--- Log for 10.07.117 Server: karatkievich.freenode.net Channel: #rockbox --- Nick: logbot Version: Dancer V4.16 Started: 1 month and 10 days ago 00.05.10 Quit ender (Quit: Anyone who cannot cope with mathematics is not fully human. At best, he is a tolerable subhuman who has learned to wear his shoes, bathe, and not make messes in the house. — Robert A. Heinlein) 00.09.41 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 00.11.40 # __builtin: Ah, that's right. Does bluebrother pick up pings about fsbluebot on IRC, or do you have a better way to ping him about it? 00.41.29 Quit cc___ (Ping timeout: 255 seconds) 01.13.09 # <__builtin> he should see this eventually 01.22.29 Quit ZincAlloy (Quit: Leaving.) 01.27.03 Part robertd1 02.09.42 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 02.19.46 Quit TheSeven (Remote host closed the connection) 02.52.34 Join jhMikeS [0] (~jethead71@d192-24-173-177.try.wideopenwest.com) 03.04.46 Quit Moarc (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) 03.05.32 Join Moarc [0] (~chujko@a105.net128.okay.pl) 03.19.55 Quit Strife89 (Remote host closed the connection) 03.21.26 Join Strife89 [0] (~quassel@adsl-98-80-183-111.mcn.bellsouth.net) 03.29.03 Quit jhMikeS (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 04.09.46 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 04.11.59 Join TheSeven [0] (~quassel@rockbox/developer/TheSeven) 04.12.41 Join Huntereb [0] (~Huntereb@d-209-42-136-145.cpe.metrocast.net) 04.37.50 Join Bilgus_ [0] (~Bilgus@gateway/tor-sasl/bilgus) 04.39.44 Quit Bilgus (Ping timeout: 248 seconds) 04.46.01 Quit Bilgus_ (Remote host closed the connection) 04.47.01 Join Bilgus_ [0] (~Bilgus@gateway/tor-sasl/bilgus) 05.01.20 Quit Strife89 (Ping timeout: 248 seconds) 05.03.58 Join Strife89 [0] (~quassel@adsl-98-80-183-111.mcn.bellsouth.net) 05.15.22 Quit Bilgus_ (Remote host closed the connection) 05.15.32 Join Bilgus_ [0] (~Bilgus@gateway/tor-sasl/bilgus) 05.20.04 Quit Strife89 (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 05.20.42 Join Strife89 [0] (~quassel@adsl-98-80-183-111.mcn.bellsouth.net) 05.22.46 Quit __builtin (Remote host closed the connection) 05.23.42 Join JanC_ [0] (~janc@lugwv/member/JanC) 05.24.59 Quit JanC (Killed (verne.freenode.net (Nickname regained by services))) 05.24.59 Nick JanC_ is now known as JanC (~janc@lugwv/member/JanC) 05.25.52 Quit Strife89 (Ping timeout: 248 seconds) 05.31.11 Join Strife89 [0] (~quassel@adsl-98-80-183-111.mcn.bellsouth.net) 05.51.28 Quit GodEater (Ping timeout: 248 seconds) 05.54.18 Join GodEater [0] (~whoknows@176.251.3.144) 05.54.18 Quit GodEater (Changing host) 05.54.18 Join GodEater [0] (~whoknows@rockbox/staff/GodEater) 06.09.50 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 06.13.34 Quit TheSeven (Disconnected by services) 06.13.42 Join [7] [0] (~quassel@rockbox/developer/TheSeven) 06.16.55 Quit Strife89 (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) 06.23.36 Join Bilgus [0] (~Bilgus@gateway/tor-sasl/bilgus) 06.25.26 Join Strife89 [0] (~quassel@adsl-98-80-183-111.mcn.bellsouth.net) 06.28.00 Quit Bilgus_ (Ping timeout: 248 seconds) 06.38.17 Quit Senji_ (Read error: Connection reset by peer) 06.38.46 Join Senji_ [0] (~Senji@85.187.103.250) 07.02.44 Join jhMikeS [0] (~jethead71@d192-24-173-177.try.wideopenwest.com) 07.09.20 Quit Strife89 (Ping timeout: 248 seconds) 07.15.40 Join Strife89 [0] (~quassel@adsl-98-80-183-111.mcn.bellsouth.net) 07.17.35 Join johnb3 [0] (~johnb2@p5B3AFF22.dip0.t-ipconnect.de) 07.28.56 Quit johnb3 (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 07.54.13 Join ender` [0] (krneki@foo.eternallybored.org) 08.03.36 Quit bluebrother (Ping timeout: 276 seconds) 08.09.54 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 08.09.55 Join bluebrother [0] (~dom@rockbox/developer/bluebrother) 08.28.17 Join deevious [0] (~Thunderbi@193.226.142.214) 09.52.29 Join elensil [0] (~edhelas@89.20.182.46.static.ef-service.nl) 09.59.44 Join parchd [0] (~parchd@unaffiliated/parchd) 10.05.40 Quit parchd (Quit: badidea) 10.09.56 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 10.13.32 Quit MrZeus_ (Read error: Connection reset by peer) 10.15.22 Join MrZeus [0] (~MrZeus@81.144.218.162) 10.18.39 Join mutnai [0] (b2849e75@gateway/web/freenode/ip.178.132.158.117) 10.19.04 Quit mutnai (Client Quit) 10.30.31 # anyone have a 64bit linux binary of convttf? 