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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Intelligent file caching.Re: Intelligent file caching.
From: Linus Nielsen Feltzing <linus_at_haxx.se>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:10:01 +0100 gl wrote: > One thing that's frustrating on HD based players are the pauses when > skipping to other tracks. That could be improved by pre-emptively > caching track beginnings. > > For example, the previous and next track's first few chunks could be > cached, so that skipping tracks is instant. Or, in the file browser > the same thing could happen with the currently selected file. All > this could be done in the background with any spare CPU cycles. > > Any thoughts? Is there enough memory for this? -- gl Memory, yes. But this will *eat* your battery as the HD would have to be spinning all the time to keep up with the cursor when you're browsing files. Linus Received on 2006-02-15 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |