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Rockbox Utility / Re: ipod does not mount
« Last post by speachy on Today at 09:08:08 AM »I think it's fair to say opinions vary on whether it's _necessary_ to put it into original firmware mode (or disk mode) to transfer music to it
It isn't -- As long as you're using a nightly built from within the last month or so.
(And due to the nature of the underlying problems that led to this corruption, it _will_ eat itself under normal operation too, especially if the database is involved)
I can't even remember if the drive is _supposed_ to mount when it's in RB mode, as I never do it that way.
It is by default, but that can be changed in the settings.
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Rockbox Utility / Re: ipod does not mount
« Last post by Frankenpod on Today at 04:27:30 AM »Didn't know it would do that. i tried holding both sel and menu and get put back to rockbox each time but i figured it out. So unless i'm misunderstanding i put it to itunes mode to load music and rockbox to listen. Thank the kind people who helped. I am still considering modifying the ipod and am at the pc builder level more or less but this suggests that i could ruin the device
I think it's fair to say opinions vary on whether it's _necessary_ to put it into original firmware mode (or disk mode) to transfer music to it, but it's what I always do, and it seems safest (and fastest). If your computer isn't mounting the drive at all in RB mode you might as well just use OF mode. I can't even remember if the drive is _supposed_ to mount when it's in RB mode, as I never do it that way.
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Rockbox Utility / Re: ipod does not mount
« Last post by bluebrother on Today at 02:51:40 AM »Please see the manual: https://download.rockbox.org/daily/manual/rockbox-ipod6g/rockbox-buildch3.html#x5-290003.1.3
Generally I recommend to NOT restart the player by holding Menu + Select to restart the player -- you only need this if you're running the Apple firmware, since that doesn't fully shut down the player. Rockbox shuts down the hardware, so you can simply shut it down, then press select to power it on again.
Also, during the power on sequence the Apple bootloader shortly waits for some key presses that you can use to switch into Apple disk mode (though you have to hard-reset the player to get out of that)
Generally I recommend to NOT restart the player by holding Menu + Select to restart the player -- you only need this if you're running the Apple firmware, since that doesn't fully shut down the player. Rockbox shuts down the hardware, so you can simply shut it down, then press select to power it on again.
Also, during the power on sequence the Apple bootloader shortly waits for some key presses that you can use to switch into Apple disk mode (though you have to hard-reset the player to get out of that)
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Rockbox Utility / Re: ipod does not mount
« Last post by elonin on September 07, 2024, 08:08:34 PM »Didn't know it would do that. i tried holding both sel and menu and get put back to rockbox each time but i figured it out. So unless i'm misunderstanding i put it to itunes mode to load music and rockbox to listen. Thank the kind people who helped. I am still considering modifying the ipod and am at the pc builder level more or less but this suggests that i could ruin the device
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Audio Playback, Database and Playlists / Re: can't get AAC to play on agptek rocker and on sansa clip zip
« Last post by giksos on September 07, 2024, 04:08:33 PM »Update: scratch the sansadisk problem, I converted losslessly to m4a and it seems to be working, I guess rockbox looks at the extension.
The problem on agptek still remains, so I guess it must be agptek specific?
The problem on agptek still remains, so I guess it must be agptek specific?
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Audio Playback, Database and Playlists / can't get AAC to play on agptek rocker and on sansa clip zip
« Last post by giksos on September 07, 2024, 03:55:13 PM »Wondering about the status of AAC playback. Manual seems to imply it is supported, but it's not working for me.
On agptek rocker I get a white screen that says "Floating point excdeption, address 0x49ffe8" while using rockbox-agptekrocker-20240907.
On sansa clip zip it just skips over the file while using rockbox-sansaclipzip-20240907.
On agptek rocker I get a white screen that says "Floating point excdeption, address 0x49ffe8" while using rockbox-agptekrocker-20240907.
On sansa clip zip it just skips over the file while using rockbox-sansaclipzip-20240907.
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$ mediainfo NA\ -\ FH\ _\ Kosh.aac
General
Complete name : NA - FH _ Kosh.aac
Format : MPEG-4
Format profile : Base Media
Codec ID : iso5 (iso6/mp41)
File size : 115 MiB
Duration : 1 h 1 min
Overall bit rate : 260 kb/s
Writing application : Lavf58.20.100
FileExtension_Invalid : braw mov mp4 m4v m4a m4b m4p m4r 3ga 3gpa 3gpp 3gp 3gpp2 3g2 k3g jpm jpx mqv ismv isma ismt f4a f4b f4v
Audio
ID : 1
Format : AAC LC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Low Complexity
Codec ID : mp4a-40-2
Duration : 1 h 1 min
Bit rate : 258 kb/s
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel layout : L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 113 MiB (99%)
Default : Yes
Alternate group : 1
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Rockbox Utility / Re: ipod does not mount
« Last post by Frankenpod on September 07, 2024, 01:04:07 PM »If you reboot with the hold switch on, or while holding down "menu" it should reboot in the original firmware. Are you saying yours doesn't do that?
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Rockbox Utility / Re: ipod does not mount
« Last post by elonin on September 07, 2024, 10:55:39 AM »Not sure i understand the question. Do you mean restoring it to the itunes? If that is the case it should then mount to windows. I haven't seen a way to boot to apple with the rockbox software still on it. if it is off pushing select launches rockbox. From there if i select and menu (up) it reloads just rockbox.
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Rockbox Utility / Re: ipod does not mount
« Last post by saratoga on September 07, 2024, 09:54:42 AM »If you reboot from rockbox into the apple firmware does the disk mount in windows?
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Rockbox Utility / Re: ipod does not mount
« Last post by elonin on September 07, 2024, 09:34:51 AM »I'm running windows 11.
Yes, it did mount recognized by itunes and generated a drive letter with itunes, though i have had issues with that in the past (bad cable or ipod just not behaving).
I don't think my ipod is set for dual boot. When i use menu + select it reboots the rockbox but doesn't put it into a disk mode.
The reason i've wanted to change over to rockbox is playing different formats. Am I barking up the wrong tree?
Yes, it did mount recognized by itunes and generated a drive letter with itunes, though i have had issues with that in the past (bad cable or ipod just not behaving).
I don't think my ipod is set for dual boot. When i use menu + select it reboots the rockbox but doesn't put it into a disk mode.
The reason i've wanted to change over to rockbox is playing different formats. Am I barking up the wrong tree?