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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: 'Flipping' through playlist songs takes a whileRe: 'Flipping' through playlist songs takes a while
From: Mike Holden <rockbox_at_mikeholden.uklinux.net>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 13:53:09 +0100 (BST) Björn Stenberg said: > Charlie Rosenthal wrote: >> I have a FM Recorder 20 and when I'm listening to a playlist and what >> to skip over a song that has started to play (by hitting the 'Right' >> button) it takes about 15 seconds or so for the next song to start >> playing during which Rockbox appears 'frozen'. However, there is no >> such delay when songs go from one to the next without my intervention. > > This is because when you hit "next", the next song has to be loaded into > ram before it can start. When songs play as normal, the next song is > loaded while the last part of the previous song is playing, and thus > there is no delay. > > If you press "next" at the end of a song (when the first part of the > next song has been loaded), you get the same quick transition as a > normal track change. I would however add that on my FM unit, skipping to next track (when the next track is not already buffered) only takes a couple of seconds. Certainly nowhere near 15 seconds. -- Mike Holden Rockbox page: http://www.mikeholden.org/~rockboxReceived on 2003-08-05 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |