How many have you flashed to Rockbox? (H100)

[sweetspot]

Just stumbled accross this myself actually... To create OTG playlists with individual songs you :

Press and hold main joystick over selected track. This will bring up an option list for that track. You can queue, queue next, queue last etc... There's many options there, so be sure to choose the one which best suits your needs. I guess you can also do this with whole directories, which I haven't tried yet.

BTW, I also didn't notice the feature which enables you to play successive directories...I was beginning to think that playlists were needed all the time. There are just tons of things nestled in the firmware, and I would't be surprised if I didn't find all of them in a weeks time !

[simonk]

Hmm. When I hover over a track and press down the joystick, I get the following menu:

Playlist
Rename
Delete
Open with
Create Directory

If I enter "Playlist", it just says Insert. If I click that, it starts playing the track. Confused.

Ideally, I'd like it if there were a 'create playlist' option. You click that, then you go along selecting tracks from each album on your DAP. Each time you click on a song it justs adds it to you list, then when you press play it plays your playlist in order.

[Man1]

Originally Posted by simonk

Hmm. When I hover over a track and press down the joystick, I get the following menu:

Playlist
Rename
Delete
Open with
Create Directory

If I enter "Playlist", it just says Insert. If I click that, it starts playing the track. Confused.

Ideally, I'd like it if there were a 'create playlist' option. You click that, then you go along selecting tracks from each album on your DAP. Each time you click on a song it justs adds it to you list, then when you press play it plays your playlist in order.

This would definitely be the ideal. I probably haven't figured out a third of what is in the FW. This only highlights the need for some sort of user-compiled manual. The wiki just doesn't cut it. Maybe someone should start a thread for Instructions Only. Everyone could add to it and at the end it could be compiled into a FAQ. It's frustrating to stumble around for minutes or hours trying to find a function that you know is hidden somewhere. What do people think? Would a new thread like that be helpful? (Or does it already exist, and I'm just a moron?)

[RussellS]

Originally Posted by simonk

Hmm. When I hover over a track and press down the joystick, I get the following menu:

Playlist
Rename
Delete
Open with
Create Directory

If I enter "Playlist", it just says Insert. If I click that, it starts playing the track. Confused.

Ideally, I'd like it if there were a 'create playlist' option. You click that, then you go along selecting tracks from each album on your DAP. Each time you click on a song it justs adds it to you list, then when you press play it plays your playlist in order.

The first time you press & hold over a track, as you say, you only get "INSERT" which makes that track the first one in the new playlist and starts playing it. If you then navigate to another track, press & hold the joystick button and select "Playlist" you have the following extra options:

Insert
Insert next
Insert last
Insert shuffled
Queue
Queue next
Queue last


Once you have added all the tracks you want in your playlist, press the A-B button on the side and select "Playlist Options" you have the options to "View Current Playlist" and "Save Current Playlist".

At the moment I'm not sure what the difference is between the "Insert" and "Queue" options as they Both add that track into the current playlist.

Still lots of options to investigate


Russell

[jeff]

I also didn't notice the feature which enables you to play successive directories...

General Settings>Playback>Mo ve to Next Folder

At the moment I'm not sure what the difference is between the "Insert" and "Queue" options as they Both add that track into the current playlist.

Insert actually places the song or folder/directory into a playlist which can be saved. Queue places the song or folder/directory into a queue that cannot be saved, it's a sort of dynamic playlist that can be manipulated to your liking on the fly without being saved.

Additionally in the playlist menu you can move songs around, delete, etc....

[adama]

I also didn't notice the feature which enables you to play successive directories...

General Settings>Playback>Mo ve to Next Folder

Has anyone else noticed this doing funny things recently? I find that it plays the last song in the first directory twice, before skipping straight to the second song in the next directory. I don't recall it doing this before, maybe it's just the daily build I'm using (050725)?

Edit: Just tried today's (050726) and get the same thing happening.

[RussellS]

Originally Posted by adama

Has anyone else noticed this doing funny things recently? I find that it plays the last song in the first directory twice, before skipping straight to the second song in the next directory. I don't recall it doing this before, maybe it's just the daily build I'm using (050725)?

Yep, I've got the same thing here.

[simonk]

Originally Posted by RussellS

The first time you ...

Russell

Thanks mate, much appreciated

[jondbell]

You guys have convinced me to make the leap. im off to the instructions page

edit: flashing was straightforeward and went off without a hitch. i dont notice a big difference in playback, but all the little things are incredibly cool. just like someone said, its like having a completely new toy im off to read the manual as well

[inluxication]

I flashed in early June and was hooked, but there was tons still unimplemented, crashes were frequent, things were buggy. I've done two updates since then, the last with the July 20th firmware, and the progress has been amazing. I love it now, and when recording is done -- wow.

Originally Posted by Sweet Spot

Loving isn't the word really. I'm absolutely astonished at the fact that some guys who have some spare time to code, and don't get paid for it...

Exactly. Thank you Rockbox!

[Febs]

Originally Posted by Man1

This would definitely be the ideal. I probably haven't figured out a third of what is in the FW. This only highlights the need for some sort of user-compiled manual. The wiki just doesn't cut it.

Well, as LinusN would say, it is a wiki after all. If can be updated by anyone. If you feel it needs improvement, improve it!

Maybe someone should start a thread for Instructions Only. Everyone could add to it and at the end it could be compiled into a FAQ. It's frustrating to stumble around for minutes or hours trying to find a function that you know is hidden somewhere. What do people think? Would a new thread like that be helpful? (Or does it already exist, and I'm just a moron?)

Man1, follow the link in my signature for sources of information about Rockbox. You'll see that one of the links is a WikiManual, which is a work in progress. Anyone who wants to contribute instructions can sign up and update the wiki. If the function that you are writing about is in the existing manual (IriverManual), it's best to copy from the existing manual and update the wiki entry to reflect the iriver buttons. If it is a new function that is not in the existing manual (e.g., ReplayGain) then a new entry can be written from scratch.

[wikiwack]

I was a little "stand-offish" at first but once I did my homework I realized is would be a good decision. I'll never go back!!

[Teknomancer]

I flashed once. Now I must flash again it seems... grr, the bootloader is now version 5. Mine is 3...

Sigh, how I hate flashing

[slitemere40]

Installed rockbox but can't play WMA's , not planning on using this format much but would like to know why this is???? Any ideas?

[caramelsoul]

WMA is not supported by Rockbox. Check out the Rockbox website. Basically because its a crap DRM infested codec which isnt open source and contradicts what the Rockbox project is about.

[sduck409]

Not quite sure what the poll question means - are you asking about just using rockbox, or having flashed the rb over the ir firmware? Yes to both, for me.

[Yngwiejo]

Originally Posted by sduck409

Not quite sure what the poll question means - are you asking about just using rockbox, or having flashed the rb over the ir firmware? Yes to both, for me.

Notice that the thread is quite old (July 20th, 2005). At that time, you could not flash Rockbox (removing original firmware, too)

[Dunno]

I flashed both my players a few days ago, no problems.

[sammage748]

Soon as I get a player I plan on flashing it.

[nkramar1978]

Rockbox installed before I got it.

[Philip_0729]

just bourght a H140 in addition to my H340 probly for mum/dad/sister installing rockbox now