10.33.26 Join smoke_fumus [0] (~smoke_fum@188.35.176.90) 10.35.58 # hmm, I'm getting very regular panics on my sandisk clip+ (http://i.imgur.com/h8sGG9y.jpg) 10.38.25 Join petur [0] (~petur@rockbox/developer/petur) 10.40.31 # evert: my first thought is that it's possibly a bad block in the flash 10.41.30 # jhMikeS: would using a micro SD card fix the issue? Not sure where/what it is trying to write 10.42.42 # that error is in fat.c and it failed to write back a dirty cached sector 10.43.34 # SD card may fix some of it but there's still information written to the volume .rockbox is on 10.45.34 # the storage driver told the FS driver that it failed, fat.c line 367 10.46.37 # might try to scan it and mark for bad blocks 10.48.47 # thanks, I'll try that first 10.53.28 # what is the volume size? 10.53.59 # 8gb, it seems the storage is broken indeed 10.56.25 # okay, that sector number is near the beginning then 10.57.00 # badblocks was giving a lot of sectors already 11.11.24 Join Lord_XetroV [0] (~XetroV666@bvn167.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl) 11.11.28 # hi 11.11.40 # i have my old iPod Classic 6G 120GB 11.12.01 # i once used very early version of rockbox on it, and it seemed to remove EU volume limiter 11.13.03 # so it's firmware limitation, not hardware like some ppl claimed 11.13.38 # Technically it's a featue, not a limitation :) 11.16.12 # gevaerts, in the past all iPod classic devices sold in European Union territory had to have mandatory volume limitation to prevent hearing damage or some other excuse they made up 11.16.41 # many people claimed that in 6G model this limitation is hardware and impossible to remove 11.17.02 # but as i flashed rockbox firmware on my 6G it worked without volume limit 11.17.09 # so im 100% sure it's firmware limit 11.18.26 # Well yes, it's a firmware limit, but not a firmware limitation 11.18.36 # * gevaerts likes semantic pedantry :) 11.22.18 # okay 11.22.34 # i forgot how to flash rockbox on iPod Classic 6G though 11.22.45 # tomorrow im going to Egypt via plane 11.23.05 # and i can't use smartphone in plane, so i need to put all my psytrance music on iPod Classic to listen 11.23.35 # i need to flash rockbox asap 11.23.38 # lol 11.27.14 # I believe https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/IpodClassicPort is the best place to start, but I don't have a Classic myself so I don't know the details 11.28.01 # I think these days the beta bootloader mentioned there is the one to use, not the "old 11.28.22 # " emcore way, which while working does a bit too much for simple rockbox use 11.28.33 # yes, i remember that automatic option didn't work with classic 6G 11.41.02 # okay, apparently firstly i have to install itunes (hate it) 11.43.24 # have to reboot 11.43.29 Quit Lord_XetroV (Quit: Leaving) 11.45.05 Join parchd [0] (~parchd@unaffiliated/parchd) 11.49.36 Join p3tur [0] (~petur@rockbox/developer/petur) 11.49.36 Quit petur (Read error: Connection reset by peer) 11.50.55 Join Lord_XetroV [0] (~XetroV666@btq214.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl) 11.58.10 # ok gevaerts 11.58.11 # it's working 11.58.12 # thanks a lot 11.58.49 Quit parchd (Ping timeout: 258 seconds) 12.07.15 # not sure if rockbox supports flac so im converting all to cbr 320 kbps mp3s for my ipod 12.07.25 # i dont have time for experiments now sadly, lol 12.10.00 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 12.10.08 # Rockbox supports FLAC 12.10.45 # cool 12.11.07 # but i wont notice any difference on my ipod between flac and mp3 cbr 320 kbps anyway 12.11.15 # and i can fit more songs in mp3 12.11.16 # sure 12.12.07 # I suspect you might get better battery runtime with mp3 on a device with fast cpu and spinning disk as well 12.12.15 # https://files.freemyipod.org/~user890104/bootloader-ipodclassic.html 12.12.21 # I don't think you need iTunes 12.12.29 # in fact, I think you need to NOT have iTunes running 12.12.52 # yes 12.13.03 # but i needed to install itunes so it would install drivers for ipod classic 6g 12.13.16 # otherwise rockbox utility didnt detect drive letter 12.14.18 # gevaerts: IIRC FLAC is much faster and overall less taxing on the battery 12.15.20 # even though files are larger 12.15.25 Quit Jinx (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) 12.15.37 # (and thus more I/O intensive) 12.18.33 # copper: yes, but I'd expect both to be nearly negligible on a fast CPU like the one in the classic, which would make the I/O cost dominate 12.18.44 # And spinning up a disk really eats power 12.18.54 # I could easily be wrong :) 12.19.01 # sadly I no longer have my battery benchmark results 12.19.11 # I did a bunch of them a while ago 12.20.33 Join Jinx [0] (Dojo@unaffiliated/jinx) 12.20.44 Join robertd1 [0] (~root@200.109.42.11) 12.20.49 # flac encoded with -8 compression level is more cpu draining 12.20.58 # than mp3 12.21.06 # doubtful 12.21.28 # Not doubtful. Just wrong :) 12.21.29 # -8 makes encoding slower, but makes decoding only marginally slower 12.21.32 # https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/CodecPerformanceComparison#iPod_Classic_40ARM926EJ_45S_41 12.22.14 # Decoding flac -8 takes 8MHz on the Classic CPU. mp3 takes 20 to 30 MHz depending on bitrate 12.23.14 # well 12.23.21 # i hope they have european power sockets in Egypt 12.23.22 # lol 12.25.46 # i filled almost 90 GB already with psytrance mp3s 12.26.00 # on ipod 12.26.19 # That's a lot of psytrance! 12.26.33 # generally on my HDDs i have over 14 TB 12.26.35 # of music 12.26.44 # wtf 12.26.51 # im collector 12.27.15 Quit robertd1 (Quit: Leaving.) 12.28.41 # flac rips from private trackers on separate HDDs 12.28.53 # and warez scene releases on separate HDDs 12.28.54 # lolz 12.29.14 # rest in peace, What.cd 12.29.21 # yeah what.cd was good 12.29.28 # now redacted, rutracker, apollo 12.29.35 # and p2p programs like soulseek 12.30.12 Join robertd1 [0] (~root@200.109.42.11) 12.30.13 # DC++ private hubs & topsites for scene releases 12.31.06 # and other private places 12.35.30 # nowadays most people dont even bother to download music 12.35.40 Quit Moarc (Quit: i znowu NADMUCHAŁ BALONA) 12.35.41 # because spotify exists and they can stream music 12.35.46 # but im oldschool and i like to collect 12.35.47 # lol 12.37.20 # i hate streaming to be honest 12.37.38 # i like to own files on my HDDs 12.38.51 Join parchd [0] (~parchd@unaffiliated/parchd) 12.43.37 Join Moarc [0] (~chujko@a105.net128.okay.pl) 12.51.44 Quit Moarc (Quit: i znowu NADMUCHAŁ BALONA) 12.56.07 Join Moarc [0] (~chujko@a105.net128.okay.pl) 13.31.22 Join wodz [0] (~wodz@iwl138.internetdsl.tpnet.pl) 13.36.41 Nick p3tur is now known as petur (~petur@rockbox/developer/petur) 13.52.04 Quit jhMikeS (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 13.59.53 # gevaerts, i connected my iPhone Classic 6G to charger of LG G3 android smartphone 13.59.56 # and it seems to work 13.59.59 # battery is charging 14.00.00 # lol 14.00.19 # iPod * i mean 14.00.25 # i lost original charger of it 14.06.57 Join krabador [0] (~krabador@unaffiliated/krabador) 14.10.04 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 14.10.27 Join Bapt_ [0] (500c1b49@gateway/web/freenode/ip.80.12.27.73) 14.10.32 # Hello there! 