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File Transfer Speeds to Nano VERY SLOW...

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IrYoKu:
I measured transfer times:

A 94MB directory:
- Windows+Original firmware: 29s
- Windows+Disk mode: 74s
- Linux+Disk mode: 47s

RadioactiveMan:
So why not starting Apple firmware by default instead of disc-mode when plugging in the usb-cable. woueld there be any disadvantage?

Llorean:
1) Takes much longer to boot than disk mode
2) Requires the Apple firmware to be present (currently you can actually work around and install Rockbox without the official Apple firmware installed)

RadioactiveMan:
1) When transferring music you will save much more time than you loose with starting the Apple firmware

2) It could be made optional. Either by an option or by checking if the original firmware is present. if not, then the disk-mode is started.

Llorean:
1) Reboot into Apple manually. Seriously. Eventually Rockbox hopes to have its own USB mode, and right now Rockbox is for developers, who plug in often, but don't transfer a lot of files, so the faster reboot is more noticeable than the long transfer time.

In the end, it's a matter of "Why should a developer waste time on this, when there are much more important things to be fixed, and picking which USB mode to use is an option that probably won't even matter by the time Rockbox is ready to release for iPod?" It's a user-only option that, if everything goes as well as it could, won't be necessary. And if it doesn't, it can be added in later when more important things are done.

Of course someone could make a patch out here for an option, and people could use that for the time being. And it may even get included after the feature freeze if someone did that.

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