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New Ports / Re: AIGO EROS Q / AIGO EROS K / IRULU Surfans F20 / AGPTek H3 / HIFI WALKER H2
« Last post by rayjgu3 on Today at 06:41:32 AM »Got me a surfans f20. Rockbox loaded, it boots and plays fine on everything I plugit into headphones speakers but I have a pair of speakers it just won't work with. Changed the cord several times, each time original firmware plays just fine but rockbox won't. Any ideas I am stumped.
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Plugins/Viewers / Re: Rockboy for iPod's with grey scale displays?
« Last post by __builtin on May 05, 2021, 01:45:03 PM »Nobody is working on that, as far as I know. If you want to do it yourself, we would be happy to guide you along.
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Hardware / Re: Can Rockbox change the colour of a single-colour OLED display?
« Last post by saratoga on May 05, 2021, 12:15:26 PM »No.
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Hardware / Re: Can Rockbox change the colour of a single-colour OLED display?
« Last post by rjdg14 on May 05, 2021, 11:58:56 AM »Monochrome displays only show one color (hence the name). If you want to show different colors, you need a color display.
Monochrome displays can only display one colour simultaneously, but I was wondering considering the way that OLED technology works if it would be possible to change from cyan to another colour?
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Hardware / Re: Can Rockbox change the colour of a single-colour OLED display?
« Last post by saratoga on May 05, 2021, 11:55:34 AM »Monochrome displays only show one color (hence the name). If you want to show different colors, you need a color display.
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Hardware / Can Rockbox change the colour of a single-colour OLED display?
« Last post by rjdg14 on May 05, 2021, 10:50:11 AM »Considering the way I believe OLEDs work, I'd have thought it would be possible to change the colour of a monochrome OLED display through the software on the device, but it may not be. I have an Xduoo X3 with a blue/cyan OLED display, and would personally like to change the colour to either white or red if it's possible to do so. Does anyone here know how the single colour OLED displays work on players such as the X3 and the Sansa Clip, and if this is something that can be changed by the software or if the hardware is only capable of outputting the displayed colour?
It's also possible that the devices in question actually use a white OLED display with an internal cyan (X3) or cyan/yellow (Clip) filter immediately above the display, or that the display pixels are set to that colour at the hardware level. in which case it would only be possible to change the colour using a hardware rather than software mod.
It's also possible that the devices in question actually use a white OLED display with an internal cyan (X3) or cyan/yellow (Clip) filter immediately above the display, or that the display pixels are set to that colour at the hardware level. in which case it would only be possible to change the colour using a hardware rather than software mod.
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Rockbox General Discussion / Re: Sansa Fuze+ with strange battery behavior
« Last post by braewoods on May 05, 2021, 04:06:06 AM »I noticed a similar thing with an old stock Fuze+ that was never used before. I thought it was just due to the battery being old myself.
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Rockbox General Discussion / Re: RE: Fuze+ Charging.
« Last post by Xmetalfanx on May 04, 2021, 11:22:12 PM »I know this is a really old topic but the same thing (I am hoping it was one time only and not signs of a bigger issue) on two "used-like new" Sansa Fuze+'s I just bought ... No signs of life with plugging it into my PC (tried different cables too) ... and one of my chargers and one port of my other "dual usb" Powergen charger (I can only find it on Ebay now, Amazon de-listed that one I have). Somehow only when i plugged it into the A side (there is a NA and A on each usb port ... not sure if A was suppose to be for Apple and it provided more voltage/amperage or something than the "NA" side) ... this was before I could even think of Rockboxing those two units ... it boot looped a few times but after a few minutes of doing that on the AF ... it started to take the charge it seemed... I am troubleshooting another Fuze+ atm, but I am just hoping that (all the same seller by the way) this Black 4GB unit and those two blue 4GB units are not dying ... if i have to charge them more OFTEN that is fine, but I am not sure if this is a sign of the unit's batteries dying
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Rockbox General Discussion / Sansa Fuze+ with strange battery behavior
« Last post by Xmetalfanx on May 04, 2021, 11:09:31 PM »I fully admit that this may not be a Rockbox issue but I found a few good deals on some Fuze+'s in great condition but unlike the physical one I bought from a different seller in 2018 that is still just find other than the nicks/dings I did to it .... one of my new ones (at least one) seems to REALLY be decharging fast ...Even on my old one I know it never charged to "100%" but in the low 90% range and really say for about an hour to hour and half of daily use ... it'd be like MAYBE (I admit I am guest-a-mating) a bit on Day 5 or 6 It'd get to say the mid teens as far as reported battery % left and i'd let it charge.
This one seems to decharge just as much/if not MORE when it's 100% off .... I had it at say 88% charged and went to do a few things .. picked it up to go out for my usual walk and it (the entire tiem it was off since i say the "88% left") at say 79%-80% ... and sure i know if i leave it on for a second it may go up or down a % or two but ... heck since i turned it off awhile back it went from 63% to 56% ... I listened to it for awhile and it went back up to "60% left" for say 10 minutes. I am going to be honest I am not even sure the seller would take it back and it's not "technically" broken but the red flag for me is one time after I used it for a bit and I didn't even look at the battery % level .. it wouldn't turn on at all (not even to say "low battery") ... SOMEHOW with one of my chargers I got it going just enough to start charging again.
My question is has anyone else seen that sort of behavior before? ... I dont mind if say I have to charge it more often to keep it going, but at least that one time it wouldn't boot up (NO signs of life) and wouldn't take a change at first, makes me thing this unit while being in GREAT condition, may be dying ... again I may not be able to get a refund/exchange anyway. I am not really a fan of the OF on the Fuze+ ... feels too clunky, but seeing the deals I saw and loving The Fuze+ WITH Rockbox, I couldn't pass these units up.
I have two other units and at least if this one is bad and I cant return it ... I hope the others are OK.
This one seems to decharge just as much/if not MORE when it's 100% off .... I had it at say 88% charged and went to do a few things .. picked it up to go out for my usual walk and it (the entire tiem it was off since i say the "88% left") at say 79%-80% ... and sure i know if i leave it on for a second it may go up or down a % or two but ... heck since i turned it off awhile back it went from 63% to 56% ... I listened to it for awhile and it went back up to "60% left" for say 10 minutes. I am going to be honest I am not even sure the seller would take it back and it's not "technically" broken but the red flag for me is one time after I used it for a bit and I didn't even look at the battery % level .. it wouldn't turn on at all (not even to say "low battery") ... SOMEHOW with one of my chargers I got it going just enough to start charging again.
My question is has anyone else seen that sort of behavior before? ... I dont mind if say I have to charge it more often to keep it going, but at least that one time it wouldn't boot up (NO signs of life) and wouldn't take a change at first, makes me thing this unit while being in GREAT condition, may be dying ... again I may not be able to get a refund/exchange anyway. I am not really a fan of the OF on the Fuze+ ... feels too clunky, but seeing the deals I saw and loving The Fuze+ WITH Rockbox, I couldn't pass these units up.
I have two other units and at least if this one is bad and I cant return it ... I hope the others are OK.
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Feature Ideas / Re: Random track selection
« Last post by philden on May 04, 2021, 09:50:30 PM »Adding some more information, as I've been devising a workaround to make the random playlist externally, using a Mac.
I currently organize my music for Rockbox in a dedicated iTunes library, then use Carbon Copy Cloner to copy the music to the iPod (after removing embedded art and replacing with suitably sized cover.bmp files). So I found a way of making a random playlist in iTunes.
1. Make a SmartPlaylist to select a suitable number of songs, less than the Rockbox limit. This is a random selection, but listed in a sorted order. I could put this is Rockbox and then shuffle, but instead:
2. Make a second SmartPlaylist by random selection from the first, with the same number of songs.
3. Export as m3u
4. Put in a text editor and globally replace the file paths to match those on the iPod.
5. Copy to iPod and load into Rockbox.
I currently organize my music for Rockbox in a dedicated iTunes library, then use Carbon Copy Cloner to copy the music to the iPod (after removing embedded art and replacing with suitably sized cover.bmp files). So I found a way of making a random playlist in iTunes.
1. Make a SmartPlaylist to select a suitable number of songs, less than the Rockbox limit. This is a random selection, but listed in a sorted order. I could put this is Rockbox and then shuffle, but instead:
2. Make a second SmartPlaylist by random selection from the first, with the same number of songs.
3. Export as m3u
4. Put in a text editor and globally replace the file paths to match those on the iPod.
5. Copy to iPod and load into Rockbox.