14.11.28 # I'm looking for help with a newly iFlash switch iPod Video 5,5G, using a 128 GB SD card, along with Rockbox 3,14 14.12.01 # hehe Bapt_ 14.12.11 # i have just flashed rockbox to my iPod Classic 6G 14.12.12 # switched* 14.12.16 # but idk about 5,5G 14.13.42 Join PimpiN8 [0] (~textual@2a02:a454:38ea:1:b1ba:e083:a345:e4ef) 14.13.47 # oh okay, does it work well for you? 14.13.52 # yes 14.14.03 # it also removed european volume limit 14.14.11 # Because with mine, some albums run flawlessly, and other put the iPod into a deep lag which is no fun 14.14.14 # which was in all iPod Classics sold in EU 14.14.37 # ah, i had this problem 14.15.00 # on some songs iPod is lagging but in my case it's because too large .jpg covers were embadded into flac/mp3 files 14.15.23 # use mp3tag to remove covers or change their size to 500x500 px 14.15.25 # and check 14.15.29 # nice information!! i'll check that :o 14.16.00 # also, I prefer to transfer files when iPod is in original firmware USB mode 14.16.11 # Rockbox USB mode seems buggued 14.16.41 # my iPod Classic 6G was unused for years, but tomorrow im going to Egypt and i won't be able to use my smartphone in a plane to listen to music 14.16.48 # you know, you have to turn off your phone in a plane 14.17.03 # so i grabbed my old iPod and flashed rockbox 14.17.55 # I had the 6G before, but sold it for 170 euros, and got a 5,5 brand new in box without headphones though for 35 euros, people can sell that one for 100/200 sometimes 500 if all very new! 14.18.26 # nice 14.18.39 # i would stick to original apple firmware IF not that stupid european union volume limit 14.18.42 # lol 14.18.58 # i like to listen to my music loud so i hate this volume limitter 14.19.11 # it's embadded in apple's firmware 14.19.50 # * gevaerts doesn't really believe the USB stack being buggy 14.19.54 # The disk driver, sure... 14.20.00 # I don't think mine has a limit with original firmware, it's very powerful 14.20.16 # if you bought it in UK or USA then you don't have volume limit 14.20.25 # anyway I hated the 6G because the soundchip is really awful 14.20.26 # but if you got it from some EU country then you will have limit 14.20.40 # where are you from? 14.20.47 # im from Poland 14.21.03 # and I guess you listen to Iron Maiden 14.21.26 # yeah, i still listen to their old albums sometimes 14.21.32 # i listened to metal for many years 14.21.44 # but now im more into underground electronic music 14.21.44 # GEVAerts, what do you mean? 14.21.51 # such as psytrance 14.22.10 # anyway, LordXetroV, you were right!!! 14.22.23 # the artwork in my first album is 3000*3000 large 14.22.30 # I guess the iPod doesn't like that 14.22.44 # yeah, takes too long time to decode picture and it's lagging 14.23.03 # change size o 500x500 and it should be okay 14.23.06 # let's modify all of this today lol! 14.23.12 # Bapt_: I mean I'm not aware of any issues with the USB stack, but I do know that many people have issues with flash adapters and rockbox 14.23.33 # time to grab food... I'll love to come to Poland soon! there's a apple unofficial museum near warsem that's just opened 14.24.21 # Which issues do you know about? In fact the issue I'm having were somehow present with the original HDD 14.24.36 # warsaw* 14.27.09 # i just flashed it ~1 hour ago or so, didn't test carefully yet 14.27.44 # but so far it's good for me, i only need it to listen to my musick in a plane, lol 14.28.20 # i bought my iPod Classic 6G in 2009 or 2008 (don't remember) and it was unused for years 14.28.23 # covered in dust on attic 14.28.25 # lol 14.30.05 # i just cleaned it with distilled water (because it was yellow from nicotine) and flashed rockbox 14.30.06 # haha 14.36.51 Quit krabador (Remote host closed the connection) 14.41.12 Join jhMikeS [0] (~jethead71@d192-24-173-177.try.wideopenwest.com) 14.45.49 Quit jhMikeS (Ping timeout: 268 seconds) 14.46.23 Quit deevious (Ping timeout: 248 seconds) 14.48.50 Join krabador [0] (~krabador@unaffiliated/krabador) 14.48.55 # evert, you would be the perfect case for the Multiboot Firmware 