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Rockbox General => Announcements => Topic started by: AlexP on August 28, 2012, 03:21:46 PM

Title: 3.12 release candidate builds
Post by: AlexP on August 28, 2012, 03:21:46 PM
 Hi all,

In preparation for the upcoming release of 3.12, release candidate builds are available.

Unfortunately the current release of Rockbox Utility doesn't know what to do with them.  A new release will be made soon, but for now development builds of Rockbox Utility are available for Windows and OSX here: http://www.alice-dsl.net/dominik.riebeling/rockbox/rbutil/  Linux users will need to build it themselves.

The release candidates can also be installed manually and can be found here: http://download.rockbox.org/release-candidate/16335da/ .

Please test these and report any new bugs on flyspray.

Many thanks,

Alex
Title: Re: 3.12 release candidate builds
Post by: MasterFen on August 30, 2012, 06:07:41 AM
Do we have a changelog?
Title: Re: 3.12 release candidate builds
Post by: bluebrother on August 30, 2012, 07:48:27 AM
http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/MajorChanges
Title: Re: 3.12 release candidate builds
Post by: sportscrazed2 on September 09, 2012, 02:55:39 PM
can we expect final today?
Title: Re: 3.12 release candidate builds
Post by: bluebrother on September 09, 2012, 04:56:07 PM
No
Title: Re: 3.12 release candidate builds
Post by: sportscrazed2 on September 09, 2012, 06:43:29 PM
then soon right?  like tommorow?
Title: Re: 3.12 release candidate builds
Post by: Octopuss on September 10, 2012, 03:20:33 AM
then soon right?  like tommorow?
mentally challenged? ???
Title: Re: 3.12 release candidate builds
Post by: sportscrazed2 on September 10, 2012, 09:09:30 AM
then soon right?  like tommorow?
mentally challenged? ???
no just excited geeze
Title: Re: 3.12 release candidate builds
Post by: icheyne on September 10, 2012, 11:26:16 AM
I'm excited too.  ;D
Title: Re: 3.12 release candidate builds
Post by: AlexP on September 10, 2012, 02:28:28 PM
No, not tomorrow.  See http://www.rockbox.org/mail/archive/rockbox-dev-archive-2012-09/0001.shtml
Title: Re: 3.12 release candidate builds
Post by: icheyne on September 10, 2012, 04:27:57 PM
Quality over quantity...   ::)
Title: Re: 3.12 release candidate builds
Post by: xpmule on September 24, 2012, 04:01:28 PM
No RC for Sansa Fuze+ ?
Title: Re: 3.12 release candidate builds
Post by: bluebrother on September 24, 2012, 04:07:42 PM
No RC for Sansa Fuze+ ?

Only players in the "Stable" category get release builds, thus RC builds.
Title: Re: 3.12 release candidate builds
Post by: xpmule on September 24, 2012, 11:27:03 PM
that's what i was assuming ..sounds logical
i guess i could download the source and work on the port myself though right ?
Download the virtualbox link and take it from there ?
Only Portable i have right now is the Fuze+

I also mentioned before at the Sansa forums i coded a proof of concept
command line app that transfered albums w/Art to the player (using MTP)
It worked and all but making the full program i wanted became way too much work
so i dropped the idea but i learned a bit about the Fuze+ by using the MTP api
to poll the device for various data such as capabilities and format support etc.
I have a good 10 years experience reverse and patching in ASM and coding in c/c++
Since i started using Rockbox I've been thinking i may have a go at seeing if I can
help improve the port (bugs are reported at flyspray i think)
So far i'm just trying to absorb all this Rockbox stuff lol ..its a lot to take in
and thats a GOOD thing :)
I have used various Linux distribs over teh last decade and i have seen a lot
of talk about Rockbox many times in linux circles so i know this ain't no new project ;)

Any tips or suggestions if i wanted to compile my own Fuze+ code ? (virtualbox + windows download)
So far i have noticed one bug i think i can fix.. the program Tag&Rename and probably others
add album cover art using the format image/jpg(which fails) and many others i tried use image/jpeg(which works)
all using the same title for the cover so thats not a problem.. anyway i did some hex comparing
and used OllyDBG with Tag&Rename (windows app) to figure this all out and i bet it would be trivial to add support for both tag / image declarations (since they are both valid? it should be fixed probably)
Title: Re: 3.12 release candidate builds
Post by: [Saint] on October 07, 2012, 08:42:31 PM
So far i have noticed one bug i think i can fix.. the program Tag&Rename and probably others
add album cover art using the format image/jpg(which fails) and many others i tried use image/jpeg(which works)
all using the same title for the cover so thats not a problem.. anyway i did some hex comparing
and used OllyDBG with Tag&Rename (windows app) to figure this all out and i bet it would be trivial to add support for both tag / image declarations (since they are both valid? it should be fixed probably)

Sliding off-topic from the original thread, but I have to assume you'll be watching this or receiving notifications for replies here.

Our Fine Manual (http://download.rockbox.org/daily/manual/rockbox-sansafuzeplus/rockbox-buildap3.html#x19-372000C) explains the preferential order in which album art is loaded, and the naming schemes said art may take, very well.

To quote the relevant section directly:

The order Rockbox uses when looking for a picture is as follows (a list in braces means that those file extensions are tried in that order):

1. embedded (JPEG images in ID3v2 or MP4 tags only)
2. ./filename.{jpeg,jpg,bmp}
3. ./albumtitle.{jpeg,jpg,bmp}
4. ./cover.{jpeg,jpg,bmp}
5. ./folder.jpg
6. /.rockbox/albumart/albumartist-albumtitle.{jpeg,jpg,bmp}
7. ../albumtitle.{jpeg,jpg,bmp}
8. ../cover.{jpeg,jpg,bmp}

I do hope this answers the query I will admit I had a great deal of trouble attempting to parse.


[Saint]
Title: Re: 3.12 release candidate builds
Post by: xpmule on October 13, 2012, 03:10:52 PM
thanks but i was trying to point out that if people add album art (embedded)
with Tag & Rename they will Never show up on Rockbox because of the mime types
i did extensive testing and binary comparisons and can see specifically and artwork
using image/jpg fails to show up on rockbox (which is what that program does)
every other program / app i have tried uses image/jpeg instead and rockbox
displays the album artwork perfectly. So i patched tag & Rename to make it work with RB lol
Sorry to go off topic here guys, just wanted to clear up i wasn't having an issue
that i just didn't know what i was doing ;) ..there IS a bug that exists between the two.

Also am i right to assume if i use the daily builds i am helping test the same code
that would be in the RC mentioned earlier ? or close to it ? lol
Title: Re: 3.12 release candidate builds
Post by: saratoga on October 13, 2012, 07:52:10 PM
Sorry to go off topic here guys, just wanted to clear up i wasn't having an issue
that i just didn't know what i was doing ;) ..there IS a bug that exists between the two.

FWIW, this was fixed right after you reported it, although not in the release branch so you probably didn't notice it. 
Title: Re: 3.12 release candidate builds
Post by: xpmule on October 14, 2012, 09:04:38 PM
I didn't and your right it seems fixed to me :)

I think it was a good idea to change the rockbox code
even though its not a rockbox problem..
Just makes Rockbox more compatible with other software out there.

cool thanks for posting that info, I prob would have never noticed lol