Rockbox

IDTask TypeCategoryPrioritySummaryOpenedOpened by  descLast Edited
12800BugsUser InterfaceVery LowUSB screen chokes if UI viewport is smaller than the UI...2013-01-13Hayden Pearce12013-01-13 Task Description

As the title suggests, fun things like: https://plus.google.com/102855057878446061693/posts/FkQ4wQZb8VD can happen in this instance.

Initially reported here: http://www.rockbox.org/irc/log-20130113#07:14:49

[Saint]

12801BugsBattery/ChargingVery LowToggling between charging and discharging while charged...2013-01-13Kurt Roeckx12016-01-20 Task Description

When my Fuze+ is charged and it's still connected to the charger, it seems it keeps toggling between charging and discharging.

I think the problem is that it reacts to some voltage to stop charging. When it's charging it measures up to 4.35 V. But when it stops charging it changes to 4.25V, and says something like 96-99% charged, and which point it changes to charging again, and so on.

So it's basicly toggling between charging and discharging very often, and I don't think that's very good for the battery. Once it's charged it should stop charging as long as the charger is connected. (This might apply to other devices too.)

This was with version 2ef7a54-130111

Kurt

12807PatchesPluginsVery Low[WIP] New amiga music player plugin powered by UADE lib...2013-01-25Mauricio Garrido12013-07-191 Task Description

Hi there,

  this is a WIP plugin that I wrote last year.  It plays amiga music using the UADE library.
  You can find more about it here: http://zakalwe.fi/uade/
  I'm a bit new to git so please forgive me for not uploading a proper patch.
  To test the plugin, simply copy the bitmap and rockuade folders to the plugins folder in
  rockbox sources.  And you have to extract the data.zip file in the .rockbox folder.
  I'm not going to work on this anymore, so I decided to upload it here, and hope someone
  can make a proper patch and maybe some dev would be interested in testing it, make 
  the necessary changes and upload an stable release.
  Please read the README file for some additional info about the plugin.
  Tested on:    samsungypr0, fuze+, fuzev2
  Commid ID: e1ea08417bca57c607df6686472fa0a86f38b6d1
12809PatchesPluginsVery Low[WIP] New vgm streamed music plugin powered by vgmstrea...2013-01-25Mauricio Garrido12013-01-251 Task Description

Hi there,

  this is another WIP plugin that I wrote last year.  It plays videogame streamed music
  using the vgmstream library. Original homepage here:
  sourceforge.net/projects/vgmstream/
  I'm a bit new to git so please forgive me for not uploading a proper patch.
  To test the plugin, simply copy the rockstream folder to the plugins folder in
  rockbox sources.  And you have to extract the data.zip file in the .rockbox folder.
  The formats.db found in data.zip is basically a list with all vgmstream supported
  extensions (at least "all" by the time I wrote the plugin).  You can add  or remove 
  new or unwanted extensions there.  The plugin will only handle the extensions found
  in the formats.db.
  Currently the plugin works as a viewer plugin, and there is only one extension associated
  with the plugin in viewers.config for testing purposes, but you can always use the 
  'open with' option from rockbox.  Once you open a file the plugin will parse all supported
  files found in the same folder.
  The vgmstream project is updated quite often, if someone wants to
  update the core library, I believe that would be very easy, since I only changed a couple
  of things to it.
  I'm not going to work on this anymore, so I decided to upload it here, and hope someone
  can make a proper patch and maybe some dev would be interested in testing it, make 
  the necessary changes and upload an stable release.
  As a last comment, I have only tested the plugin in the simulator, samsungypr0, fuze+
  and ipod nano. It only worked in the simulator and samsungypr0, so hope someone can 
  fix that.
  Please read the README file for some additional info about the plugin.
  Working on:  simulator and samsungypr0
  Commid ID: e1ea08417bca57c607df6686472fa0a86f38b6d1
12834BugsUser InterfaceVery LowKey lock deactivates when playback stops2013-02-27Guillaume Cocatre-Zilgien12013-02-27 Task Description

Key lock (activated by pressing Power in the WPS) deactivates when music playback stops (end of playlist). The keypad then becomes active again. It shouldn’t get activated until Power is pressed again.

12850BugsMusic playbackVery LowWMA Pro skips to a next track while playing2013-04-05Mateusz12013-04-053 Task Description

Hi,

I’m experiencing an issue with WMA Pro playback on my Clip Zip.

I’ve got the lastest stable build of Rockbox 3.13. Files were encoded with dbpoweramp.

Some files playback normally, but majority of tracks skips. Always at the same point if not forwarding or rewinding.

Here’s a sample. The track skips at 2.15.

12865BugsDriversVery Low5G iPod USB connection errors and full speed mode if ha...2013-05-24Boris Gjenero12013-05-252 Task Description

With my 5th generation iPod, if I connect USB while the hard drive is spinning, I often get full speed mode instead of high speed mode. This testing is with 00b8563, but I’ve observed the same problem in the past. Here’s the relevant part of Linux 3.8.0-21-generic dmesg output:

[26644.712035] usb 2-2: new high-speed USB device number 18 using ehci-pci
[26644.904471] usb 2-2: device descriptor read/all, error -71
[26644.965905] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.7: port 2 reset error -110
[26644.967780] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.7: port 2 reset error -110
[26644.968004] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.7: port 2 reset error -110
[26644.971577] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.7: port 2 reset error -110
[26644.973440] ehci-pci 0000:00:1d.7: port 2 reset error -110
[26644.973459] hub 2-0:1.0: hub_port_status failed (err = -32)
[26645.176048] hub 2-0:1.0: unable to enumerate USB device on port 2
[26645.428038] usb 6-2: new full-speed USB device number 8 using uhci_hcd
[26645.979070] usb 6-2: not running at top speed; connect to a high speed hub
[26646.009069] usb 6-2: New USB device found, idVendor=05ac, idProduct=1209
[26646.009076] usb 6-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[26646.009080] usb 6-2: Product: Rockbox media player
[26646.009083] usb 6-2: Manufacturer: Rockbox.org
[26646.009087] usb 6-2: SerialNumber: 100000000000A270014B32BEB
[26646.024242] scsi21 : usb-storage 6-2:1.0
[26647.038109] scsi 21:0:0:0: Direct-Access TOSHIBA MK3008GAL BU11 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
(I’ve removed the remaining USB storage messages because they don’t seem relevant)

If the hard drive is not spinning, I get high speed mode. However, there is a disconnect and the device is detected twice:

[27356.784126] usb 6-2: USB disconnect, device number 9
[27371.208044] usb 2-2: new high-speed USB device number 24 using ehci-pci
[27371.347053] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=05ac, idProduct=1209
[27371.347058] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[27371.347062] usb 2-2: Product: Rockbox media player
[27371.347065] usb 2-2: Manufacturer: Rockbox.org
[27371.347069] usb 2-2: SerialNumber: 100000000000A270014B32BEB
[27373.079038] scsi25 : usb-storage 2-2:1.0
[27373.337244] usb 2-2: USB disconnect, device number 24
[27373.640029] usb 2-2: new high-speed USB device number 25 using ehci-pci
[27373.779220] usb 2-2: New USB device found, idVendor=05ac, idProduct=1209
[27373.779226] usb 2-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[27373.779229] usb 2-2: Product: Rockbox media player
[27373.779233] usb 2-2: Manufacturer: Rockbox.org
[27373.779236] usb 2-2: SerialNumber: 100000000000A270014B32BEB
[27373.820382] scsi26 : usb-storage 2-2:1.0
[27374.823266] scsi 26:0:0:0: Direct-Access TOSHIBA MK3008GAL BU11 PQ: 0 ANSI: 4
(Again, I’ve removed the remaining USB storage messages because they don’t seem relevant)

I get the same behaviour regarding high speed vs. full speed mode in Windows 7, but I’m not aware of Windows reporting other USB errors anywhere.

I was sometimes having USB difficulties that seemed to be due to contact oxidization or dust from not using the dock connector in a long time, but I don’t think that’s the cause here.

I’m attaching USB traces from WireShark using Linux usbmon. In both cases I removed all the USB mass storage stuff after get max lun because it seems irrelevant and increases file size a lot. When the result is full speed, something goes wrong after the set address response. When the result is high speed, something goes wrong after the set configuration request. In both cases the first sign of trouble is an interrupt from the USB hub.

This is on a Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R rev V1.0 motherboard with Intel P35 + ICH9R chipset.

12893BugsBattery/ChargingVery Lowpictureflow ignores albumart2013-08-27dikiy12013-08-27 Task Description

The filename cover.jpg works ok. But {album}-{artist}.jpg doesnt wokr. Also the albumart appears on the WPS, but not in the Pictureflow

12905BugsRecordingVery Low[Sansa C200] Entering Recording menu with Voice Menus a...2013-09-27JLsoft12013-09-27 Task Description

(Confirmed this in 4c6c8cd-130926, discovered in build from several weeks earlier)

If ‘Voice Menus’ are enabled, entering the Recording menu will freeze the player…usually before the entire screen is redrawn. Although I can still hear the sound the mic is picking up, the player is locked up, and removing the battery or super-long-pressing of Power is required.

