ipod 4g problems with rockbox

[bzbire]

Hi, I have just installed rockbox to my 4g ipod greyscale and have had a lot of problems.

-Whenever I turn on the EQ, the song starts pausing every few seconds until I turn it off and sometimes even crashes leading me to reboot

-When I turn it on, it has been slow and songs wont play untill I reboot a few times

I am using the current build- am I doing something wrong? Should I change to the daily build?

Thanks in advance!

[Febs]

The EQ issue is a known issue, stemming from the fact that Rockbox is not sufficiently optimized to do the signal processing necessary for the EQ in real time.

There is also a known issue with the 4g related to frequency scaling.  There is a workaround for this, which increases stability by disabling frequency scaling.  If you look in the "unsupported builds" forum, there is a build by "Mikeage" which incorporates this workaround.  I've seen a number of reports from 4g owners that this build increases Rockbox's stability.  Take a look for that build and try it.

For more information, search for "frequency scaling bug" or similar terms.

[saratoga]

Theres also a 4G frequency scaling patch which I believe allows it to work, though its still being tested and randomly seems to work or not work.

[bzbire]

great... I'll try your suggestions out... thanks!