From: Martin Borus <martin_at_borus.de>
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 01:48:42 +0100

Hi,

> With cvs 021211
> on a JB20
>
> ROM 1.28
> Mask: 0x0302
> USB: positive
> ATA 0x200
> PR:Positive
> Freq: 11.0592MHz

I'm still using the same CVS and have tried a digital 48kHz
recording. I wanted to attempt a long overnight - but ran into
problems.

First strange thing I noticed that the peak meter showed some
 - not much - movement. This was new for digital recording. Still
the peak was very low so I decided to plug in the headphones to
find out what was wrong:

I did not hear anything - when I record digitally with the Archos
firmware I have the signal on the headphones... So I stopped the
recording and it played back OK. Alas, only 18 seconds - the last
seconds for the half hour recording were there. This happened to me
yesterday as well so I can now safely say that recording right after a
bootup does not work. The second does...

I also notived that the recording timer resets when you press F2 or
F3 while recording to check the source...

Hope this is useful.
Martin

>
> today I did the low volume recording tests again, comparing
> Archos and Rockbox firmwares.
>
>
> The files are at "www.syltlinks.de/rockbox"
> I provided the original files and the normalized ("_norm") files.
>
> This time the audio quality seemed OK and the leaking of the
> hard disk sound was the same in both versions. Still I ran into
> a problem.
>
> After a fresh reboot the first recording doesn't start:
> I tried to record for two minutes, but as a result I only got the last
> 41 seconds. After another reboot I tried to record for 90 seconds
> (this is the "rockbox1.mp3" file) and again, only 6 seconds are
> saved. This happens after a reboot [maybe only when I run the
> original Archos firmware before].
> When I stop the recording and do another, I do not run into this
> problem.
>
> I also had a problem with a longer recording during the week.
> A 300-something sized mp3-file only played for the first 90 minutes.
> If that happens again I'll keep the CVS date and try to make parts of
> the file available.
>
> Martin
>
>
Received on 2002-12-13