3.12 release candidate builds

[AlexP]

 Hi all,

In preparation for the upcoming release of 3.12, release candidate builds are available.

Unfortunately the current release of Rockbox Utility doesn't know what to do with them.  A new release will be made soon, but for now development builds of Rockbox Utility are available for Windows and OSX here: http://www.alice-dsl.net/dominik.riebeling/rockbox/rbutil/  Linux users will need to build it themselves.

The release candidates can also be installed manually and can be found here: http://download.rockbox.org/release-candidate/16335da/ .

Please test these and report any new bugs on flyspray.

Many thanks,

Alex

[MasterFen]

Do we have a changelog?

[bluebrother]

http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/MajorChanges

[sportscrazed2]

can we expect final today?

[bluebrother]

No

[sportscrazed2]

then soon right?  like tommorow?

[Octopuss]

then soon right?  like tommorow?

mentally challenged?

[sportscrazed2]

then soon right?  like tommorow?

mentally challenged?

no just excited geeze

[icheyne]

I'm excited too. 

[AlexP]

No, not tomorrow.  See http://www.rockbox.org/mail/archive/rockbox-dev-archive-2012-09/0001.shtml

[icheyne]

Quality over quantity...   

[xpmule]

No RC for Sansa Fuze+ ?

[bluebrother]

No RC for Sansa Fuze+ ?

Only players in the "Stable" category get release builds, thus RC builds.

[xpmule]

that's what i was assuming ..sounds logical
i guess i could download the source and work on the port myself though right ?
Download the virtualbox link and take it from there ?
Only Portable i have right now is the Fuze+

I also mentioned before at the Sansa forums i coded a proof of concept
command line app that transfered albums w/Art to the player (using MTP)
It worked and all but making the full program i wanted became way too much work
so i dropped the idea but i learned a bit about the Fuze+ by using the MTP api
to poll the device for various data such as capabilities and format support etc.
I have a good 10 years experience reverse and patching in ASM and coding in c/c++
Since i started using Rockbox I've been thinking i may have a go at seeing if I can
help improve the port (bugs are reported at flyspray i think)
So far i'm just trying to absorb all this Rockbox stuff lol ..its a lot to take in
and thats a GOOD thing
I have used various Linux distribs over teh last decade and i have seen a lot
of talk about Rockbox many times in linux circles so i know this ain't no new project

Any tips or suggestions if i wanted to compile my own Fuze+ code ? (virtualbox + windows download)
So far i have noticed one bug i think i can fix.. the program Tag&Rename and probably others
add album cover art using the format image/jpg(which fails) and many others i tried use image/jpeg(which works)
all using the same title for the cover so thats not a problem.. anyway i did some hex comparing
and used OllyDBG with Tag&Rename (windows app) to figure this all out and i bet it would be trivial to add support for both tag / image declarations (since they are both valid? it should be fixed probably)

[[Saint]]

So far i have noticed one bug i think i can fix.. the program Tag&Rename and probably others
add album cover art using the format image/jpg(which fails) and many others i tried use image/jpeg(which works)
all using the same title for the cover so thats not a problem.. anyway i did some hex comparing
and used OllyDBG with Tag&Rename (windows app) to figure this all out and i bet it would be trivial to add support for both tag / image declarations (since they are both valid? it should be fixed probably)

Sliding off-topic from the original thread, but I have to assume you'll be watching this or receiving notifications for replies here.

Our Fine Manual explains the preferential order in which album art is loaded, and the naming schemes said art may take, very well.

To quote the relevant section directly:

The order Rockbox uses when looking for a picture is as follows (a list in braces means that those file extensions are tried in that order):

1. embedded (JPEG images in ID3v2 or MP4 tags only)
2. ./filename.{jpeg,jpg,bmp}
3. ./albumtitle.{jpeg,jpg,bmp}
4. ./cover.{jpeg,jpg,bmp}
5. ./folder.jpg
6. /.rockbox/albumart/albumartist-albumtitle.{jpeg,jpg,bmp}
7. ../albumtitle.{jpeg,jpg,bmp}
8. ../cover.{jpeg,jpg,bmp}

I do hope this answers the query I will admit I had a great deal of trouble attempting to parse.


[Saint]