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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Do you use the BEEP feature?Re: Do you use the BEEP feature?
From: Paul Erkens <pjealt_at_xs4all.nl>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 19:17:10 +0200 Hi Steve B, Currently, I don't use the beep feature because of its slow reaction speed after pressing a button. It's off here. But there are situations where it would be very useful to have, where it has not been implemented yet. Of course, moving the beep code away from the play routines into the button handling could be benificial because of the time difference that will probably result in, but there's another use. I understand that playback and recording are mutually exclusive, i.e. you can have one, but not the other at the same time. This makes implementing the beeps where I and many others want to have them, somewhat complicated I guess, but I'm not a developer so I don't really know. To answer your question: I don't personally need differently pitched beeps for different buttons I press. A good use for beeps where they are not yet implemented though, is in the recording screen while the rec monitor is on. We, blind folks, have no feedback on whether the device is recording or pausing. I screwed up several live recordings because of this. I have to go into the rec monitor, and press play to start recording. Pressing play again pauses, pressing it again resumes recording etc. It would be great if the device would issue a beep, just after it has gone into pause mode. To start recording, I don't need to hear anything personally. But pausing is important to be aware of, so that you don't accidentally record what you intended to leave out, and vice versa. Hearing a beep when going from rec into pause mode, would be really helpful. Even if the rec monitor has to be turned off for the time the beep is sounding, would not be a problem in my opinion. Do you know if something can be done about this, or would you find it worth investigating further? Paul. ----- Original Message ----- From: "pondlife" <pondlife_at_ntlworld.com> To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 5:06 PM Subject: Do you use the BEEP feature? >I use the beep feature whenever I'm operating the player while driving. > It's useful as confirmation that I actually pressed the button, especially > as crossfade can result in quite a delay before the track skip is audible. > > I'd rather like the beep to operate when any button is pressed (well, > maybe > a shorter "click"), but it's currently part of the playback code (rather > than the button code), so maybe I've got the wrong end of the stick about > this and this isn't the main use for this feature. > > So could all users of this feature explain why they use it and whether > feedback on all keypresses would be useful. (Also would different pitches > of short beep for different buttons be useful?) > > -- > Steve B > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.13/844 - Release Date: 6/11/2007 > 5:10 PM > > Received on 2007-06-12 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |