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Feature Ideas / Re: Uodated Battery Options
« Last post by speachy on October 05, 2024, 08:50:36 AM »The "capacity" is only used for runtime estimation, and especially in the modern era of wildly-varying SSD mods is going to be inaccurate.
The actual "battery level percentage" is based on the battery _voltage_, and for a given battery chemistry, will be fairly accurate with different capacity batteries -- as long as they share the same chemistry (and therefore, discharge curve) as the original iPod battery.
Given the sheer variety of replacement battery options (manufacturer, capacity, quality) the odds are high that there is a wide variety of battery chemistries in use.. so we have no way of knowing what your (or anyone's) battery's discharge curve looks like.
So. If you want a more accurate battery meter for your player, there's a so-called "battery benchmark" plugin that you can run to generate a voltage-over-time data set that can be used to create an updated table. The idea is that you start with a fully charged battery, start something playing (on repeat), and launch the plugin. It will run until the battery dies completely.
The actual "battery level percentage" is based on the battery _voltage_, and for a given battery chemistry, will be fairly accurate with different capacity batteries -- as long as they share the same chemistry (and therefore, discharge curve) as the original iPod battery.
Given the sheer variety of replacement battery options (manufacturer, capacity, quality) the odds are high that there is a wide variety of battery chemistries in use.. so we have no way of knowing what your (or anyone's) battery's discharge curve looks like.
So. If you want a more accurate battery meter for your player, there's a so-called "battery benchmark" plugin that you can run to generate a voltage-over-time data set that can be used to create an updated table. The idea is that you start with a fully charged battery, start something playing (on repeat), and launch the plugin. It will run until the battery dies completely.
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Olympus - Installation/Removal / Re: M.ROBE 500 - RockBox boot problems
« Last post by speachy on October 05, 2024, 08:37:52 AM »First, I should state that no active developer currently has had access to an mrobe500, since before the 3.15 release. And the information in this thread is ... confusing, to say the least.
In the interest of trying to sort this issue out, some basic questions:
0) Have you tried a daily build from within the last month? If not, do so.
1) What _exactly_ is the problem with the current daily builds? Failure to boot, hang in the UI (where? doing what?), or something else? The more specific, you can be, the better.
2) Has the device been modded in any way (eg SSD storage), and if so, what?
3) Did the 3.15 release work properly? If no, did the 3.14 release work properly?
In the interest of trying to sort this issue out, some basic questions:
0) Have you tried a daily build from within the last month? If not, do so.
1) What _exactly_ is the problem with the current daily builds? Failure to boot, hang in the UI (where? doing what?), or something else? The more specific, you can be, the better.
2) Has the device been modded in any way (eg SSD storage), and if so, what?
3) Did the 3.15 release work properly? If no, did the 3.14 release work properly?
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Olympus - Installation/Removal / M.ROBE 500 - RockBox boot problems
« Last post by asper on October 05, 2024, 06:06:10 AM »I read the previous messages about non-working daily builds; i tested the previously posted "working" old-raockbox version (it is in german language ad I do not know how to turn it back to english) and also that build seems to hang when i scoll down the screen... is there any other old rockbox build for that great unit to share and test ? Thank you all in advance !
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Feature Ideas / Uodated Battery Options
« Last post by prodtfm on October 04, 2024, 09:41:41 PM »Hello all,
It has been a few years since bigger battery options have been in the modding scene. It would be really nice to get some updated options for more accurate battery times, since (at least for ipod video) the biggest size is 1400. Its really annoying to always show low battery on my 2500mah cell. I know this is very very minor... But it would be a very welcome addition
Thanks,
tfm
It has been a few years since bigger battery options have been in the modding scene. It would be really nice to get some updated options for more accurate battery times, since (at least for ipod video) the biggest size is 1400. Its really annoying to always show low battery on my 2500mah cell. I know this is very very minor... But it would be a very welcome addition
Thanks,
tfm
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Audio Playback, Database and Playlists / Re: Get 10 or 20 random albums to choose from
« Last post by jecaro on October 04, 2024, 01:13:15 PM »I've tried to put directories in an m3u playlist, and it seems that rockbox is unable to read it :'( If I'm missing something here, please, let me know.
I think tagnavi has a feature very close to what I'm trying to achieve:
https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/DataBase.html#tagnavi.config_v2.0_Syntax
if only it were possible to have
%sort = "random"
I think that could work.
Any thoughts on this? I'm also interested to know how users with big databases deal with this.
I think tagnavi has a feature very close to what I'm trying to achieve:
https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/DataBase.html#tagnavi.config_v2.0_Syntax
if only it were possible to have
%sort = "random"
I think that could work.
Any thoughts on this? I'm also interested to know how users with big databases deal with this.
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Other Utilities / New utility: Import ratings into Rockbox
« Last post by noizette on October 04, 2024, 11:23:21 AM »Hello,
I wrote a script that import songs ratings from my Clementine database into Rockbox.
In an amazing parallel world where time is duplicatable, I'd rather add ability to read FMPS_Rating to Rockbox's parsers (and ability to write rating back into song file, as Clementine can) but given the time those kind of things take me, I'll stick with that script for now
The script is here:
https://gitlab.com/noizette/rockbox-import-rating
You need to edit to defines your path. I personally first copy databases files (only _idx and _4 are needed) to my computer, then copy them back on my ipod if everything went right.
Hope this might help other user
I wrote a script that import songs ratings from my Clementine database into Rockbox.
In an amazing parallel world where time is duplicatable, I'd rather add ability to read FMPS_Rating to Rockbox's parsers (and ability to write rating back into song file, as Clementine can) but given the time those kind of things take me, I'll stick with that script for now
The script is here:
https://gitlab.com/noizette/rockbox-import-rating
You need to edit to defines your path. I personally first copy databases files (only _idx and _4 are needed) to my computer, then copy them back on my ipod if everything went right.
Hope this might help other user
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Audio Playback, Database and Playlists / Re: Get 10 or 20 random albums to choose from
« Last post by jecaro on October 04, 2024, 08:06:30 AM »That's an idea
I thought m3u was only for individual tracks. Is it possible then to have an album as an item in a m3u playlist?
If so that would solve my problem indeed.
I thought m3u was only for individual tracks. Is it possible then to have an album as an item in a m3u playlist?
If so that would solve my problem indeed.
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Starting Development and Compiling / Re: Sansa E200V2 Bootloader is broken in master
« Last post by bahus on September 30, 2024, 05:46:41 AM »Yeah might be. The fact that wide bus doesn't work for amsv1 also suggests some other issue. If you have any ideas what else can be done - let me know. I will happily try your suggestions.
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Rockbox Utility / Re: Question about EQ on iPod Classic 5.5 Video - Dev build.
« Last post by saratoga on September 29, 2024, 01:19:29 PM »Thank you so much for your help, I managed to do it. Another question, I have songs in 16/44 ALAC, with EQ my 5.5 iPos Video is still a little slow to navigate while a song is playing. Is this normal? The songs are about 890-1000kbps. Should I swtich to AIFF for easier playback or are there any options I can tweak?
Your CPU is only fast enough for 4-5 EQ bands, so limit yourself to as few as you need.
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Rockbox Utility / Re: Question about EQ on iPod Classic 5.5 Video - Dev build.
« Last post by rockbox_dev123 on September 29, 2024, 12:39:37 PM »with EQ my 5.5 iPos Video is still a little slow to navigate while a song is playing. Is this normal?
In my experience using EQ incurs a performance penalty. This is likely due to the CPU in the 5.5 being less powerful than the 6th gen. Although, I have not yet tested EQ with my 6th gen to compare performance.