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gaugino:
Dear Rockbox Team!

Thank you for your work on Rockbox! I use Rockbox for several years on my Sansa ClipZip, and during the last 2-3 years I have the following problem: playback starts automatically when I turn on the player. I had this problem with v. 3.13, the same thing with v. 3.14. After installing v. 3.14 (using the Rockbox Utility) I reset settings, it did not help.
I use "Previous Screen" setting in the "Start Screen" option. But even if I pause a song before turning off the player, the song begins to play automatically when I turn on the player or when I plug it to the charger. Is it normal? It would be much more convenient if there was a possibility to keep the song paused after turning on the player. I have failed to find the option which could solve the problem.
I would appreciate your help.

gaugino:
Yesterday I checked the problem, described above, on a Clip+ player with the Rockbox and on another Clip Zip player. The Clip Zip was with the stock firmware, so I installed the last Rockbox on it. The situation is exactly the same - if one pauses the song on the WPS and then turns off the player, the song begins to play automatically after turning on the player (of course, if the "Previous Screen" option is selected in the "Start Screen" setting). So, it is not a bug of my Clip Zip, but the feature of the Rockbox.

Of course, the problem can be solved by choosing, say, the "Main Menu" option in the "Start Screen" setting. But as for me, it would be much more convenient (using the "Previous Screen" option), if the Rockbox remembered the state of the playback (play or pause) and applied it after the startup of the player (if it goes to WPS at startup).

Bilgus:
*Previous Screen* Doesn't seem to store the Main Menu after you exit the playback screen so it goes back to now playing screen

I think this is a limitation of having the power button do double duty as *Return* and *Power Off*.

I'm not sure how you could really 'fix' it as if you make it recognize the *Main Menu* then it will always return there since the power button returns you to the *Main Menu* just prior to power off, otherwise you could just select a different menu before shutdown and start there or change the 'Start Screen' setting

gaugino:
Bilgus,
thank you for the answer!

I did not realize that this could be the effect of the power button double duty. I just have checked that the "Previous Screen" indeed does not store the Main Menu position. I usually shut down my Clip Zip on WPS, so I did not observe this effect during several years (or simply forgot about it) :). Indeed, when I power off while residing, say, in Settings, the system first goes back to Main Menu (the Main Menu appears on the screen) and only then turns off the player. However, when I power off while on WPS, the Main Menu does not appear on the screen before turning off the player - there is still a background image of the WPS theme (I use my own custom WPS). That is why I did not even think about possible effect of the power button double duty... So, thank you for the clarification!

However, it is not necessary to store the Main Menu when you exit WPS. I mean that it would be nice to have a possibility to force the pause when the system goes to WPS on startup (of course, if the Start Screen option is not "Resume Playback"). However, I don't know whether such an option can be easily realized in Rockbox...

Bilgus:
It wouldn't be hard to add the option but I'm not sure how likely it would be that it gets added to the mainline release.
However, if you would like to make your own patch for it I could help guide you on how to proceed

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