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Hardware / Re: AIGO EROS Q / AIGO EROS K / IRULU Surfans F20 / AGPTek H3 / HIFI WALKER H2
« Last post by dconrad on February 17, 2025, 09:34:28 PM »Might I suggest putting the micro sd card in a reader when you need to transfer large amounts of data? That should be significantly faster I think.
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Audio Playback, Database and Playlists / Re: ipod Mini 2 with the latest RockBox does not play songs, or skips them
« Last post by speachy on February 17, 2025, 08:23:23 PM »1) My iPod Classic 7 on RockBox - 250127. But that's not what I meant, but the fact that I downloaded music in flac from it that works without problems.
So it works with an older build. This is more important than the device itself.
2) The music starts for a split second on the screen in the form of a player and returns immediately to the list, no sound is played in the headphones.
FYI, "no sound" means the music did NOT start.
The bottom line is that it skips some songs but can play the next one. Out of 10 songs, only 3 can work, and after switching between them, he writes that the playlist is over.
Do the same songs fail or play, or does a given song work sometimes but not other times?
However, I studied a neighboring topic where Mr. "iPodVT" wrote about a similar problem, and on his advice, I rolled back RockBox on iPod Mini 2 to version "20250208" and everything worked as It is necessary.
Please check the 20250209 build. If that succeeds, try subsequent builds until you find the one where the failures start. However if 20250209 fails, it is most likely due to a change to how embedded album art is extracted from FLAC files. We will need one of the failing files to diagnose this properly though.
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Rockbox General Discussion / Re: Will Bluetooth Functionality Be Included in the Next Stable Version of Rockbox?
« Last post by speachy on February 17, 2025, 08:16:05 PM »I have a small Bluetooth speaker that clips onto my clothes and I’m looking for a convenient solution to listen to music throughout my house. I'm considering Rockbox and would like to know if Bluetooth support will be included in the next stable release. Would it be possible to seamlessly connect my Bluetooth speaker?
Short answer: No.
Longer answer: Some hosted targets have (quite crappy) bluetooth support in their stock firmware, but we'd have to write a _lot_ of custom code to interface with it, and the functionality we could get would be equally limited. For native targets with the necessary hardware, there are no bluetooth stacks with the necessary combination of functionality and compatible licensing, so we'd effectively have to build most of what we need nearly from scratch.
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Hardware / Re: AIGO EROS Q / AIGO EROS K / IRULU Surfans F20 / AGPTek H3 / HIFI WALKER H2
« Last post by mrsubway on February 17, 2025, 08:15:09 PM »Is Rockbox definitely a no-go with exFAT?
FAT32 is so slow when copying files. I boot to the OF when copying to the player, but it's slow.
Any USB drive using FAT32 has savagely slow transfer rates.
exFAT doesn't seem to have this issue.
Incorrect, FAT32 vs exFAT makes nearly no difference in transfer speeds. ExFAT is marginally more efficient when writing larger files (due to fewer metadata updates) but lless efficient with smaller files. The limiting factors are (1) USB 2.0 inefficiencies, (2) the USB mass storage protocol itself, (3) the speed of the underlying storage device, and (4) system throughput of the device. The latter is the limiting factor for nearly all rockbox-capable devices.
exFAT is not implemented for several reasons: (a) it's largely unnecessary, (b) the stock firmware probably can't read it (or even boot with it), (c) until quite recently required a patent license to implement, (d) it represents a significant amount of work.
Thanks. I often copy these huge amounts of mp3 files. I'll get speeds that fluctuate greatly. I even tried Linux with the same result. I'm going to try a few different cables.
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Hardware / Re: AIGO EROS Q / AIGO EROS K / IRULU Surfans F20 / AGPTek H3 / HIFI WALKER H2
« Last post by speachy on February 17, 2025, 08:09:47 PM »Is Rockbox definitely a no-go with exFAT?
FAT32 is so slow when copying files. I boot to the OF when copying to the player, but it's slow.
Any USB drive using FAT32 has savagely slow transfer rates.
exFAT doesn't seem to have this issue.
Incorrect, FAT32 vs exFAT makes nearly no difference in transfer speeds. ExFAT is marginally more efficient when writing larger files (due to fewer metadata updates) but lless efficient with smaller files. The limiting factors are (1) USB 2.0 inefficiencies, (2) the USB mass storage protocol itself, (3) the speed of the underlying storage device, and (4) system throughput of the device. The latter is the limiting factor for nearly all rockbox-capable devices.
exFAT is not implemented for several reasons: (a) it's largely unnecessary, (b) the stock firmware probably can't read it (or even boot with it), (c) until quite recently required a patent license to implement, (d) it represents a significant amount of work.
