AGPTEK Rocker

[shikotee]

Upon figuring out the T6 firmware glitch, I was finally able to install Rockbox.

I also experienced several crashes as I tried to do my initial database scan.
I fiddled around with the settings, and specified only to scan a smaller folder.
I then expanded my folders.
I also expanded the size limits of playlists.
I think I had a few reboots in between.
I saved a copy of my dynamic playlist (16528 songs).
Not sure why, but things have sped up since I did this.

Have been tinkering around, figuring things out.
I last used Rockbox years ago with my Fuze+, which was very tricky to use due to hardware touchpad issues.
I pretty much got used to not using much functionality because of this.

What themes did you get working?
Was there anything with larger album art?
My assumption was that we could only use the ones that were bundled.

I had previously been using a BT transmitter with my old 5th gen iPod nano,
so just connected it to my T6 to use my BT speakers. Works great.
Fingers still crossed Rockbox BT development works out.

Not sure if this is a glitch - but when you try to add a song to a new playlist (that does not exist on the microsd), it is saved in root and not the playlist folder (which is where the dynamic playlist saved by default).

I created a bunch of empty playlists (with varying names) in my playlist folder, and am adding songs as I shuffle through my library.
This functionality will allow me to apply further classifications to my music (such as - Instrumental.m3u)

Copying these playlists into root allows Folderview access from HibyPlayer, but it appears songs are limited to the ones that were included in the 15000 scan.
It just skips songs that were included outside of that range.

All in all - have been loving it. Feel like I've met up with a long lost friend!
Big thanks to wodz for all efforts!

Hey! I've had Rockboxed stuff for a while (about 6 years or so) but I just bought a Rocker (upgraded with 1.2 firmware) the other day since I really wanted a modern Rockbox player.

I was very happy to see it working, let me tell you. However, I've noticed some quirks so I decided to let you know about them.
Bear in mind that this stuff doesn't bug me for the most part, but are mostly nitpicks (from most to least important):

- I have to select Rockbox from a menu every time I turn the player on. Is there some way to have it go straight to Rockbox?
- The player hangs up when trying to leave some of the applications and demos, but more importantly it does so whenever I try to update the database or scan for album art. I have a fairly large music collection (a 200gb microSD card) so I don't know if it's either that or something with the software. So for now I can only play through folders.
- Files don't fully disappear after I delete them.
- I tried to save before quitting "jewels", but it resets to play a new game when you resume.
- A lot of the 128x160 themes didn't fully work, at least for me.
- Doom gets a "Missing Base WAD" error when I try to start it up.

That's all for now. I know that as development goes on these will be ironed out, but I'm just giving some input to what I've found!

[tximista_rissole]

Thanks for the tips!

What themes did you get working?
Was there anything with larger album art?
My assumption was that we could only use the ones that were bundled.

I downloaded several themes. The ones that worked perfectly that I downloaded were: Redux, Rockboxed Plus, and Pen and Paper. The only one that had larger art I tried (lebellium Samsung-style) didn't really work though, since it didn't display any album art.

EDIT: lebellium Samsung-style actually works really well for album art, I just needed to run my library through MusicBrainz to embed it.

You can create a "custom" theme of sorts by Frankensteining together different parts of themes and using different fonts. The one I currently use I call "hipster minimal" (made from the Alien theme, which was all-black for whatever reason, and Helvetica).

[gomezz]

When I stop playback which returns me to the Bookmarks screen there does not seem to be any way of going back to the main menu.  I would have expected the Left button to do this but it does the same as the central Select button offering the option to delete the bookmark.  I have to restart playback then use the Up button to get to the main menu.  Am I missing something?

[shikotee]

Was hoping to get some clarification regarding inline headset controls.
My understanding is that this sort of Rockbox functionality is dependent on the device.

My JVC HA-FR100X wired headset 1 button control does not work with my T6 running 1.2 firmware, nor does it work with the latest Rockbox build.
My Forza Metallo Wireless BT headset 3 button control does work with my T6 - I can play/pause, skip and go back to previous songs.

Q1 - Is it impossible to have wired 1-button control on the T6 through Rockbox?
Q2 - Should BT work out for Rockbox on this device, would there be 3 button control functionality?

My plan was to use the device as a cyclist, but am suspecting that it might not be so great for this.

[wodz]

AFAIK wired control is impossible (missing support in underlying linux). BT controls might work but first BT support needs to be implemented in rockbox.

