Skipping

[wafflesomd]

Finally got rockbox working on my ipod video.

Seems to be some audio skipping on some, well, all of my music, there a fix for this?

Or something to be resolved in future releases?

Personally, rockbox is amazing, and if this issue were solved, it would be perfect.

[that_asian_guy]

are you using a theme with a peakmeter? what codes are you using?

[wafflesomd]

If skip meter are those 2 little meters at the bottm of a song that move, then yes, its just the defualt it loaded with.

And idk what codes im using, depends on what you mean.

[that_asian_guy]

well yeah "those 2 little meters at the bottm of a song that move"  are peakmeters. they will cause the song to skip, so choose another theme. sorry i meant codec, not codes  .

[wafflesomd]

Is there a way to just delete the code for the peakmeter.

[that_asian_guy]

yeah. just open up the wps file in a text editor, find the line that says %pm , and remove it.

[wafflesomd]

doesnt look like i have a file tha have %pm in it anywhere

There's  %pb l by itself, that it?

[that_asian_guy]

it's in your .rockbox folder, then wps, then rockbox_default.wps, and open that up in a text editor.

[wafflesomd]

This is what I get when i open it:

# Dummy file to allow Rockbox to reset to the default WPS config.
# Do not edit this file.  It's never actually loaded by Rockbox.

[that_asian_guy]

actually yeah, i forgot it's a replacement file  . I don't think you can edit the rockbox default, because, you need it to reset your settings and stuff, so it has to remain the same. so, sorry, i guess you'll have to just choose another theme if you don't want skipping.

[Llorean]

The code for rockbox_default is in the Archos Recorder WPS gallery I believe. You can just copy and paste it into any new .txt file, save it as whatever.wps, and go. Remove the %pm from that code to remove the peakmeter.

[wafflesomd]

Well, I'm using a modified version of the Black WPS, basically has everything removed but the song title, volume, progress bar, lock, battery, and thats about it.

I also replaced my .rockbox folders with new ones, a newer version that my browser didnt seem to know it clicked (wasnt higlighted that it has been clicked before) and it stopped all skipping!

Wierd.

[ryran]

Glad you resolved your issue.
Playing all my lame -v1/-v2 encoded mp3s and -q6 oggs I haven't had any skips yet during normal playback on my video or nano (meaning, I'm fine as long as I don't try to run any plugins at the same time).

[Priam]

Hello,

I have installed Rockbox on my iPod G5  3 days ago,
played a lot with all setting to prevent skipping and finally notice it cannot run high bitrate with a backdrop on in DEFAULT MODE, it improves with EQ settings but still skips 5-10 times a song.
having read a good amout of posting it seems the .bmp file does ask for too much resources yet on the backdrop setting. Am I wrong, or should I wait?

best,Priam
www.newyorkexitnewyork.com

[Febs]

I just responded to your post in the other thread you started.  The backdrop .bmp should have little or nothing to do with skipping.

I don't know what you mean by "default mode."