14.50.58 # Bilgus: a quick search does not reveal what it is? 14.52.43 # https://www.mediafire.com/folder/bt7aow95pwlo8/MultiBoot_Bootloaders you'll need clppa_Mboot and whatever is the newest multiboot fw for the clip+ 14.53.43 # Its still a work in progress but the bootloader part is good so even if you want to use the old firmware its still able to boot a sdcard once the flash is mostly dead 14.53.50 # or you know start using it now and save whats left of your flash 14.54.37 # Bilgus: so it will enable me to put rockbox on the micro sd card? 14.54.49 # yep 14.55.16 # the boot firmware is on the same flash memory that's acting up now, or is it seperated? 14.56.46 # well it is and isn't it's in its own portion of it 14.56.54 # as always a risk but should have a lot less writes than the rest of the thing 14.57.30 # could you point me towards some documentation how to proceed if I want to give it a try? 14.57.47 # like maybe copy it on and check crc before you reboot it 15.00.51 # its the same as putting on a bootloader take the file INSIDE clppa_mboot.zip (the .bin) place it in the player root as clppa.bin and reboot 15.01.52 # as far as the sdcard you'll need the multiboot firmware and you just unzip that to the root of the sdcard and if it doesn't exist it'll boot the fw fromn internal flash like always 15.04.29 # is the sony e470 rockbox capable? 15.06.37 Join p3tur [0] (~petur@rockbox/developer/petur) 15.06.48 Quit petur (Disconnected by services) 15.06.53 Nick p3tur is now known as petur (~petur@rockbox/developer/petur) 15.24.11 Join deevious [0] (~Thunderbi@193.226.142.214) 15.31.14 # I'll really disappointed that iFlash and rockbox doesn't work good together 15.41.27 # does rockbox work with CF adapters/ 15.44.34 # some* 16.10.05 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 16.29.35 Quit krabador (Quit: Leaving) 16.53.35 Join jhMikeS [0] (~jethead71@d192-24-173-177.try.wideopenwest.com) 16.56.07 Quit petur (Quit: Connection reset by beer) 17.29.43 Join krabador [0] (~krabador@unaffiliated/krabador) 17.46.33 Quit Bapt_ (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) 17.55.03 Quit knittl (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 18.01.23 Quit elensil (Quit: Leaving.) 18.10.09 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 18.12.17 Quit igitoor (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) 18.12.19 Join __builtin [0] (~franklin@rockbox/developer/builtin) 18.13.32 Join igitoor [0] (igitur@2a00:d880:3:1::c1ca:a648) 18.15.09 Quit igitoor (Changing host) 18.15.09 Join igitoor [0] (igitur@unaffiliated/contempt) 18.30.02 Quit krabador (Quit: Leaving) 18.40.32 Quit MrZeus (Read error: Connection reset by peer) 18.48.19 Join johnb3 [0] (~johnb2@p5B3AFF22.dip0.t-ipconnect.de) 18.53.03 # Bilgus: evert: I believe you forgot to mention that you need a file "rockbox.clip+" in the root dir of the SD. 19.03.52 Join knittl [0] (~knittl@fucktheforce.de) 19.03.52 Quit knittl (Changing host) 19.03.52 Join knittl [0] (~knittl@unaffiliated/knittl) 19.06.37 Quit johnb3 (Ping timeout: 258 seconds) 19.15.58 Join Bilgus_ph [0] (~Bilgus_ph@108.101.33.248) 19.18.41 Quit Bilgus_ph (Remote host closed the connection) 19.25.30 Join MrZeus [0] (~MrZeus@2a02:c7f:7066:fb00:145:c114:3a68:e056) 19.31.27 Join lebellium [0] (~chatzilla@89-93-178-245.hfc.dyn.abo.bbox.fr) 19.33.31 Quit PimpiN8 (Quit: My MacBook has gone to sleep. ZZZzzz…) 19.37.06 Quit ps-auxw (Read error: error:1408F10B:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_RECORD:wrong version number) 19.38.12 Join ps-auxw [0] (~arneb@p578F7FEC.dip0.t-ipconnect.de) 19.39.17 Quit ps-auxw (Client Quit) 19.39.43 Join ps-auxw [0] (~arneb@p578F7FEC.dip0.t-ipconnect.de) 19.46.56 Quit parchd (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 20.03.43 # itunes suck 20.03.50 # my iPod 6G was connected to PC because it was charging 20.04.05 # and itunes removed rockbox firmware that i