does not skip to the beginning of the previous track.

[mycroft]

That could work, but better would be to allow a simple rewind across the track boundary so that the "skip length" could be left set to "skip track" for when one needs to search quickly through a long series of tracks for a particular chapter or section of a narrative.

[Chronon]

True. 

[pabouk]

Yes, rewind across a track boundary is one of few features which Rockbox miss in comparison to "the ideal Rockbox" 

[Left4Cake]

Thought to be fair it is really only a minor annoyance. 

[oayz]

If this feature is getting implemented can we have a short "beep" and pause between the tracks?

[foe]

I concur.

...can we have a short "beep" and pause between the tracks?

No that would suck

[Grahack]

The beep feature should be configurable then. If ever this is implemented.

[KiwiCam]

Woah! Mycroft has read my mind. Scary!

What a fantastic suggestion. I too am an audiobook (and podcast) addict. The Clip does this, which I why I chose it. I'd be a very happy man, if the Rockbox'd version did this too.

Pah-LEASE!

[Chronon]

Just to remind everyone: This isn't a request forum, it's simply a place to discuss ideas.

[KiwiCam]

Just to remind everyone: This isn't a request forum, it's simply a place to discuss ideas.

Erk! Heh, heh. My very first post here. It's a good idea though.    It has a lot of merit.

[stranger48]

Absolutely support this idea. When listening audio books it's VERY useful to have a setting allowing user to rewind back.

The idea is to be able to listen to a phrase or sentence that was missed. Especially useful when audiobook consists of many smaller chunks.

In my opinion the algorithm should be as follows

1. User presses and holds <<. Normal rewinding starts
2. Rewinds back until start of the current track
3. Rewinding stops at the 0:00 position
4. If user is still holding << button for at least 2 seconds, player jumps to *the end* of previous track
5. If user is still holding << button for another 2 seconds, player continues rewinding back

I suggest calling this 'Rewind in Audiobook mode' and place in settings.

Any better and cleaner suggestions??

I hope rockbox developers start listening audiobooks soon

[halonachos117]

Stranger48: Although I think this feature would benefit audiobook listeners most, I would love to have this feature present in music, too. Perhaps it could be called "Smart Rewind", instead.

[amayer]

this is a great idea.
i like the smart rewind better then audio book rewind.
if a beep was also a setting i could see that being implemented... but not on by default. that would get annoying.