[shikotee]

AFAIK wired control is impossible (missing support in underlying linux). BT controls might work but first BT support needs to be implemented in rockbox.

Thanks for clarifying.
Fingers definitely crossed that it be possible for the Xduoo X3ii (the next device I am considering purchasing).

[Pingouin]

- I have to select Rockbox from a menu every time I turn the player on. Is there some way to have it go straight to Rockbox?

I'd like to know too. I planned to upgrade my Sansa Fuze+ to an AGPtek Rocker, but if this is correct and there is no way to get the device to boot straight to Rockbox, this would be a deal breaker for me.
Thanks!

[speachy]

I'd like to know too. I planned to upgrade my Sansa Fuze+ to an AGPtek Rocker, but if this is correct and there is no way to get the device to boot straight to Rockbox, this would be a deal breaker for me.

It has a timeout so it will boot into rockbox (or whatever the last choice was, actually).

(that said, IMO it would probably make more sense to automatically boot into the previous selection without delay, but if you hold down a key (eg select) it will enter the menu...)

[Pingouin]

Thanks speachy!
How long is this timeout? Basically, I leave my player in the car, connected to the AUX input, press the player power button, and let it start autoplay where it stopped. And when I leave the car, I just press the power button to switch it off. Hence why I'm keen on having the player just work "unattended".

[tximista_rissole]

I believe that it's about a 10-second delay. It's not much at all, and it doesn't really bug me personally.

I don't know about any autoplay feature though, unless you mean "Resume Playback".

You can just play through folders with the right setting after that, though.

[gomezz]

10 seconds may not sound like a lot but as a multi-drop delivery driver I can tell you that all that stop / start dead time adds up!

[Pingouin]

Yes, I meant auto resume playback. And I also have auto jump to next folder also, so I'm really only ever doing on/off and not touching anything else on the Fuze+ (thanks for that because the Fuze+ "buttons" are atrocious!).
10 seconds is quite a bit more than I thought, and I don't think that would qualify as an upgrade to my Fuze+, so I'll stick with it while it's working. Besides, I was planning to go for the cheapo Benjie T6 and I hear some people have problems getting Rockbox on it.
Thanks for the replies though!

[Gavsgovenko]

Hi! Someone fix problem with always work display (only backlight is off but display still show content)? May be rocker can show black picture on screen when backlight is off?

[Gomas]

So, here I come with the rockboxed results:

Note: I had one of those "unupgradable" Benjies

I was able to patch my device with the steps on reply #248, from underst0rm, on page 17. I say it because the thread is not too large and this kind of thing can be lost easily.
As I got my device on 1.2, I started to work on the rockbox version of the update.upt, having zero idea, so I will be describing the steps to the people who like me, never patched experimental images on their devices.

• Get your patched with the bootloader update.upt file somewow. Somehow because you can either browse the internet and get it from the people who already made it, or make one following the steps on this same thread from the github of woodz (iirc).
• Do the same steps which underst0rm listed, extract, edit date, repack, and rename it as update.upt
• Update firmware either from menu or either from Power+Vol Down shortcut, it should work any of these ways.

At this time, you can reboot, and you probably will be seeing the bootloader. If you are not you didn't get the patched update.

On this point, we only have the bootloader, I needed to re-unzip the .rockbox folder, so I'm listing it too.

• Get your rockbox zip, I got mine from a link on this very thread, but I guess the right move to do is to get it from the release page
• Download zip, connect your device to the PC and unzip it on the root folder. I mark this words because you actually need to unzip ON IT. It is not enough to unzip wherever and copy it. It won't work. (At least it did not on my particular case).
• Unplug, and reboot. You will see again the bootloader and now you can choose "Rockbox" from the boot screen.

So far it works wonders, the only matters I had issues with were theme related, where I've tried to put custom colours (it have me the option) and I couldn't choose them, because if Up/Down works right, Right/Left works at same time as Ok/Cancel, which made impossible to select the right setting to edit.
I also have issues with Volume buttons outside the playing screen. Which means if I'm on the main menu I can't change the volume.

I will be testing more next days to come and probably will be posting more little issues. Thank you devs for bringing the port to our Benjies

[breeman]

• Get your rockbox zip, I got mine from a link on this very thread, but I guess the right move to do is to get it from the release page

The best place to get the rockbox zip for this player is on the dev builds page (https://build.rockbox.org/ - its the first one on the page) the links on this thread are old builds (I had been using one of those for the longest time, which had very small increment volume steps). I just finally upgraded to the latest dev build and am so happy to have more manageable volume control.