flashed and it restored original apple's firmware WITHOUT ASKING ME 20.05.39 # im gonna flash again 20.05.45 # and then i disconnect ipod and i will remove itunes 20.10.10 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 20.18.25 Join johnb4 [0] (~johnb2@p5B3AFF22.dip0.t-ipconnect.de) 20.23.37 Quit johnb4 (Quit: Nettalk6 - www.ntalk.de) 20.24.55 Join parchd [0] (~parchd@unaffiliated/parchd) 20.31.03 Quit parchd (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 20.32.46 Quit wodz (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) 20.47.05 # <__builtin> Lord_XetroV: hmm, are you using the rockbox bootloader? 20.48.06 Join ZincAlloy [0] (~Adium@2a02:8108:8b80:1700:61b4:b8bd:9301:65e5) 20.57.10 # yes 20.57.16 Join cc___ [0] (~ac@2001:910:113f:1:6a05:caff:fe1c:1627) 21.00.40 Part ZincAlloy 21.07.19 # <__builtin> hmm, you have accidentally entered OF from the bootloader then 21.07.23 # <__builtin> *may have 21.08.42 Join TheLemonMan [0] (~lemonboy@irssi/staff/TheLemonMan) 21.18.19 Join SPLESH_2015 [0] (~SPLESH_20@46.148.189.7) 21.19.29 Quit Lord_XetroV (Read error: Connection reset by peer) 21.19.55 Join Lord_XetroV [0] (~XetroV666@btq214.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl) 21.20.13 # ok got the photos of NWZ-A35 board but where is the best place to upload them? 21.21.07 Join PimpiN8 [0] (~textual@2a02:a454:38ea:1:b1ba:e083:a345:e4ef) 21.23.42 # https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B35SkSKx9dTyWWg2a0JKd2tLaDg 21.24.43 # <__builtin> the wiki 21.25.26 # is there a page for that player or I have to create one 21.28.00 Join krabador [0] (~krabador@unaffiliated/krabador) 21.28.40 Quit bray90820 () 21.33.51 # <__builtin> I'm not sure, you may have to create it 21.37.20 Join parchd [0] (~parchd@unaffiliated/parchd) 21.44.03 # ok I registered on wiki my login is SergeyErmolaev for now I can not create topics on wiki 21.47.12 Quit krabador (Quit: Leaving) 21.47.28 Join pamaury [0] (~pamaury@rockbox/developer/pamaury) 21.48.14 # Hey! I obtained a Sansa Fuze+ from my grandmother who was tricked into purchasing one from a "traveling salesman"(?) or something a while back, and she had no use for it. I installed rockbox on it immediately because I knew the Sansa line was well supported, and I do indeed like the level of configuration available. Other than a few crashes I've experienced, and getting used to some odd controls, the software works fantastically! 21.49.31 # Soooo, I have two questions. 1. theme recommendations? Anyone know of some themes that are just stunning and very good for daily-driver use? And 2. Is there by chance an aoption to make fonts black-on-white for backgrounds with a mix of dark and light? Text can be hard to read sometimes... 21.51.28 # Oh and maybe another... The touchpad is awful, I used it realistically at work to listen to a podcast for the first time today, and that was the most annoying thing ever. Is it possible to make the "lock buttons" command that the power button on top issues only affect the touchpad so I can control volume still with it active? The touchpad is very heavily responsive and can often detect my body through my pants! 22.04.45 # <__builtin> Huntereb: it should be possible to change font colors, let me check 22.05.43 # But are font borders possible? A different color would suffice, but black-on-white bordered would be ideal and universal. 22.05.45 # <__builtin> yeah, Theme Settings > Colors 22.06.40 # <__builtin> as for borders, I don't believe so 22.07.08 # <__builtin> our fonts are all bitmaps, which makes nearly impossible to draw them with a border 22.09.30 Quit lebellium (Quit: ChatZilla 0.9.93 [Firefox 54.0.1/20170628075643]) 22.09.57 # I figured... That's unfortunate. I'll see about finding a color that doesn't blend and won't look too off-putting. As for my request on the functionality of locking, is there any configuration surrounding that behavior, or would I have to go about modifying source code to make it work how I want? 22.10.11 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 22.10.11 # <__builtin> there might be 22.10.49 # <__builtin> so you want to control volume while locked? 22.13.08 Quit cc___ (Ping timeout: 276 seconds) 22.14.00 # Yeah 22.15.13 # Because the touchpad controls are disgusting so I'll have it locked almost always in my pocket to avoid interupting playback, and I have to unlock it to control volume and sometimes the touchpad will get triggered as soon as I unlock it and start working on its own :/ 22.21.58 # <__builtin> Bilgus was working on a similar thing a while ago, but it was limited to backlight control afaik 22.22.33 Quit jhMikeS (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 22.24.01 # Is it possible then to rebind keys to specific functions through configuration then? Eg, the "power button" to disabling the touchpad alone? I'm completely new to this software, getting a feel for its built-in capabilities. 22.24.44 # Otherwise if Bilgus has an idea of something similar to what I want to achieve I'm all ears. 22.26.24 # <__builtin> hmm, actually it looks like it does exist 22.26.53 # <__builtin> "Selective Screen Lock" 22.29.30 # Oh? Really! Is there documentation on this? 22.29.43 # <__builtin> yes, our fine manual 22.29.45 # <__builtin> https://download.rockbox.org/daily/manual/rockbox-sansafuzeplus.pdf 22.32.34 # Jeeze, I'm sorry, I should have done research myself instead of bugging you... Thank you so much for the help though, __builtin! 22.33.10 # <__builtin> oh no, don't get me wrong, I'm glad to help! :) 22.39.08 Quit utrack (Ping timeout: 275 seconds) 22.40.37 # Works exactly as I wanted it to behave now, __builtin! Woohoo! The amount of configuration options available on Rockbox impresses me once again! 22.40.38 Join utrack [0] (~utrack@unaffiliated/utrack) 22.41.07 # <__builtin> good to hear :) 22.42.20 Join bray90820 [0] (~bray90820@50-83-217-236.client.mchsi.com) 22.46.31 # yeah Selective screen Lock was inspired by the infernal Fuze+ touchpad! 22.47.29 # JohnB3 I helped him in PM but I'll make a forum post tonight outlining the steps for the future 22.47.39 # * __builtin has never wanted to torture himself, so he doesn't have a Fuze+ :) 22.48.31 # well it was the last sansa I found to RB at a reasonable price so I figured i'd tweak it 22.49.41 # Its really not too bad now after you tweak the sensitivity and I did a little patch to change the size of the touch square makes it almost perfect but I still prefer my clip+ 22.51.14 # Bilgus makes sense! And pretty funny to hear that's the inspiration haha 22.51.35 # I got this thing free like I said, I welcome a device to replace blowing up my phone battery during work, though. 22.52.09 # Hopefully it won't die quickly like I hear some people say the sansa line can tend to do with flash memory... Also, the battery is soldered! ;( 22.53.09 # But it also looks like an easy thing to detach and re-apply. Oh, and the plastic scratches very easily I noticed but I'm not really unhappy as scratches are expected on a fully plastic device, and in my work environment... 22.53.36 # Its a very nice player really but It needs a damn case with a clip the battery seems quite good 20+ hrs last I checked 22.53.42 Join jhMikeS [0] (~jethead71@d192-24-173-177.try.wideopenwest.com) 22.53.57 # <__builtin> try to protect the screen from excessive pressure, I cracked two e200 screens that way 22.54.31 # Yikes... I wouldn't like the screen completely gone, but I won't sweat scratches on it as long as it's still readable. 