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Rockbox General Discussion / Will Bluetooth Functionality Be Included in the Next Stable Version of Rockbox?
« Last post by shinsan on February 17, 2025, 06:40:36 PM »Hello, 
I have a small Bluetooth speaker that clips onto my clothes and I’m looking for a convenient solution to listen to music throughout my house. I'm considering Rockbox and would like to know if Bluetooth support will be included in the next stable release. Would it be possible to seamlessly connect my Bluetooth speaker?
While I’m aware that Bluetooth adapters can be connected via the 3.5mm jack, having Bluetooth natively integrated into Rockbox would allow me to use my Bluetooth speaker for play/pause control and volume adjustments as well, making the experience much more convenient!
Thank you for your ongoing dedication and invaluable contributions to the music community!

I have a small Bluetooth speaker that clips onto my clothes and I’m looking for a convenient solution to listen to music throughout my house. I'm considering Rockbox and would like to know if Bluetooth support will be included in the next stable release. Would it be possible to seamlessly connect my Bluetooth speaker?
While I’m aware that Bluetooth adapters can be connected via the 3.5mm jack, having Bluetooth natively integrated into Rockbox would allow me to use my Bluetooth speaker for play/pause control and volume adjustments as well, making the experience much more convenient!
Thank you for your ongoing dedication and invaluable contributions to the music community!
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Audio Playback, Database and Playlists / Re: ipod Mini 2 with the latest RockBox does not play songs, or skips them
« Last post by EHOT on February 17, 2025, 05:04:37 PM »Greetings, friend. I would like to express my deep gratitude in advance for the help and implementation of the RockBox project!
Here is my reply to you - to the previous message:
1) My iPod Classic 7 on RockBox - 250127. But that's not what I meant, but the fact that I downloaded music in flac from it that works without problems.
2) The music starts for a split second on the screen in the form of a player and returns immediately to the list, no sound is played in the headphones.
It automatically jumps to 3/5/7 songs in an album of about 12 songs. This happens in different ways in each folder of albums by different artists. (My music structure is a simple sorting by folders of each artist, inside which there are folders with different albums)
The bottom line is that it skips some songs but can play the next one. Out of 10 songs, only 3 can work, and after switching between them, he writes that the playlist is over.
3) I don't understand the quality and difference of individual music files well, since I download everything in flac format, as it is the most widespread. I don't use conversion from other formats.
However, I studied a neighboring topic where Mr. "iPodVT" wrote about a similar problem, and on his advice, I rolled back RockBox on iPod Mini 2 to version "20250208" and everything worked as It is necessary. All the music started working properly and there are no problems with skipping files. Any songs are played without problems.
Here is my reply to you - to the previous message:
1) My iPod Classic 7 on RockBox - 250127. But that's not what I meant, but the fact that I downloaded music in flac from it that works without problems.
2) The music starts for a split second on the screen in the form of a player and returns immediately to the list, no sound is played in the headphones.
It automatically jumps to 3/5/7 songs in an album of about 12 songs. This happens in different ways in each folder of albums by different artists. (My music structure is a simple sorting by folders of each artist, inside which there are folders with different albums)
The bottom line is that it skips some songs but can play the next one. Out of 10 songs, only 3 can work, and after switching between them, he writes that the playlist is over.
3) I don't understand the quality and difference of individual music files well, since I download everything in flac format, as it is the most widespread. I don't use conversion from other formats.
However, I studied a neighboring topic where Mr. "iPodVT" wrote about a similar problem, and on his advice, I rolled back RockBox on iPod Mini 2 to version "20250208" and everything worked as It is necessary. All the music started working properly and there are no problems with skipping files. Any songs are played without problems.
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Theming and Appearance Customization / Re: Die Bahn
« Last post by gnomacor on February 17, 2025, 03:35:34 PM »A taste of what's coming...
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Hardware / Re: AIGO EROS Q / AIGO EROS K / IRULU Surfans F20 / AGPTek H3 / HIFI WALKER H2
« Last post by mrsubway on February 17, 2025, 03:28:50 PM »Is Rockbox definitely a no-go with exFAT?
FAT32 is so slow when copying files. I boot to the OF when copying to the player, but it's slow.
Any USB drive using FAT32 has savagely slow transfer rates.
exFAT doesn't seem to have this issue.
FAT32 is so slow when copying files. I boot to the OF when copying to the player, but it's slow.
Any USB drive using FAT32 has savagely slow transfer rates.
exFAT doesn't seem to have this issue.
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Theming and Appearance Customization / Re: Die Bahn
« Last post by gnomacor on February 17, 2025, 03:20:12 PM »Thermoptic, due to how it's designed, the colour values in the white section was hardcoded. I have already fixed this issue, and the coming version will be completely themeable. Thanks for your patience 
