--- Log for 14.04.118 Server: barjavel.freenode.net Channel: #rockbox --- Nick: logbot- Version: Dancer V4.16 Started: 1 month and 20 days ago 00.07.23 Join this_is_a_nick [0] (~amofiuhr_@ip207-155-64-186.ct.co.cr) 00.50.59 Quit TheSeven (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) 00.51.11 Join [7] [0] (~quassel@rockbox/developer/TheSeven) 00.57.39 Quit ZincAlloy (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) 00.58.42 Quit Ruhan (Quit: Connection closed for inactivity) 01.00.30 Quit this_is_a_nick (Remote host closed the connection) 01.00.56 Join ZincAlloy [0] (~Adium@2a02:8108:8b80:1700:3925:42f2:b21b:1629) 01.00.56 Quit ZincAlloy (Client Quit) 01.01.03 Join ZincAlloy [0] (~Adium@2a02:8108:8b80:1700:3925:42f2:b21b:1629) 01.01.14 Quit ZincAlloy (Client Quit) 01.47.20 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 01.49.28 Quit ender` (Quit: Everybody has a testing environment. Some people are lucky enough to have a totally separate environment to run production in.) 02.01.06 Quit terminalator (Quit: terminalator) 02.02.22 Quit dandels (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) 02.06.39 Join terminalator [0] (terminalat@gateway/vpn/privateinternetaccess/terminalator) 02.19.00 # <__builtin> CheetahPixie: what for? 02.32.30 # Curiosity's sake. 02.35.08 Quit terminalator (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) 02.37.54 # <__builtin> we distribute test plugins in the releases 02.38.08 # <__builtin> I think test_fps is what you're looking for 02.45.19 Join terminalator [0] (terminalat@gateway/vpn/privateinternetaccess/terminalator) 02.45.53 # hmm 02.48.14 # Not in the dev builds? 02.48.19 Quit mikroflops (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) 02.48.21 # I got a dev build and no test_fps. 02.48.25 # __builtin 02.48.32 # <__builtin> only releases 02.49.40 # Any way to smuggle the plugin in? 02.49.46 Join mikroflops [0] (~yogurt@c83-255-27-121.bredband.comhem.se) 02.51.30 # <__builtin> I could compile a build for you but that would take longer than having you download the release 02.51.51 # So the dev builds are incompatible with release plugins? 02.53.09 # <__builtin> yes 02.53.31 # What causes that? Internal API changes or resource movement or something else? 02.53.50 # Or, well, ABI or whatever. 02.54.55 Quit dys (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) 02.55.14 # <__builtin> the plugins are very tightly bound to the core 02.55.23 # Also, anywhere to report bugs? 02.55.30 # <__builtin> there's no dynamic linking or any of that like you see with ELF and the like 02.55.42 # <__builtin> either here or on our bugtracker 02.55.44 # I noticed that in newer versions my Ubuntu install seems to not pick up my iPod at all. 02.55.54 # <__builtin> what's the output of `lsusb'? 02.56.10 # Essentially, my Windows machine picks it up both in iPodOS and Rockbox. 02.56.19 # Bus 001 Device 013: ID 05ac:1260 Apple, Inc. iPod Nano 2.Gen+ 02.56.24 # ...Oops, ignore the +. 02.56.41 # <__builtin> run `lsblk' 02.56.58 # Sees it. 02.57.09 # ...Not showing up, for some reason. 02.57.16 # Detects two partitions, though. 02.57.18 # <__builtin> are the partitions visible? 02.57.31 # <__builtin> and what are their sizes? 02.57.38 # Yes, sdc1 and sdc2; 94M and 3.7G. 02.57.58 # <__builtin> try mounting sdc2 manually 02.58.08 # <__builtin> i.e. `sudo mount /dev/sdc2 ' 02.58.20 # file reports "block special (8/33)" for sdc1 (the 94M one) and "block special (8/34) for sdc2. 02.58.37 # I'm gonna use udisksctl to do it through the regular mechanism. 02.58.45 # <__builtin> does it mount manually? 02.59.00 # One moment. 02.59.39 # Think it did. 02.59.48 # ...Not sure. 02.59.59 # Nope. 02.59.59 # <__builtin> any output when running the mount command? 03.00.10 # Nothing at all. 03.00.12 # Just hangs. 03.00.19 # <__builtin> it might take a while 03.00.25 # Sure. I got time. 03.00.54 # What codecs does mpegplayer support? 03.01.05 # also: it mounts the ipod OF side without any issue. 03.01.17 # This is on latest dev build, by the way. 03.01.20 # <__builtin> MPEG-2 03.01.35 # <__builtin> and MPEG-1 03.01.37 # <__builtin> (I think)\ 03.01.41 # Is there anything that plays x264? 03.01.44 # Or x265 etc 03.01.59 # <__builtin> nope 03.02.04 # crap 03.02.09 # Would it be hard to implement? 03.02.44 # And are there any other video codecs that are compatible with some player available, either standard or as an extra plugin? 03.04.16 # <__builtin> I think the old monochrome archos players supported some rockbox-specific raw video format, nothing apart from that 03.04.31 # <__builtin> and the ipod OF may or may not do other codecs 03.04.37 # <__builtin> I'm not sure, though 03.05.07 # <__builtin> and as for x264/x265, that's probably impractical 03.05.21 # Well 03.05.28 # The Nano OF doesn't do video at all. 03.05.36 # ...That was of course segregated to the iPod Video only. 03.06.07 # <__builtin> you're probably stuck transcoding to MPEG-2 03.06.20 # Egh 03.06.29 # Well, guess that's... enough. 03.06.35 # I tried MP4 and VP9. 03.06.37 # Neither worked. 03.06.40 # Was curious why. 03.07.27 # <__builtin> no software support 03.07.36 # Found that out now. 03.07.42 # How practical would newer MPEG formats and VP9 be? 03.07.50 # The VP9 spec is open, after all. 03.07.58 # Can the plugins use external libraries? 03.08.20 # <__builtin> there are open implementations of h264/h265 decoding as well 03.08.24 # <__builtin> and yes, but not easily 03.08.40 # Because of optimization or somesuch? 03.08.44 # Or is it because the devices are slow? 03.09.02 # <__builtin> the devices are pretty slow, yes 03.10.38 # Well, my idea was to transcode video to be played into the native resolution. 03.10.44 # (And, hopefully, to the native FPS.) 03.10.51 # <__builtin> on the device? 03.15.05 Join Ruhan [0] (uid76353@gateway/web/irccloud.com/x-pnkptahgmrncheso) 03.31.29 # Yes. 03.31.32 # Well 03.31.38 # transcode on PC. 03.32.12 Quit terminalator (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) 03.36.14 # And then play on the device, but if we use a similar approach to what Euclideon did with their point cloud stuff for video (read only the required pixels) then I imagine that might save us cycles and bytes on large, normal-size files. 03.36.30 # And possibly enable on-device transcoding of some sort. 03.37.49 # <__builtin> you're basically saying to resize the video to the device resolutoin? 03.38.02 # Even then, I may implement data discard in order to keep full speed; either color or video, or both with a preference setting. 03.38.19 # (And then assemble a video with the largest frames possible to see how it performs.) 03.39.15 # I think it was H codecs that used chrominance and luminance, as with some old television. 03.39.44 # Could compensate for low read speeds or crap decoding by dumping chrominance for the specified frames. 03.40.12 # Altogether would make an interesting greyscale filter I think. Yes, I'm rambling. 03.47.21 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 04.11.54 # https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWdG413nNkI 04.44.26 Join Strife1989 [0] (~quassel@adsl-98-80-182-174.mcn.bellsouth.net) 04.45.43 Quit Strife89 (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) 04.50.02 Join Strife89 [0] (~quassel@adsl-98-67-57-182.mcn.bellsouth.net) 04.53.44 Quit Strife1989 (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) 05.13.12 Join Strife1989 [0] (~quassel@adsl-98-80-187-159.mcn.bellsouth.net) 05.17.10 Quit Strife89 (Ping timeout: 276 seconds) 05.47.22 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 06.06.37 Quit [7] (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) 06.13.08 Join TheSeven [0] (~quassel@rockbox/developer/TheSeven) 06.38.17 Quit mc2739 (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) 06.41.25 Join mc2739 [0] (~mc2739@rockbox/developer/mc2739) 07.26.36 Quit michaelni (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) 07.34.22 Join lilkuz [0] (3219459f@gateway/web/freenode/ip.50.25.69.159) 07.34.45 # hey guys, is the themes page down ? 07.39.50 Join michaelni [0] (~michael@213-47-41-20.cable.dynamic.surfer.at) 07.47.23 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 07.53.03 # If you need it right now lilkuz try an archive.org copy 08.17.19 # CheetahPixie: thanks, i found the theme i was looking for, installed and its looking good 08.19.35 # <3 08.19.37 # Enjoy. 