22.54.37 # you can install the Multiboot bootloader too and run it from the SD card if you like I'll put up a compiled version for it as well 22.55.19 Quit PimpiN8 (Quit: My MacBook has gone to sleep. ZZZzzz…) 22.55.37 # screen completely gone? 22.55.45 # I do mainly use the SD card... But doesn't the device boot from internal memory already? Is there a benefit to that besides possibly increasing the lifespan of the flash chip by only booting and doing nothing else with it? 22.56.12 # And "screen completely gone" as in what __builtin said about his screens breaking! :x 22.56.49 # thats about it but if you put the Multiboot BL on there now it'll already be there if it starts getting flaky 22.58.06 # So wait, does the device have a memory reserved exclusively for firmware or is it just another partition of the main flash chip? 22.58.39 # Otherwise, what's the benefit of having the multiboot bootloader if the internal memory dies? 22.58.47 # I don't remember the last time I compiled the BL for the fuze+ so I'll re-compile it along with a current FW tonight and put it in the forum 22.59.09 # Awesome! 22.59.41 # well its a hidden partition but if it starts getting flaky you can stop reading and writing to it and use only the SD card 23.00.42 # main issue is that once its going you are probably not going to be able to put the new bootloader on there so its better if its already there 23.03.08 # Oh, so you're saying that if the flash memory dies, it generally goes the way of not allowing writes instead of all-out dying. 23.03.13 # <__builtin> yeah, both their screens are totally dead 23.03.42 # If that's the case then I'd totally be down for installing it... Do I have to use the OFW to install the new bootloader like I did originally? 23.05.57 # yeah same thing 23.06.49 # I'll write up a forum post about it tonight 23.08.30 # Alright, link me here and mention me! Thanks a whole bunch for all the info and help, I wanna try my best to like this device lol 23.09.52 # Oh, and Bilgus... What's the best touchpad sensitivity setting? 23.12.45 Quit SPLESH_2015 (Remote host closed the connection) 23.13.17 Join SPLESH_2015 [0] (~SPLESH_20@46.148.189.7) 23.17.58 Quit SPLESH_2015 (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) 23.20.26 Join SPLESH_2015 [0] (~SPLESH_20@46.148.189.7) 23.26.19 Join mendelmunkis [0] (6b4da10b@gateway/web/freenode/ip.107.77.161.11) 23.32.03 # Given a fuze+ battery so badly drained that i cant get the bootloader should it be possible to jumpstart from another fuze+ 23.35.10 Quit SPLESH_2015 (Remote host closed the connection) 23.35.13 # mendelmunkis you can't charge it? What's the situation? 23.35.44 Join SPLESH_2015 [0] (~SPLESH_20@46.148.189.7) 23.39.18 # https://www.rockbox.org/irc/log-20170626 23.40.52 # I cant get any signs of life from it 23.42.34 # Damn, that's unfortunate. As they said, I highly doubt it's the charger as the device would pull as much power as it needs, not an over-abundance. Maybe the battery just finally gave out? 23.42.41 Join PimpiN8 [0] (~textual@2a02:a454:38ea:1:b1ba:e083:a345:e4ef) 23.42.46 Quit SPLESH_2015 (Remote host closed the connection) 23.42.53 # Would be worth testing with another fuze+ battery if you have one 23.43.19 Join SPLESH_2015 [0] (~SPLESH_20@46.148.189.7) 23.45.05 # what would happen if you plugged it in w/o battery? 23.46.33 Quit parchd (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 23.47.05 # Probably nothing, the circuit would probably be incomplete. You can try it, though. 23.47.25 Quit SPLESH_2015 (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 23.47.35 # what about hooking up another battery inline? 23.47.51 # as in lin up the wires and overlay it 23.48.34 Join SPLESH_2015 [0] (~SPLESH_20@46.148.189.7) 23.52.27 # Uncertain. Although I wish I was, I'm no expert on how general pieces of hardware handle batteries. I'd advise against it and just trying a single one. 23.53.34 # From what I've seen it's only two small points to solder and put back, if you're capable of removing them I don't see the problem with trying to replace it temporarily. 23.57.45 Quit SPLESH_2015 (Remote host closed the connection) 23.57.50 Quit smoke_fumus (Quit: KVIrc 4.2.0 Equilibrium http://www.kvirc.net/)