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Rockbox Utility / Rockbox utility
« Last post by tokariew on Today at 04:04:15 PM »Hi Should the linux version be updated? it seems the current stable version 1.5.1 work only if openssl1 is installed. And Some distros, no longer support this version. So rockbox utility don't work for installing rockbox.
I build from git tree rockbox utilty and it seems fine.
I build from git tree rockbox utilty and it seems fine.
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Audio Playback, Database and Playlists / Re: Ramdom Play
« Last post by philden on Today at 03:55:15 PM »In essence, you need to create a playlist and then play it randomly. So the playlist will be played once in random order.
The following is my workflow. The standard Rockbox menu options allow for a maximum of 32,000 tracks in a playlist. If you want more, you need to create a file called ".rockbox/fixed.cfg" and include a line of the form:
max files in playlist: 66000
This is fine on 6/7 gen iPods with 64MB of RAM, but may be problematic on other devices.
Make sure your database is up to date. When I add new music I manually delete the database files, as it seems quicker to build it from nothing.
To build a playlist of all your files, enter the database, put the cursor on 'Track', then press select and choose "Current playlist", then select either "Play" or "play shuffled". I use the latter, but you could play the file in shuffle mode.
This creates a dynamic playlist of all the files.
When it starts playing, long select and choose "Playlist" -> "Save current playlist"
then type a name.
I normally tidy up the name via my computer rather than use the character input screen.
Stop the dynamic playlist from playing, then load the newly created one from the playlist menu.
Saving the playlist, rather than just using the dynamic one makes rockbox much faster to start.
The following is my workflow. The standard Rockbox menu options allow for a maximum of 32,000 tracks in a playlist. If you want more, you need to create a file called ".rockbox/fixed.cfg" and include a line of the form:
max files in playlist: 66000
This is fine on 6/7 gen iPods with 64MB of RAM, but may be problematic on other devices.
Make sure your database is up to date. When I add new music I manually delete the database files, as it seems quicker to build it from nothing.
To build a playlist of all your files, enter the database, put the cursor on 'Track', then press select and choose "Current playlist", then select either "Play" or "play shuffled". I use the latter, but you could play the file in shuffle mode.
This creates a dynamic playlist of all the files.
When it starts playing, long select and choose "Playlist" -> "Save current playlist"
then type a name.
I normally tidy up the name via my computer rather than use the character input screen.
Stop the dynamic playlist from playing, then load the newly created one from the playlist menu.
Saving the playlist, rather than just using the dynamic one makes rockbox much faster to start.
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Audio Playback, Database and Playlists / Re: How do I get rockbox to see all the music files??
« Last post by philden on Today at 03:27:45 PM »Your screenshot shows that your current playlist contains 109 tracks. This does not reflect the overall contents of your iPod.
When you play music with Rockbox you always create a playlist first. This can contain anywhere from 1 song to all of the tracks on your device. The manual will explain the different ways playlists can be created.
You should always be able to explore your songs using the file browser. The iTunes music will be inside iPod_Control and the rest in your music directory. The iTunes files will have random looking names, so the database is the best way to see everything. The database relies on your tracks containing id tags for titles, artists and albums etc to be correctly identified.
99k is a lot of files, but should be OK on your generation of iPod. Note that the maximum playlist size is selected via a menu which has, I think, 32,000 as the highest option. To include more you can create a file called ".rockbox/fixed.cfg" and add a line of the form:
max files in playlist: 66000
Hope this helps.
When you play music with Rockbox you always create a playlist first. This can contain anywhere from 1 song to all of the tracks on your device. The manual will explain the different ways playlists can be created.
You should always be able to explore your songs using the file browser. The iTunes music will be inside iPod_Control and the rest in your music directory. The iTunes files will have random looking names, so the database is the best way to see everything. The database relies on your tracks containing id tags for titles, artists and albums etc to be correctly identified.
99k is a lot of files, but should be OK on your generation of iPod. Note that the maximum playlist size is selected via a menu which has, I think, 32,000 as the highest option. To include more you can create a file called ".rockbox/fixed.cfg" and add a line of the form:
max files in playlist: 66000
Hope this helps.
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Rockbox General Discussion / Re: Devices keep getting banned
« Last post by HungryDaze on Today at 08:34:43 AM »The ban is on the IP+username combination; the actual forum account hasn't been flagged.
If I had to guess, I'd say the forum automatically banned those IPs.
Is there a way to reverse the ban? I'll stop using the VPN while posting here. I'm obviously not a spammer or something of sorts. Or soon all of my devices will be banned and I will not be able to participate.
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Audio Playback, Database and Playlists / How do I get rockbox to see all the music files??
« Last post by MurrayF on March 17, 2025, 10:17:11 PM »Hi all. I hope some of you can help me. I'm a Rockbox newbie. I have just got rb running on a gen 6/7 ipod classic. However it only shows about 100 music files on Now Playing. I put all my music files on the ipod via cable and they can all be found under I\music\mp3final\<artist> directories when connected to the computer. There are about 99,000 music files there, mostly mp3 but some m4a , flac and wav. However, on turn on, it only shows one of the albums from the apple section of the ipod (ipod control). My computer is a win 10.
Someone on facebook said to go via files and/or database, however, it can't see all the 99k songs. Is 99k too much for a gen 6/7.
The ipod has succesfully got 2TB, using a iquad board with four 500MB sd cards.
If anyone has a magic wand I can wave over it to get it to see all the music, I will be forever grateful.
Also, is there a better theme to use? I'm not sure if the one I am using could be an issue, or not. See attachment.
Thanks in advance.
Someone on facebook said to go via files and/or database, however, it can't see all the 99k songs. Is 99k too much for a gen 6/7.
The ipod has succesfully got 2TB, using a iquad board with four 500MB sd cards.
If anyone has a magic wand I can wave over it to get it to see all the music, I will be forever grateful.
Also, is there a better theme to use? I'm not sure if the one I am using could be an issue, or not. See attachment.
Thanks in advance.
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Theming and Appearance Customization / Re: Subline timing.
« Last post by chuck_lardo on March 17, 2025, 06:09:29 AM »https://gerrit.rockbox.org/r/c/rockbox/+/6153
This recent change to the t tag might be of help? According to Bilgus' notes the regular use maxes out at 655 seconds, so the only way to get a longer timeout is to use this newer method. I remember from a conversation in the IRC channel though that he only recommended to use it once or twice in a theme since it's a very expensive tag performance wise.
I had a chance to try the above, but I couldn't get it to work. I'm pretty sure I had it set up correctly but there was no effect. It just displayed the first line indefinitely.
Either of these solutions would work perfectly.
Another option could be a mode where if the next subline doesn't have a %t tag, then stop the loop.
So %t(5)first line;second line
preventing the second line from switching back to the first entirely. Something like %t(2)first line;%t(-)second line
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Hardware / Re: AIGO EROS Q / AIGO EROS K / IRULU Surfans F20 / AGPTek H3 / HIFI WALKER H2
« Last post by Urko on March 16, 2025, 10:16:17 PM »Good evening! Could someone please share the original bootloader of Hifi Walker H2 2.0 firmware version?
https://mega.nz/file/0FlAXICQ#JwMHdyDrdRV3My1cgIC91MMZhUU9HBiOPQk9Zp1xjyQ
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Theming and Appearance Customization / Theme Font
« Last post by iPodVT on March 16, 2025, 08:51:01 AM »1 - Is there a theme tag (maybe akin to %Vs) that I can use to change only the font in the current viewport? I'm not finding it in the manual (though I don't doubt that it's there and I'm too thick to find it).
2 - Would it be possible to add a new shortcut that would take me into the list of fonts at Settings->Theme Settings->Fonts? I tried adding the shortcut below to shortcuts.txt but it doesn't do anything.
[shortcut]
type: setting
data: font
name:
icon: -1
talkclip:
I'm currently using a shortcut that takes me into /.rockbox/fonts and enables me to change the theme font there. That's fairly useful, but its limitation is that when I arrive there it selects the first font in the directory rather than the current theme font, which is why a shortcut into Settings->Theme Settings->Fonts would be so much more useful.
Thanks.
2 - Would it be possible to add a new shortcut that would take me into the list of fonts at Settings->Theme Settings->Fonts? I tried adding the shortcut below to shortcuts.txt but it doesn't do anything.
[shortcut]
type: setting
data: font
name:
icon: -1
talkclip:
I'm currently using a shortcut that takes me into /.rockbox/fonts and enables me to change the theme font there. That's fairly useful, but its limitation is that when I arrive there it selects the first font in the directory rather than the current theme font, which is why a shortcut into Settings->Theme Settings->Fonts would be so much more useful.
Thanks.
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Rockbox Utility / Themes not downloading
« Last post by VosCoBoss on March 16, 2025, 04:10:07 AM »Hi, I am a new rockbox user. Installing Rockbox on my iPod 5th gen worked using Rockbox Utility, however when trying to select themes I get a download error. I have attached the log file to this post. It is possible to download the themes from themes.rockbox.org directly, but I have to click the link twice. First click will come up with an error as well.
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Repairing and Upgrading Rockbox Capable Players / RB can't see all my music. Rockbox newbie here.
« Last post by MurrayF on March 15, 2025, 11:21:34 PM »Hi all. I hope some of you can help me. I have just got rb running on a gen 6/7 ipod classic. However it only shows about 100 music files on Now Playing. I put all my music files on the ipod via cable and they can all be found under I\music\mp3final\<artist> directories when connected to the computer. There are about 99,000 music files there, mostly mp3 but some m4a , flac and wav. However, on turn on, it only shows one of the albums from the apple section of the ipod (ipod control). My computer is a win 10.
Someone on facebook said to go via files and/or database, however, it can't see all the 99k songs. Is 99k too much for a gen 6/7.
The ipod has succesfully got 2TB, using a iquad board with four 500MB sd cards.
If anyone has a magic wand I can wave over it to get it to see all the music, I will be forever grateful.
Also, is there a better theme to use? I'm not sure if the one I am using could be an issue, or not. See attachment.
Thanks in advance.
Someone on facebook said to go via files and/or database, however, it can't see all the 99k songs. Is 99k too much for a gen 6/7.
The ipod has succesfully got 2TB, using a iquad board with four 500MB sd cards.
If anyone has a magic wand I can wave over it to get it to see all the music, I will be forever grateful.
Also, is there a better theme to use? I'm not sure if the one I am using could be an issue, or not. See attachment.
Thanks in advance.