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Better MicroSD performance?
LodeRunner:
MicroSD cards are getting absurdly cheap and going forward I believe they're only going to get cheaper. There's a sale at Office Depot right now, $20 for a 64GB class 10 microSD card, and I want very badly to pick one up but I have no use for it, as my current MP3 Rockbox players (Clip Zip, Clip+, Fuze, and I think an e260 floating around here somewhere) can't even handle a 16gb card. The slowdown is abysmal and the shortened battery life (even when playing from internal memory it seems) is unacceptable. I greatly appreciate the efforts of everyone who has contributed to Rockbox, but if it can't handle large storage on lower-powered devices then I fear it is, for my needs at least, sliding towards obsolescence.
Are there any plans to fix this in the foreseeable future?
saratoga:
Fix for what? Rockbox already works with arbitrarily large cards.
Edit: Regarding battery life:
http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/SansaRuntime
Clip+, 4GB 16h 30min No SD card, sd variant 0 by saratoga
Clip+, 4GB 16h 15min 8GB SD card, album on internal storage, sd variant 0 by saratoga
So as you can see we do effectively power down the SD storage when not in use.
LodeRunner:
Possibly I might have been mistaken about battery life (I've never timed it, just subjective impression) but it definitely takes a hell of a lot longer to boot up, for instance. Every time, not just immediately after new files have been copied over. This is more of a problem than you might think, as my primary use is while I'm at work and interruptions are inevitable.
saratoga:
--- Quote from: LodeRunner on November 17, 2013, 03:19:56 PM --- definite takes a hell of a lot longer to power on, for instance. Every time, not just immediately after new files have been copied over.
--- End quote ---
Start up should take a few seconds no matter what storage is attached. If you have some problem, it might be a good idea to explain what it is.
chrisjj:
--- Quote from: LodeRunner on November 17, 2013, 03:19:56 PM --- definite takes a hell of a lot longer to power on, for instance. Every time, not just immediately after new files have been copied over.
--- End quote ---
For what it is worth, that doesn't happen here. E.g. the start-up time is IFAICS the same with and without a 32Gb SD card having 1,254 files, 6.6Gb. That's using the latest ZEN build.
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