08.19.45 # I made my own KDE theme, too. 08.19.56 # Stupid easy; just resize image to fit into what you need. 08.20.12 # I've been battling with getting native res footage on my iPod. 08.20.20 # Learned that MPEG-2 was my only option, sadly. 08.21.04 # Happened upon a bug meanwhile wherein my iPod, under Rockbox, refuses to mount at all, but does in the OF. 08.21.25 # At this point, I don't think it's going to mount __builtin 08.21.27 # i have known about rockbox for a long time, but i just insalled it today on my ipod classic 7th gen 08.21.36 # Why not earlier? 08.21.39 # This firmware is amazing. 08.21.48 # It blows you in the face like the Atom did Jeremy Clarkson. 08.22.03 # well its not supported 08.22.22 # Not supported how? 08.22.33 # i just seen a youtube video showing it running on the classic, so i took a chance 08.22.51 # Classic 7th gen, huh. 08.22.56 # How did you install it? 08.22.58 # RButil? 08.23.42 # one sec 08.24.51 # a site named freemyipod 08.26.46 # there was a youtube video showing how to install it, im not really sure im allowed to post links and im not trying to break the rules 08.27.32 # im using the ipod widgets theme now, it looks really nice 08.28.21 Join dys [0] (~dys@tmo-103-176.customers.d1-online.com) 08.47.51 # So you installed with emcore? 08.48.40 # lilkuz 08.55.53 # this page? https://files.freemyipod.org/~user890104/bootloader-ipodclassic.html 09.47.27 *** No seen item changed, no save performed. 10.12.34 Join ZincAlloy [0] (~Adium@2a02:8108:8b80:1700:ec57:3a47:5275:aeab) 10.38.28 Join ender` [0] (krneki@foo.eternallybored.org) 10.49.19 Quit jhMikeS (Read error: Connection reset by peer) 10.49.39 Join jhMikeS [0] (~jethead71@d192-24-173-177.try.wideopenwest.com) 10.50.48 Join dandels [0] (~dandels@unaffiliated/dandels) 10.53.12 Join johnb3 [0] (~johnb2@91.58.245.64) 10.54.41 Join turkeyhand [0] (~turkeyhan@unaffiliated/turkeyhand) 10.55.02 # hi, I'm trying to assemble the last working H300 I have 10.55.22 # I have a solid state drive that takes slightly too much power to charge with USB 10.56.09 # it charges if I use the barrel connector but I'm in a country where I don't have one, I tried to hack together a barrel connector and a usb cable but it wouldn't charge with 5v 10.56.25 Quit ZincAlloy (Ping timeout: 245 seconds) 10.56.27 # when it's powered on through usb bootloader mode does the battery charge? 10.56.33 Quit CheetahPixie (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) 10.57.19 # and somehow it crashed a few times and I was able to charge it through the original firmware charging screen, through usb, and that somehow worked. but I can't find any button combo or shutting down combo that'll get me back to that. I'm not sure how it happened 10.58.20 # it just said "charging" like it was connected with power, it's the chain of adapters + msata ssd 10.59.41 # probably the wrong thing becuase it uses *just* too much power to actually charge while connected, the battery never quite goes up. it's probably damaging some kind of charging circuitry but until I buy a dedicated player that's exceptionally good, this has massive sentimental value 11.00.10 # charges fine with a wall adapter at 6v but I don't have one at present 11.04.39 Join ZincAlloy [0] (~Adium@2a02:8108:8b80:1700:ec57:3a47:5275:aeab) 11.24.29 # is there a way to charge through usb with the iriver h300 without powering the hard drive on? 11.24.42 Quit johnb3 (Quit: Nettalk6 - www.ntalk.de) 11.41.03 Quit dandels (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 11.47.29 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 12.04.28 Quit ZincAlloy (Ping timeout: 255 seconds) 12.07.22 Join ZincAlloy [0] (~Adium@2a02:8108:8b80:1700:ec57:3a47:5275:aeab) 12.24.19 Quit jhMikeS (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) 12.41.37 Join pamaury [0] (~pamaury@rockbox/developer/pamaury) 12.43.02 # pamaury, do you know if the h300 can be charged without powering the hard drive 12.44.06 # I got some series of crashes from a very flat battery that went to the "charging" screen somehow 12.44.23 # I'm not sure if the