Release Notes for Rockbox 1.2

These release notes were originally posted to the mailing list.

We are happy to announce the release of Rockbox version 1.2.

Changes include:

General changes since 1.1

• Battery level indicator
• USB cable inserted detection
• Backlight timeout support
• Introduced the While-Playing-Screen (WPS)
• Digital out now supported
• New ".mp3 and .m3u"-only dir filter mode
• Key repeat support on various places
• Configurable directory sorting, defaults to case insensitive sorting
• Key lock (Menu+Stop on player, F1+Down on Recorder)
• Relative paths in file lists are now supported
• Dir playback is now handled using ram playlists
• Several vital functions now execute in cpu-internal RAM for increased speed
• Battery voltage statistics keeping
• Fixed lots of little bugs

Player-specific changes since 1.1

• The sound settings work again
• Some pitch problems were resolved
• Sound distortion problem fixed
• The LCD icons are being used

Recorder-specific changes since 1.1

• Playback works on Recorder 6 and Recorder 10 versions.
• Settings are now saved in the RTC memory area to survive reboots
• New sound settings: Auto Volume control, Bass Boost, Loudness
• More Sokoban levels!
• Status bar added
• Battery charging support

Download

Dowload it at http://rockbox.haxx.se/download/. Make sure to read the release notes.

Support

For discussion about Rockbox, please join the mailing list. See http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/ for information.

There is also an active IRC channel. See http://rockbox.haxx.se/irc/

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CategoryReleaseNotes: Rockbox 1.2 (released 2002-08-09)