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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Smart Playlist -any progress? any takers?Re: Smart Playlist -any progress? any takers?
From: [IDC]Dragon <idc-dragon_at_gmx.de>
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 17:19:55 +0200 (MEST) > Those features would require a database of all the files that the unit > contains, like say the iPod, and may be extremely slow on an Archos > machine. Furthermore, Rockbox would need to access the HDD more often > and therefore shorten the battery life (autonomy). The 2Mb of ram that > the Archos units contain are not enough to afford a database-driven > system. But we have a disk, vast storage at hand. > Maybe Rockbox's port to another type of unit (say iPod or > iRiver) would make this possible, but right now the hardware is the > limit. Rockbox allready does incredible things with my FMR, but it > slowly tends to reach the hardware limits ;) I don't think our hardware is limiting this feature. The tables can be on disk, in whatever most directly accessible proprietary format. "All" it takes is a developer with some database background (not me) willing to go forward with that, and implement some suitable kind of relational database model, plus all the frontend stuff. Jörg -- Supergünstige DSL-Tarife + WLAN-Router für 0,- EUR* Jetzt zu GMX wechseln und sparen http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockboxReceived on 2004-09-02 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |