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Audio Playback, Database and Playlists / Re: Playlist is playing in random order since updating microSD card on Sansa ClipZip
« Last post by Bilgus on September 16, 2023, 09:03:11 AM »Thats a good point if you have it you should delete the nvram.bin/nvram.bin.new file(s) as well just to be sure
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Audio Playback, Database and Playlists / Re: Playlist is playing in random order since updating microSD card on Sansa ClipZip
« Last post by bahus on September 16, 2023, 02:40:09 AM »As a test, I had it play #671 again, and it started playing #674 again.
Broken build can change your settings in some strange way. So check your config.cfg file in .rockbox folder. Or simply remove/rename old .rockbox folder before update and start clean.
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Audio Playback, Database and Playlists / Re: Playlist is playing in random order since updating microSD card on Sansa ClipZip
« Last post by Bilgus on September 15, 2023, 08:03:22 PM »functionally the actual shuffling hasn't changed I just overlapped the flag for the setting with another and all hell broke loose
fduniho it numbers the files as their original position in the directory when shuffled it'd start higher and unshuffled in its directory position
#4 and #674 respectively
fduniho it numbers the files as their original position in the directory when shuffled it'd start higher and unshuffled in its directory position
#4 and #674 respectively
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Audio Playback, Database and Playlists / Re: Playlist is playing in random order since updating microSD card on Sansa ClipZip
« Last post by fduniho on September 15, 2023, 04:28:32 PM »As a test, I had it play #671 again, and it started playing #674 again. I tried having it play #1, and it played #4. I tried #671 again, and it played #674 again. Also, the last time I played the playlist by trying to start with #671, the tracks it played when I went to scrobble it looked the same as the tracks it had played before when I tried starting from that number. Since it seems to be playing tracks in a consistent order, it might not be that it is shuffling the tracks. Rather, what may have happened is that when I saved my now larger MP3 collection to the new micro SD card, something about how it recognizes files internally changed between this micro SD card and the other one. So, it is still playing tracks in a fixed order, but in one that is unpredictable to me and doesn't sit with my purpose of going through the whole playlist only once before rebuilding and reshuffling it.
For my next test, I have switched back to my previous micro SD card, and when it is done initializing, I will see if it behaves normally.
I'm thinking the solution might be to build and shuffle a new playlist, but that will take more time than what I'm doing right now.
For my next test, I have switched back to my previous micro SD card, and when it is done initializing, I will see if it behaves normally.
I'm thinking the solution might be to build and shuffle a new playlist, but that will take more time than what I'm doing right now.
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Hardware / Re: New cheap portable player in the market
« Last post by speachy on September 15, 2023, 10:13:40 AM »The problem is you have only one choice with this SoC - Use built-in audio codec because the only I2C must be already splitted for charge IC and buttons.
Putting aside the point that I2C is a low-speed shared bus that can have many devices on it, audio data traditionally is sent over an I2S bus.
The V3 (and S3) has an I2S bus. But oddly enough, the V3s does not. Probably because it's a QFP package with fewer pins than the BGA that the V3/S3 uses.
(Honestly I'm surprised the FunKey used the V3s over the S3; it's a much larger physical footprint. Though that lower density might make for a cheaper overall BoM)
IMO the S3 is pretty much the perfect SoC for a DAP, due to having plenty of oomph and integrated DRAM. It's similar in that respect to the Ingenic X1000, which is already widely used for DAPs. Both Allwinner and Ingenic have older parts that are still plenty good for Rockbox (F1Cxxx and JZ47x0, respectively) and newer parts that do little but pile on more CPU cores that Rockbox has no real use for.
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Hardware / Re: New cheap portable player in the market
« Last post by Trzyzet on September 15, 2023, 07:11:47 AM »The FunKey hardware is actually very well suited for a DAP -- The V3/V3s SoC would be my choice if I were starting a design from scratch today
The problem is you have only one choice with this SoC - Use built-in audio codec because the only I2C must be already splitted for charge IC and buttons.
For me it's a big no no.
Would be nice to find a cheap, not very powerful SoC with 64/128MB of RAM, support of 512GB cards or more and USB 3.0 controller.
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Hardware / Re: IPOD (ALL MODELS) iFlash Adapter Issues [SOLVED!?]