During my testing, I was able to randomly get it to -not- lock up, but it was like a 1 in 50 occurance…tried all formats/sample rates/etc. When ‘Voice Menus’ is -disabled-, all formats/rates/etc work fine.

Thinking it was a problem with my config that I’ve been using for years, I tried with a clean config.cfg (well, deleted and let it regenerate), and narrowed the cause down to the spoken ‘Voice Menus’ being enabled.

12909BugsMusic playbackVery LowShort Next + Long Next causes a hang about 50% of the t...2013-10-30Sean12014-01-12 Task Description

Short Next + Long Next causes a hang about 50% of the time. This was reported before and still seems to happen on the Clip Zip.

12935BugsBattery/ChargingVery LowPC only recognizes Sansa Clip Zip when a song is playin...2014-01-14Deleted12014-01-14 Task Description

When I connect my Sansa Clip Zip with most recent Rockbox version to my pc (Windows 8) while it’s paused or not playing a song at all, pc gives message ‘Device not recognized’.
When a song is playing, and I connect the player to the pc, the song will pause (expected behaviour of course), and I can access the internal and sd storage on the device.

12971BugsBattery/ChargingVery LowiPod Classic charges on USB even with "Charge During US...2014-04-10Guillaume Cocatre-Zilgien12014-04-301 Task Description

After setting the “Charge During USB Connection” Rockbox setting to “no”, the battery in my iPod Classic still gets charged whenever connecting the iPod to my PC via USB. From the iPod Video manual:

“This option lets you control whether the player should charge during the USB connection and hence draw the full 500 mA. Turning it Off is recommended if the player is connected through an unpowered USB hub or a laptop port.”

I would expect the battery NOT to get charged. Running Rockbox dev build 9576134.

12974BugsPluginsVery LowStarfield plugin crash on c200v12014-04-19Franklin12018-07-242 Task Description

On my Sansa c250v1, the starfield plugin crashes at the address 0x01F80394 with a data abort.
It seems that the plugin is attempting to execute data.
Strangely, it does not happen in the simulator.

12986BugsPluginsVery LowMetronome issues on Ipod 6G2014-07-02Vasily12015-08-13 Task Description

Metronome plugin is not functional on Ipod 6G.

Steps to reproduce:
1) Open metronome;
2) Hold the "Select" button.

Expected:
– The metronome starts to tick in the headphones.

Observed:
– The text on the screen changes from "start: hold select" to "stop : cancel", but no sound is made.
– A short click on the Select button emits a single tick sound, but the tapped frequency cannot be captured as the Ipod 6G does not have any "Record" button.

Comment:
As single taps can be made, the metronome.c / play_tock() seems to work
and at least some sort of sound can be produced on this hardware,
maybe something is wrong with the timer_callback() ?

13040PatchesPlaylistsVery LowPlaylist becomes one item shorter when shuffled2015-03-21Thomas White12015-05-302 Task Description

I noticed that the playlist seems to become one item shorter when I shuffle it, using the latest Git master branch (commit 70d57080) on a Sansa Clip+.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Clear the playlist by pressing Stop (power button)
2. Add a small number of tracks to the playlist
3. Shuffle the playlist (playlist view, menu, Shuffle)
4. Observe that playlist is one item shorter than before

I tracked the reason for this down, and attach a patch. This isn't a "proper" fix, and is a bit hacky, but it does illustrate what causes the problem.

13049BugsMusic playbackVery LowCan't open m4b file2015-06-12Roman Artyuhin12015-06-15 Task Description

The following link to example.m4b file which I can’t open in latest rockbox build (4c4c645) on my sansa clip+ and sansa clip zip:
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/KeHt/tmu5sr9YR

I can open it on my computer without any issues.

13058BugsOperating System/DriversVery Lowsleep timer deactivates the idle power off2015-10-19jasontaylor12015-10-19 Task Description

Use of the sleep timer deactivates the idle power off. Both should be independent pathways to shutdown. The Idle Poweroff should initiate shutdown if there is no playback and no keypress inside the indicated time. The sleep timer only is to use keypresses. However, the actual behavior is for the sleep timer to disable the idle poweroff. This is a bug. Instead of either or it (If … else if) should be two "If then .. If then" constructs.

The benefit is that you can save battery life if you leave the device on while player, or if you get interrupted. Currently, you can only do one.

To replicate:
use sansa clip, latest version. Set idle power off at 1 minute and sleep timer at 30 minutes (default). Play then pause for two minutes. Press volume button and note unit is on instead of off.

13076BugsOperating System/DriversVery LowiPod Classic (160GB Thick) - PANIC - usb_storage_init_c...2016-07-13A Man Eating Duck12016-07-132 Task Description

Hi,

I have installed Rockbox build 0F89B04-160628 using this (https://files.freemyipod.org/~user890104/bootloader-ipodclassic.html) method.

I have created a dynamic playlist (Database > long select artist > current playlist > Queue Shuffled). Play and then pause the music and then hold the play button down to shutdown rockbox. Plug in USB cable from your computer (Win10) in to the iPod and the iPod should start powering on and then a white *panic* screen should appear.

Workaround is to have Rockbox already fully booted before plugging in a USB cable from the computer.

13092BugsBattery/ChargingVery LowPure i20 not charge the iPod classic/not play music2016-12-14marek medved12020-07-07 Task Description

Pure i20 does not charge the iPod classic with OS rockbox.
I feel like Rockbox can not recognize interface pure i20 (drivers?)
Through Pure i20 will not play music even if it is in the installed Rockbox in the iPod.(only apple Flash = possible charging/playing via Pure i20)

I own Ipod classic 6G 160GB (flashed rockbox)

13094BugsMusic playbackVery LowPlaying a zero-duration WMA causes crash2016-12-20Chris Jordan12016-12-203 Task Description

Build 575bd89 2016-12-19

Playing the attached zero-duration WMA '_ length 0.0s WMA.wma' causes crash:

Divide by zero at 6008D274
pc:6008D2&4 sp:600CC7DC
bt end

This WMA file was created by Goldwave and plays without crash in Windows Media Player, GoldWave and MediaMonkey.

Zero-length WAV and MP3 files (examples attached) don't cause a crash.

On the latest development iPod Video and ZEN simulators, MP3 and WAV are reported 'failed' and WMA crashes http://i.imgur.com/k3dKaSN.png http://i.imgur.com/CiYnVuH.png

13097BugsOperating System/DriversVery LowPANIC white screen when plugging a non supported SD car...2017-01-12Mario C.12020-07-072 Task Description

Creative ZEN
Daily build: rockbox-creativezen-20170112

Bug description:
When plugging any dummy plastic or a non supported SD card, the device freezes and displays a white screen with a “PANIC” error message.
Plugging a standard SD card works fine.
To restore the system, you have to use a paper clip to do a hardware reset and turn the device on again.

13175BugsUtilsVery LowScreendump Causes PANIC (iPod Classic build 4ed5727654-...2019-05-02Cody12019-05-19 Task Description

Whenever screendump is enabled,It gets a panic error.
Error Message:
*PANIC*
Stkov usb
pc:080739ac sp:080f5458

13193PatchesConfigurationVery LowAdd option to disable settings reset on startup2020-04-01Stefan Ott12020-04-032 Task Description

I would like to run my iPod with its keypad locked all the time, thus I wrote a little patch to an option to disable the settings reset during startup regardless of the hold button's position.

You will find the patch attached to this message. I'm not entirely convinced by the name of the new option (or my wording in general) so if you have a better idea, feel free to rename things.

12917BugsLCDVery Low[ZEN/ZEN X-Fi] LCD problems2013-12-06amaury pouly2013-12-06 Task Description

The LCD is highly unreliable: sometimes it displays dots and sometimes it stays black.
Example:
http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=13462.0;attach=6384;image

13027BugsBattery/ChargingVery Lowfm radio bug and beeping bug when it's off2015-02-07Curtis Hatch2015-02-07 Task Description

when i pressed the fm radio it’s. but when i press off it sounds like it’s still on and beeping. i’ve got all the settings of for beeping and it’s still on the fm radion i mean. this weird bug i know. please do fix this bug thanks

13067BugsOperating System/DriversVery Lowibasso dx90 Left button does not work2016-02-06yong xu2016-02-06 Task Description

Previous song and Fast Backward are unable to work

12960BugsDatabaseVery Lowiriver h140 only shows files in chronological order, al...2014-03-12Matthew2014-03-12 Task Description

I am having a couple of problems with Rockbox on my iRiver H140.
The first issue is that all my songs in the files folder are displaying only in the order
that they were uploaded onto the machine. If I go into the settings and choose to display
Artists in alphabetical order it doesn't have any effect! I am left to endlessly scroll through
the names or listen through the iriver player which doesn't play WAVs or FLACs so i can't access everything.
Secondly, if I start up and resume playback of an album it doesn't then allow me to access the files folder when I navigate to it. I have to then restart my player and go to files from there. If I later come out to the main menu and choose Files, or any folder for that matter, it won't open. It's really frustrating. Any ideas of a fix?

13011BugsMusic playbackVery LowMPIO HD300 volume keys locked after a Hold ON - Hold OF...2014-11-02sandor2014-11-02 Task Description

Hi.

I noted a strange bug on mpio hd300 player. 2/3 of the times ,when i lock the player with HOLD ON button, and return to HOLD OFF, the volume keys do not work anymore,however, the others keys works OK (menu, FF,REW,PLAY and REC). only after a reset, these keys (volume) works again.

The release of RB is 3.13

I try other releases, from 3.11 to 3.12, and the problem is the same.

thanks

13062BugsCodecsVery Lowogg vorbis codec and eq (bass noise)2015-12-01pureman2019-08-041 Task Description

Create silence in Audacity program (Generate → Silence). Convert the wav file to ogg vorbis file. Put into the sansa clip+ player wav and Ogg files. Turn on the equalizer and set 32 hz, 64 hz, 125 hz in the 0.5-2.0.
Turn on maximum volume. Listen to the silence of wav file. Absolute silence. Listen Ogg Vorbis file - hear the noise (like the wind). It’s bug with only ogg vorbis. mp3, flac, mp4 is absolute silence.
On a musical files it’s additional noise. Ogg vorbis is economical of disk space. Testing on a sansa clip+ with 2GB.

13118BugsMusic playbackVery LowIncorrect playback position when seeking AAC files down...2017-05-31R O2017-05-31 Task Description

I downloaded this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrb0dHKJBR4 using the youtube-dl python program. The file plays and seeks correctly in foobar2000 and MPC-HC. But, on my clip+, whether I seek 10 seconds or 10 minutes into the file, it ends up playing a position of the file previous to the one displayed. For example, if I seek 50 seconds forward from the beginning, it will play the file from the start, while the screen still displays as if it's playing from 50 seconds onwards. Seeking to the end of the file will have it play a section from about 2 minutes earlier than it should be, while the time display and music will continue until 1:14:20, with the file actually being 1:12:46.

I did not hear the files being played slower than they should be, so it seems it's only an issue when seeking.

I've confirmed this happens on every AAC file downloaded by youtube-dl, and that re-encoding the same file to AAC using NERO encoder makes the problem dissapear.

13129BugsOperating System/DriversVery LowIbasso DX90 build rev c6d5cd7 freeze when playing music2017-09-15Lionel2017-09-15 Task Description

Dear Rockbox, long story short after doing update to the latest daily build c6d5cd7(2017-09-11), after playing music for around 30-40 minutes the screen start to freeze cannot scroll or select anything on the screen even turn it off is not possible but after few seconds it turn off by itself and can be turn on normally after that.

13158BugsMusic playbackVery LowUnable to play for ibasso dx 90 2018-05-23yong xu2018-05-23 Task Description

Click on the music file and die

13217BugsCodecsMediumStuttery playback when playing 320k Mp3s Synched via it...2020-07-15mikem2020-07-15 Task Description

Playing 320K MP3s pauses often in Version 3.15 and daily build 7d00533 also UI becomes unresponsive
Version 3.14 or older does not reproduce the issue in either 44 or 48khz sampling rate and same sound options
Is not reproducible under OF or Version 3.15 running on IPOD 6G
seems to be a cpu usage issue as compiling a version of rockbox with much higher than stock CPU clocks seems to alleviate the issue to an extent but there is still occasional pauses that is not present after reverting to 3.14 and stock 80 mhz clock speed.

13055BugsMusic playbackVery LowIn "Database -> Album Artist" songs sorting by alphabet...2015-09-15Anton Iliyn2015-09-15 Task Description

Expected sorting by artist name, then by album and then by track number, but now all songs by all artists sorting by track names in alphabetical order.

13063BugsRecordingVery LowVolume triggered recording fails to stop2016-01-09Luca Leonardo Scorcia2016-01-09 Task Description

Hi,
I’m trying to record myself playing the guitar using my old, trusty FuzeV2 (both a very old version - sorry didn’t wrote it down but had to be at least a couple of years ago - and today’s version 87229a4). Recording parameters as follows:

Trigger: Repeat
TrigType: New file
Prerecord Time: 1s
Start Above: -22dB
for at least: 1s
Stop Below: -26dB
for at least: 1s
Presplit Gap: 1s (don’t really understand what it does from the manual, but it says it usually has to be the same value of the Stop Below Time, so…)

Recording starts correctly when noise is detected according to conditions; then apparently it correctly detects the silence and stops the recording. But immediately the ‘Repeat Trigger’ parameter kicks in and _immediately starts a new recording_. At this point, the trigger status and the recording status aren’t matching anymore. The recording screen shows the recording file size growing, but the Trigger status is ‘Ready’. I have confirmed that on the actual file on disk the silence is meanwhile recorded.

Did I understand any of the parameters wrong or has anybody else the same problem?

13077BugsUser InterfaceVery LowVoiced menus doesn't work in FM mode2016-07-31Nicolás2016-07-31 Task Description

Rockbox doesn't speak in the FM mode with voice configured. I tried it in my local language (spanish) and in english with same results. Apparently it is not a problem of the translation, because sometimes (only 2 or 3 times in at about one year that I'm using the player) the player speak some words. This works correctly in release version.
My actual version is 0f89b04, but it happend in all dev versions.

13088BugsMusic playbackVery LowIbasso DX90 Crackling last FW2016-11-01aditya2016-11-01 Task Description

When playing music sometimes crackling sound exist but after 5-6 secs playing it dissappear
i tried to update until the last rockbox firmware (ver.b045e4d date 2016-11-01) the problem still there

but if i boot to mango (stock fw) no crackling sound remains

Device : Ibasso DX90

13122BugsMusic playbackVery LowAnnoying beeps when playing ogg vorbis files2017-07-04Jérémy Caruso2017-07-04 Task Description

After upgrading from 3.13 to 3.14, when playing most of the ogg vorbis files in my library, a "beeping" sound sporadically occurs.

The sound is random (2 consecutive playbacks of the same track will beep on the same time).

All the files played fine with 3.13.
MP3 files play just fine (I have not tested other formats yet).

Possibly interesting facts :
Vorbis files with a lower bitrate (<100kpbs) seem to be less subject to this beep.
It seems beep never occurs when screen is on.

13219BugsCodecsVery LowAPE 24/44.1 - harsh noise2020-07-25Atas2020-07-251 Task Description

Playing APE 24/44.1 with harsh noise in different parts of the track. If you decode APE file to WAV using the codec console, then there are no problems. So the matter is in the player’s APE decoder.

At 24/48 everything is fine.

7180PatchesPluginsVery Low"Target" word game2007-05-17Will Robertson2007-05-171 Task Description

This is a rockbox version of the simple word game called “Target”.
Rules: (stolen from The Age newspaper website)
“See how many words of four letters or more can you make from the letters shown in the grids.
In making a word, each letter must be used once only.
The word must contain the centre letter and there must be at least one nine-letter word in the list.
No plurals or verb forms ending with “s”; no words with initial capitals and no words with a hyphen or apostrophe are permitted. The first word of a phrase is permitted (eg inkjet in inkjet printer).”

Currently it only works on H300, iPod Photo and iPod 5g DAPs, but I plan to expand this to all bitmap targets soon enough.
The games are either user selected or loaded from the file target_wordlist.dat, I’ve included 10 puzzles, but there are heaps more on The Age newpaper’s site (www.theage.com.au).

9059PatchesFont/charsetVery LowWenQuanYi Unibit font2008-05-31William Poetra Yoga Hadisoeseno2008-05-313 Task Description

This font is part of the WenQuanYi Project at [1]. It’s in Chinese, but there’s an english page at [2].

I’m adding this font because:
1. Currently there is no good Chinese font for Rockbox.
2. The best Chinese font (unifont) has unevenly sized Chinese characters, while this font has uniformly sized Chinese characters.

The attachments contain screenshots of the simulator, to show how this font would look like on the iPod Nano. I’ve also attached a screenshot using the Unifont font to show the uneven sizes of Chinese characters, for comparison. I don’t know about other languages, but I’d think other CJK languages work better in this font as well, due to the merging of WenQuanYi Bitmap Song.

According to the project[3], this font is made by combining the GNU Unifont (GPL), WenQuanYi Bitmap Song (GPL) and Fixed-16×8 (Public Domain) fonts. The maintainer of GNU Unifont also acknowledges this fact at [4].

This font is licensed under the GPLv2 with a font embedding exception[3]:

[quote]
** GPL v2 license with font embedding exception:

As a special exception, if you create a document which uses this
font, and embed this font or unaltered portions of this font into
the document, this font does not by itself cause the resulting
document to be covered by the GNU General Public License. This
exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the
document might be covered by the GNU General Public License. If you
modify this font, you may extend this exception to your version of
the font, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to
do so, delete this exception statement from your version.
[/quote]

I don’t mind either way, but it would be up to Rockbox developers whether to strip off this exception. And either way, the font is compatible with Rockbox’s license (GPLv2).

The font I’m attaching is a modified version (and only the bdf); you can download the original version from [5]. My modification is:

— wqy-unibit.bdf.orig 2008-06-01 04:47:36.839752214 +0800
+++ wqy-unibit.bdf 2008-06-01 05:01:51.031748178 +0800
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
CHARSET_ENCODING “-1” CHARSET_COLLECTIONS “ASCII ISO8859-5 GB2312.1980 BIG5-0 KSC5601.1989-0 JISX0208.1997 ISO10646-1” ENDPROPERTIES
-CHARS 46443
+CHARS 46444
STARTCHAR uni0000
ENCODING 0
SWIDTH 500 0

This is because convbdf will emit a warning “Warning: DWIDTH spec > max FONTBOUNDINGBOX” when converting the font. This is because there are actually 46444 STARTCHAR entries, but only 46443 glyphs – the character “mu” is encoded as 181 and 956, with the exact same glyph. The generated .fnt file is exactly the same with or without my modification.

Additionally, this font is quite big so it’s a bit big on the screen of the iPod Nano. But it would be great on larger screens. Please take a look at the screenshots in the attachments.

Links:
[1] http://www.wenq.org/ [2] http://wqy.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/enindex.cgi [3] http://www.wenq.org/index.cgi?Unibit_README [4] http://www.unifoundry.com/unifont.html [5] http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wqy/wqy-unibit-bdf-1.1.0-1.tar.gz?use_mirror=osdn

9060PatchesFont/charsetVery LowWenQuanYi Bitmap Song fonts2008-05-31William Poetra Yoga Hadisoeseno2008-05-3114 Task Description

This font is part of the WenQuanYi Project at [1]. It’s in Chinese, but there’s an english page at [2]. This font is similar to the WenQuanYi Unibit font (FS#9059) and focuses mostly on ASCII and CJK, but I’m also posting this font for inclusion because this one has different point sizes, like for example the nimbus, Sazanami and ProFont fonts already included in Rockbox. With the different point sizes, especially lower point sizes, this font is great for small screens such as my iPod Nano.

I’m attaching some screenshots of this font under various point sizes and weights. I’ve also taken screenshots with the simulator to show how it would look like in Rockbox.

Additionally, this font is available from the original website at [3]. There is also an online README file at [4]. The source BDF files are available from the project’s SourceForge page at [5], and the BDF files I’m attaching come from the source package at [6].

According to the project[4], this font is a derivation of older free fonts and enhanced with bitmaps made by online users. As such, it is licensed under the GPLv2 with a font embedding exception[4]:

[quote]
** GPL v2 license with font embedding exception:

As a special exception, if you create a document which uses this
font, and embed this font or unaltered portions of this font into
the document, this font does not by itself cause the resulting
document to be covered by the GNU General Public License. This
exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why the
document might be covered by the GNU General Public License. If you
modify this font, you may extend this exception to your version of
the font, but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to
do so, delete this exception statement from your version.
[/quote]

It’s up to Rockbox developers whether to strip off this exception. Either way, the font is compatible with Rockbox’s license (GPLv2).

Links:
[1] http://www.wenq.org/ [2] http://wqy.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/enindex.cgi [3] http://www.wenq.org/index.cgi?BitmapSong [4] http://www.wenq.org/index.cgi?Hero_README [5] http://sourceforge.net/projects/wqy/ [6] http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wqy/wqy-bitmapfont-bdf-gb18030-0.9.9-0.tar.gz?modtime=1194227675&big_mirror=0

9078PatchesPluginsVery LowThinkfast - A plugin to measure your reaction speed2008-06-06Clément Pit--Claudel2008-06-061 Task Description

The purpose of the game is to press one of the four direction keys as fast as possible when randomly asked to do so. At the end of the game, min/max/average values are displayed.

9260BugsApplicationsVery Lowr18234 - core + plugins shouldnt be calling opendir() d...2008-08-10Jonathan Gordon2008-08-10 Task Description

Only filetree.c should be allowed to call opendir(), anything that needs to recursively scan directories should be calling ft_load() which can smartly open, scan and close a directory.

The problem with this is that the filename buffer could get corrupted easily if its misused.

as of r18234 the following is using opendir() in the core
filetree.c:133: dir = opendir(c→currdir); ← not recursive
filetree.c:257: dir = opendir(tempdir); ← in ft_load() so ok
filetree.c:259: dir = opendir(c→currdir); ← “” “” “” misc.c:164: dir = opendir(pathlen ? buffer : “/”);
misc.c:1059: dir = opendir(BOOTDIR);
misc.c:1142: DIR* d = opendir(path);
onplay.c:466: dir = opendir(dirname);
onplay.c:817: srcdir = opendir(src);
tagcache.c:4075: dir = opendir(dirname);

the tagcache and the onplay.c ones are dangerous… the 3 in misc.c are not recursive so safe.

the following are uses in plugins, havnt checked them so I only know for sure that stats, disktidy and properties are unsafe
plugins/disktidy.c:203: dir = rb→opendir(name);
plugins/disktidy.c:270: dir = rb→opendir(name);
plugins/md5sum.c:78: dir = rb→opendir( path );
plugins/md5sum.c:113: DIR *dir = rb→opendir( newpath );
plugins/md5sum.c:209: dir = rb→opendir( arg );
plugins/properties.c:79: dir = rb→opendir(tstr);
plugins/properties.c:151: dir = rb→opendir(dps→dirname);
plugins/properties.c:276: dir = rb→opendir(str_dirname);
plugins/random_folder_advance_config.c:70: dir = rb→opendir(fullpath);
plugins/random_folder_advance_config.c:165: dir_check = rb→opendir(formatted_line);
plugins/rockpaint.c:740: d = rb→opendir( bbuf );
plugins/rockpaint.c:754: d = rb→opendir( “/” );
plugins/rockpaint.c:915: d = rb→opendir( FONT_DIR “/” );
plugins/sokoban.c:925: if(!(dir = rb→opendir(dirname)))
plugins/stats.c:139: dir = rb→opendir(fullpath);
plugins/test_codec.c:763: dir = rb→opendir(dirpath);
plugins/test_disk.c:356: dir = rb→opendir(testbasedir);
plugins/test_disk.c:359: rb→splash(HZ, “opendir() failed.”);
plugins/test_disk.c:421: if 1) == NULL)
plugins/wavrecord.c:3774: if 2) == NULL)

so,
The bad calls in the core should be changed to use ft_load, and the plugins should either get a new function in the lib to grab some ram and manage the whole thing, or maybe its safe to just call ft_load there also?

or alternatively, we can go on ignoring the issue.

1) dir = rb→opendir(testbasedir
2) dir = rb→opendir(recbasedir
9295PatchesBattery/ChargingVery LowCharger detection for iPod 2G (and 1G?)2008-08-18Mark Fawcus2008-08-181 Task Description

This patch adds detection of the charger connection. Not tested on a 1G, but should work if the ipodlinux GPIO documentation is correct.

NOTE: 'Charging' is not detected, just the presence of external power. See http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=18196.0 for forum topic.

9514PatchesOperating System/DriversVery Lowmake simple list accept a viewport2008-10-30Jonathan Gordon2008-10-301 Task Description

this is part of a different patch which was changed to use the menu api instead of simplelist so im putting it up here incase anyone decides to make simplelist draw in a viewport.

The patch works (or did last time i tried it) but isnt commited because its not really needed just yet.

9628BugsMusic playbackVery LowSound sometimes doesn't work on mr100 if booted without...2008-12-12Frank Gevaerts2008-12-12 Task Description

Tested with r19410

If I boot with the headphones plugged in, sound always works (at least I didn’t have it fail yet). If I boot without headhones plugged in, and plug them in later, sound often doesn’t work. This may also depend on whether the player was turned off for a long time, whether the previous boot was USB mode, and whether the headphones were unplugged before or after shutting down.

9673PatchesPluginsVery LowImprove mpegplayer ( add pitch )2008-12-19Sanggon, Lee2008-12-191 Task Description

I found  FS#8521 (permanent pitch setting) can successfully combined with mpeg player.
Add  FS#8521  and some fix, we can use pitch function in mpeg player. This means, we can control mpeg play speed.

With  FS#8894 (speed control without pitch change) can produce similar effect and more attractive, but  FS#8894  have serious problem with gigabeat s30 and require more processer power and have lower sound quality.

This patch can patched with  FS#8607 (mpegplayer playlist).

9802PatchesManualVery LowPlugin API documentation v22009-01-15Maurus Cuelenaere2009-01-151 Task Description

This is v2 of the Rockbox plugin API documentation generator.

See the mailing list for more information ( http://www.rockbox.org/mail/archive/rockbox-dev-archive-2009-01/0040.shtml ).

An example of what the output looks like is available here: http://mcuelenaere.alwaysdata.net/rockbox_api_example_3/

9906PatchesFont/charsetVery Low15-Adobe-Helvetica.bdf: invalid SWIDTH, DWIDTH for ETHI...2009-02-14Yoshihisa Uchida2009-12-151 Task Description

For 15-Adobe-Helvetica.bdf:

STARTCHAR ETHIOPIC SYLLABLE NO
ENCODING 4758
SWIDTH 1520 0
DWIDTH 19 0

The above value of SWIDTH, DWIDTH is too larger than that of other Ethiopian characters (This character protrudes from bounding box).

I send this bug’s patch.

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