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Volume limiter
Strife89:
Here's a start. http://www.rockbox.org/tracker/task/12203
AlexP:
This already been discussed in the feature request section. Please search before posting.
In addition, if you want help, then don't be so rude. Starting a request for help with:
--- Quote from: STU103 on July 14, 2011, 10:48:33 AM ---Yes before any Moderator on other stuck up know it all Techy Guy on this site start to say...
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is not conducive to help. Calm down, stay civil, and then listen to people when they tell you we already have the feature that you seem to be describing.
soap:
--- Quote from: Strife89 on July 27, 2011, 12:18:48 AM ---
--- Quote from: Llorean on July 27, 2011, 12:10:17 AM ---It's not just a volume cap. [...] Mathematically it's the same as a cap, but because it's a cut, that happens in advance (hence pre-cut) it can also prevent clipping within certain DSP processes.
It basically serves multiple functions, and its name reflects what it explicitly does. [...] If we renamed it, people would turn to requesting a precut.
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Ah, that explains a lot. I retract my suggestions, then. :)
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What I believe would serve as an apt "replacement" for your original proposal (renaming of "precut" to "max volume" or whatever) would be a Tutorial section in the manual for those not technically inclined. A Frequently Unspoken Questions section. ;)
How do I limit the maximum volume?
How do I maximize battery life?
How do I do BLANK like in my original firmware?
Those sorts of questions which (even if we had an index) people who didn't understand the problem would have a hard time knowing what to look for. As saratoga so aptly mentioned, a precut acts perfectly as a volume cap and other functions. Listing the same function twice or thrice in the menus would take Rockbox ever further from the "simple" menus STU103 is crying out for.
Apple OS is simple in the consumer definition of the word - limited options. :(
Rockbox is simple in the beautiful engineering definition of the word - maximum utility accomplished with a minimal repetition of functionality through a careful selection of tools. This is what is so frustrating about STU103's (and others') unqualified calls for "simple menus" and the developer's inevitable response "they ARE simple" You keep using that word [simple]. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Buschel:
"How do I maximize battery life?" is already covered in the manual, see "Optimising battery runtime". Maybe this can be re-organized to be part of an extra "FAQ"-section.
soap:
ahh ye got me there Buschel.
I wasn't trying to say those were new topics which needed covered so much as the sort of conversation-style problem-solving such a section might be good for.
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