« Last post by woodensoul on September 14, 2023, 11:04:09 PM »On my iPod Mini 1G: I started out with the generic one but that was completely unreliable so I switched to an actual iFlash branded adapter. Now it is reliable but terrible with battery life.
I am seeing the same issue on an iPod photo using the same iFlash adapter / generic green 50 pin to CF converter board.
I am seeing the same issue on an iPod photo using the same iFlash adapter / generic green 50 pin to CF converter board.
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Hardware / Re: IPOD (ALL MODELS) iFlash Adapter Issues [SOLVED!?]
« Last post by speachy on September 14, 2023, 10:55:50 PM »... are you using an actual iFlash board, or is it a generic knockoff?
What you're reporting is unusual; the mSATA-based flash adapters are known to be very power hungry but the SD-based ones should, if anything, lead to improved battery times.
That said, rockbox actually disables some of the ATA power management stuff because it's known to lead to data corruption on the the iFlash SD adapters -- the tl;dr is that they don't properly handling the ATA power management commands, leading to massive data corruption if we try to tell the device to go into a state where it's safe to kill power (and then kill power a couple of seconds after we're told it's ok to do so)
What you're reporting is unusual; the mSATA-based flash adapters are known to be very power hungry but the SD-based ones should, if anything, lead to improved battery times.
That said, rockbox actually disables some of the ATA power management stuff because it's known to lead to data corruption on the the iFlash SD adapters -- the tl;dr is that they don't properly handling the ATA power management commands, leading to massive data corruption if we try to tell the device to go into a state where it's safe to kill power (and then kill power a couple of seconds after we're told it's ok to do so)
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Hardware / Re: New cheap portable player in the market
« Last post by speachy on September 14, 2023, 10:47:11 PM »The FunKey hardware is actually very well suited for a DAP -- The V3/V3s SoC would be my choice if I were starting a design from scratch today, and the only real strike against the FunKey is its clamshell design -- it has to be open to be used (there's a magnetic switch that completely kills power when you close the unit up)
But a touchscreen is IMNSHO worthless in a DAP, because without hard buttons, you have to be able to see the screen in order to effectively operate the device. This makes it a non-starter for visually impaired folks, or in situations where looking at a screen would be unsafe.
But a touchscreen is IMNSHO worthless in a DAP, because without hard buttons, you have to be able to see the screen in order to effectively operate the device. This makes it a non-starter for visually impaired folks, or in situations where looking at a screen would be unsafe.
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Hardware / Re: New cheap portable player in the market
« Last post by sandreas on September 14, 2023, 10:27:35 PM »FYI:
I filed and issue at the FunKey S hardware repository, wether they would be interested in forking a dedicated audio player...
I think the FunKey S would be a very interesting platform, because it is completely open hardware / firmware and the only things missing would be a touchscreen (Sitronix ST7789V), an audio jack and an appropriate case . However, the quality of the selected audio chip would be something very important...
Perhaps someone is able to work on this, I would be interested.
As an Android device, I'm pretty happy with my Unihertz Jelly 2e, which has Android 12, is pretty fast, has an Audio Jack, a programmable custom button (I use it for media control), decent battery life and is about 100 bucks used.
Currently I'm developing a Fully Cross Platform App (Win,Lin,macOs,iOS,Android) with AvaloniaUI (C#) for Music and Audiobooks (ToneAudioPlayer), but it is pretty far from being released.
I filed and issue at the FunKey S hardware repository, wether they would be interested in forking a dedicated audio player...
I think the FunKey S would be a very interesting platform, because it is completely open hardware / firmware and the only things missing would be a touchscreen (Sitronix ST7789V), an audio jack and an appropriate case . However, the quality of the selected audio chip would be something very important...
Perhaps someone is able to work on this, I would be interested.
As an Android device, I'm pretty happy with my Unihertz Jelly 2e, which has Android 12, is pretty fast, has an Audio Jack, a programmable custom button (I use it for media control), decent battery life and is about 100 bucks used.
Currently I'm developing a Fully Cross Platform App (Win,Lin,macOs,iOS,Android) with AvaloniaUI (C#) for Music and Audiobooks (ToneAudioPlayer), but it is pretty far from being released.