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Does a wps tag exist to switch display off during play ?

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Bluemax:
I was always wondering why my original iPod firmare has no option to switch display off while playing ... would save some battery time ... most people keep their mp3 player in bags, trousers - so why must a display always be on ?

Now I'm in love with rockbox and maybe there is a tag for WPS configuration  ::) What I mean is not just to unlighten the display, it should be turned of totally. I could not find anything in the manual (iPod Nano).

Cheers,

Bluemax

Yotto:
I'm actually working on an all-text (but with album art) WPS that will, when you hit the hold switch, totally blank the screen (With images, the extra "blank" images and code to place them actually caused the battery to drain *more* quickly.  I didn't do any hard tests, but the drain was quite drastic to be noticable within an hour).

I don't know when I'll get to it, but if you want to try it yourself, just use the conditional to the hold switch.  Whenever I'm stowing my iPod where I wont' see it, I turn hold on so the buttons don't get bumped, so this works perfectly for me.

Mad Cow:
I don't know about ipods, but my H10 has an option to turn the backlight off when you use the hold key. If you can somehow combine this with the ability to turn the screen off completely would do the trick.

Bluemax:

--- Quote from: Yotto on September 27, 2006, 05:52:25 PM ---I'm actually working on an all-text (but with album art) WPS that will, when you hit the hold switch, totally blank the screen (With images, the extra "blank" images and code to place them actually caused the battery to drain *more* quickly.  I didn't do any hard tests, but the drain was quite drastic to be noticable within an hour).
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When I understood it right, you do the if/else query concerning the hold switch and then all images are deleted to blank the display ... that'll maybe a good idea  ::) Can you show it to us when you have found the clue to it ? (I'm a noob to rockbox)

Yes, I use the hold switch the same like you. When the switch is on I don't need the display. So why don't save battery power ? And rockbox offers us the possibility to use different wps. So it would be easy to get it right for every situation  :D

Bluemax:

--- Quote from: Mad Cow on September 27, 2006, 06:36:06 PM ---I don't know about ipods, but my H10 has an option to turn the backlight off when you use the hold key. If you can somehow combine this with the ability to turn the screen off completely would do the trick.

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I don't know either so I asked  for it ;) But this possibility is for me as a user an intelligent feature to have. I'm really wondering why Apple does not have this in original firmware !

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