hardware keeps the disk active though 12.44.30 # I can't find any documentation anywhere on this 12.45.03 # turkeyhand: no idea, I know very little about how hard drives are powered in rockbox but generally speaking rockbox controls when to power up things, so it should be possible 12.45.09 # I'm trying to find a way to charge it until I can get my hands on six volts of power 12.45.23 # to charge it through the charging barrel connector 12.45.28 # but this may require to change the code, I am not sure 12.45.46 # I can't change the code 12.45.54 # it's got an MSATA drive with adapters 12.46.05 # * pamaury looks at the bootloader 12.46.06 # it uses too much current to charge it in any reasonable time 12.46.57 # I'm not sure it charges at all, using 6v and the charging jack, it's fine, but I'm stuck in a country without that 12.47.25 # turkeyhand: from the look of it, it looks like if you power down and then plug the charger, rockbox will boot and charge without power up the drive 12.47.48 # I don't have the charger 12.47.53 # that's the problem 12.48.21 # so you charge it with usb? 12.48.25 # there's usb bootloader mode but that obviously powers the drive 12.48.39 # yeah if the bootloader detects usb it starts the driver :-/ 12.48.55 # the MSATA drive in there uses too much current and it can't charge in any reasonable amount of time 12.49.10 # have you tried to boot with hold button active? 12.49.19 # no 12.49.34 # it just powers off 12.49.44 # it senses the hold button is active, and powers off 12.50.02 # ah damn indeed, I see no way then if you cannot change the code 12.50.18 # I don't even know what it's coded in 12.50.24 # in C 12.50.25 # my C or C++ is very poor 12.50.33 # it's too poor to change it I think 12.51.40 # does the bootloader need to be changed? 12.51.57 # I don't think you can reflash the code anyway with the battery low, your only option is to use the charger I think 12.52.07 # I tried 5v but that doesn't work 12.52.41 # I can't find a 6v supply anywhere, until I move to germany in a week, but I am going crazy with no music or the TERRIBLE radio 12.54.19 # I can power the unit to change the bootloader 12.54.27 # with an 18650 or something 12.54.57 # but I can't change the code myself 12.55.58 # 18650? 12.56.38 # I don't feel very confident changing the bootloader code without knowing the target, this is a critical piece of code 12.57.04 # is there to boot to the OF and let it charge? 12.57.34 # it doesn't charge with the original firmware 12.58.06 # a liion battery for a torch 13.04.00 # 18650 is 3.7 v two of them would be too much 13.04.23 # one would be ok 13.04.31 # so get some alkalines or a Lantern battery 13.04.46 # not if it needs 6v 13.04.57 # oh yeah. 13.05.22 # I have no soldering iron or anything 13.05.48 # duct tape some wire and a drinking straw would do it 13.05.49 # just twisting wires. the unit says 5v but that doesn't work 13.06.08 # yup I have tape. but no other batteries 13.06.37 # i guess you'll havce to break out or do without music 13.07.29 # I would really prefer music 13.07.35 # for a 3 day flight 13.08.17 # away from this shitty country where my dad has too much cancer and I won't see him again 13.08.49 # I'd probably pay someone to change the bootloader 13.09.17 # what's the best device that rockbox supports or has a fork for? 13.14.18 # this thing says DC 5v, I tried a barrel jack and power from a usb port, that didn't work 13.15.53 # wondering if 8v will break it 13.17.27 # if someone is able to change the code I can power the device to flash it 13.19.40 # and send some hardware in the post? something like that? 13.23.44 Join massiveH [0] (~massiveH@ool-18e4e27c.dyn.optonline.net) 13.27.28 # is it possible to mod the bootloader so the hold button disables the disk? 13.29.19 # because I have two devices, I'm willing to kill one of them trying 13.29.52 Quit ZincAlloy (Ping timeout: 276 seconds) 13.33.33 # it needs to be physically possible 13.33.52 # before spending time on it 13.34.55 Join ZincAlloy [0] (~Adium@2a02:8108:8b80:1700:ec57:3a47:5275:aeab) 13.39.09 # is there a patch available that would switch the disk off with the hold switch 13.44.29 # I'd paypal someone to change it 13.44.57 # or if I had some direction or where to start... 13.45.03 # of 13.47.31 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 14.04.45 Quit ZincAlloy (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) 14.12.38 Join ZincAlloy [0] (~Adium@2a02:8108:8b80:1700:ec57:3a47:5275:aeab) 14.14.53 Quit lilkuz (Ping timeout: 260 seconds) 14.20.34 Quit ZincAlloy (Ping timeout: 265 seconds) 14.26.56 Join ZincAlloy [0] (~Adium@2a02:8108:8b80:1700:ec57:3a47:5275:aeab) 14.45.16 Quit massiveH (Quit: Leaving) 14.50.46 # 12v and a resistor out of a broken pencil. here we go 14.51.19 # shit it's probably going to change as it heats up 14.52.21 Join johnb3 [0] (~johnb2@p5B3AF540.dip0.t-ipconnect.de) 14.52.45 # I'll donate hardware or something for a patch that switches the drive off when the hold switch is activated 14.53.45 # the instant I get back to civilisation, I am literally stuck the closest you can possibly be to antarctica without being on it 14.54.04 Quit johnb3 (Client Quit) 14.54.55 Quit dys (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) 15.18.26 Quit mc2739 (Ping timeout: 240 seconds) 15.47.32 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 15.58.04 Quit ZincAlloy (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) 16.04.30 Join mc2739 [0] (~mc2739@rockbox/developer/mc2739) 16.52.25 Join dys [0] (~dys@tmo-112-92.customers.d1-online.com) 17.25.12 Quit deevious (Quit: deevious) 17.25.30 Join deevious [0] (~Thunderbi@193.226.142.214) 17.33.55 Quit turkeyhand (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) 17.47.33 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 18.02.06 Join ZincAlloy [0] (~Adium@2a02:8108:8b80:1700:ec57:3a47:5275:aeab) 18.09.59 Quit noobineer (Remote host closed the connection) 18.11.11 Join noobineer [0] (~noobineer@2601:401:8000:bc5f:49b6:1475:cb71:f5da) 18.57.32 Quit ZincAlloy (Ping timeout: 246 seconds) 19.47.35 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 20.07.38 Join Piece_Maker [0] (~Acou_Bass@host-89-241-250-244.as13285.net) 20.11.33 Quit Acou_Bass (Ping timeout: 276 seconds) 20.11.34 Nick Piece_Maker is now known as Acou_Bass (~Acou_Bass@host-89-241-250-244.as13285.net) 20.12.56 Quit prof_wolfff (Ping timeout: 264 seconds) 20.32.11 Join TyphoonScotland [0] (1f349f16@gateway/web/freenode/ip.31.52.159.22) 20.39.51 Quit TyphoonScotland (Quit: Page closed) 20.49.55 Join jhMikeS [0] (~jethead71@d192-24-173-177.try.wideopenwest.com) 21.20.32 Join ZincAlloy [0] (~Adium@2a02:8108:8b80:1700:ec57:3a47:5275:aeab) 21.46.40 Join CheetahPixie [0] (55dc24c4@gateway/web/freenode/ip.85.220.36.196) 21.46.58 # Morning, lads. 21.47.09 # Do any of you know of the Lenco Xemio 655? 21.47.38 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 22.27.22 Quit ZincAlloy (Ping timeout: 256 seconds) 22.57.36 Join ZincAlloy [0] (~Adium@2a02:8108:8b80:1700:ec57:3a47:5275:aeab) 23.05.51 # CheetahPixie: no... 23.07.33 # look like those typical nonames from China 23.36.57 Quit noobineer (Ping timeout: 276 seconds) 23.40.04 # Alright. 23.40.08 # I wanted to try to port Rockbox to it. 23.40.21 # (Or at least hack it.) 23.40.56 # CheetahPixie: you need to disassemble it to find out the cpu it is using 23.47.40 *** Saving seen data "./dancer.seen" 23.48.58 Join noobineer [0] (~noobineer@c-68-55-184-193.hsd1.mi.comcast.net) 23.53.17 # Of course. 23.53.20 # That's what I'll be doing. 23.53.23 # Documenting *everything*. 23.53.30 # And getting good chip shots, probably DRO. 23.53.55 # https://i.imgur.com/8XwLxmu.jpg A little distorted, but I managed this on a phone camera. 23.55.09 # pamaury btw 23.55.28 # Got some nice HDR ones too, which I think turned out worse. 23.55.56 # I don't recognize any of those chips, they don't look like a typical modern SoC 23.56.03 # Oh 23.56.06 # Those are not from the player. 23.56.12 # Those are an example of how good I can get the pictures. 23.56.15 # https://imgur.com/a/aT29X for remainder of album. 23.56.38 # That is a 30 pin SIMM I wanted the datasheets of, had to contact the company. Haven't received an answer yet I don't think. 23.58.50 # Nope, nothing yet. 23.58.55 Quit jhMikeS (Ping timeout: 240 seconds)