Re: binary sizes

2007-02-16 Thread [IDC]Dragon
> http://build.rockbox.org/ now features a table at the bottom of the page > that > shows how the sizes of the main Rockbox binary vary over the most recent > commits. Whow, cool! What an overdue idea, we should have had that since years. ;-) Jörg -- "Feel free" - 5 GB Mailbox, 50 FreeSMS/Mo

crosspost: to owners of 160 GB disks (and up), here's howto fully use it

2006-12-22 Thread [IDC]Dragon
I may reach more people here who compile their own and are geek enough to have big disks, so I dare a crosspost from my yesterday's user list posting. Original-Message Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:22:39 +0100 From: "[IDC]Dragon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMA

Re: Reviewers and committer for talkative RB

2006-10-12 Thread [IDC]Dragon
> P#6159: Add voice to roughly 100 splashe screens and yesno menus, without > cluttering the code too much. The menus should all be voiced from the early days on (except for the debug menu), definitely including the yes/no choices. Am I missing something, did something got lost while I'm out?

Re: bootloader hanging early on 80G G5.5 iPod - debugging attempt

2006-10-11 Thread [IDC]Dragon
> Then after another pause it spits an "Rockbox error" (too fast for me > to read it all - I can add a pause if this is important to know) I've successfully used a digicam for debugging in such cases, like error messages scrolling by too fast. Jörg -- GMX DSL-Flatrate 0,- Euro* - Überall, wo

Re: Archos Player taken out?

2006-08-22 Thread [IDC]Dragon
> I have 5-10 players, does that make you change your mind? :-) I have probably 20 (all without disk). Perhaps we can spread them to the "spoiled" young developers, who have never seen a device with less than a VGA size true color screen. ;-) Jörg -- "Feel free" – 10 GB Mailbox, 100 FreeSMS

Re: Archos Player taken out?

2006-08-22 Thread [IDC]Dragon
> Long has there been talk of compiling the MAS WAV CODEC into Rockbox > for Archos owners. If there are still plans to include this CODEC > into Rockbox (for all MAS based units), then I offer as > food-for-thought, that the Player freeze happens _after_ the MAS WAV > CODEC is implemented, fo

Re: Archos Player taken out?

2006-08-22 Thread [IDC]Dragon
> Linus and I have come to the conclusion that the time has come to pull out > Archos Player support from the main Rockbox sources. Sniff... I don't like to drop a platform. What exacly is the current/upcoming pain with it? The charcell ifdefs are already in. I wonder about the timing, we're not

Re: Sansa "dev board" from SanDisk

2006-08-07 Thread [IDC]Dragon
> My SanDisk contact sent me a "dev board" with a JTAG cable attached. > Here's a > few early rough pictures of it: > > http://daniel.haxx.se/sansa/e200/devb/tiny/ Looks like read sophisticated extra hardware. ;-) BTW, the page is continuously reloading, at least for me. Jörg -- Ec

Re: Re: half-idea for #ifdef and key deifnition hell...

2006-07-26 Thread [IDC]Dragon
> well, seen as im not really getting any feedback, Heh, sorry for not following this in detail. I'd be interested if and how much this saves on code size vs. the extra tables. Anything which helps to get the critical Archos footprint smaller is a great help. Jörg -- Echte DSL-Flatrate dau

Re: comments on playlist_catalog and pimp a patch

2006-07-19 Thread [IDC]Dragon
> I noticed the changes made to playlist.c and in playlist_catalog.c > start to use a sort of directory walker which I implemented during the > freeze. The "first" directory walker exists in firmware/dir.c, the rmdir() function. However, it is very small and recurses. Jörg -- "Feel free" –

Re: Re: iPod's framebuffer format

2006-07-09 Thread [IDC]Dragon
> I realize that we probably aren't at the speed to play compressed and/or > high-quality movies smoothly, but I plan to make the plugin flexible so > that > I can set the framerate very low, making this possible. You can recycle the video plugin. The .rvf format is extensible, take a look at th

Re: Bug in screen_access.c affecting all drivers.

2006-04-04 Thread [IDC]Dragon
> > No. In any case, I have credited you for this fix. > > "Bug found by an anonymous person.". Thanks for the insult. I think this was rather meant as a friendly wink from Linus. Personally, I much appreciate your findings, keep going! \o/ Jörg -- Echte DSL-Flatrate dauerhaft für 0,- Euro*!

Archos WAV (was Re: A Devcon 2006 Story)

2006-03-21 Thread [IDC]Dragon
> I'm especially interested in the first topic on the agenda for the > Archos: "PCM codec, recording framewalker, perhaps playback framewalker, > late bitswap" > > What's the outcome for this? Can we hope for an implementation of the > PCM codec in the next future? I've spent pretty much all t

Re: Signing off.

2006-03-08 Thread [IDC]Dragon
> sad, and (not less sadly) not the first time... The second time, right? It's not like we're scaring off hurds of developers. gl, sorry to lose you, as you seemed to become a valuable contributor. Hint: You could still quietly come back with your real identity ;-) Or you join forces with Bluechi

Re: What has happened with our beloved RomBox? (binary s ize on Archos targets)

2006-02-14 Thread [IDC]Dragon
> > In the "early time" every byte of buffer usage was well discussed in the > > mailing list... > > Back in those days there were many developers with Archos as their main > target. Nowadays very few developers have that. It is up to each and every > one > to contribute, and one way to contribu

Re: What has happened with our beloved RomBox? (binary s ize on Archos targets)

2006-02-14 Thread [IDC]Dragon
> It works! uuuh! only 1,666 MB buffer, i think its better for daily use to > go back to an older build with 1,8 MB buffer... What happened to our buffer, who sliced that chunk away? I'm not really following latest developments, was it unicode, was it graphical wps, or what? Jörg -- 10 GB Mailb

Re: What has happened with our beloved RomBox? (binary s ize on Archos targets)

2006-02-14 Thread [IDC]Dragon
Rombox works, I have a pretty recent one running on my RecV1. You have to use Bootbox, though. Look in the daily builds, they should contain it, too. > I had no luck to compile rombox since ~2 months for archos targets > (ondio, V1Rec, FM-rec). The rockbox.ucl file will be created and runs fine.

Re: MSDev sim project?

2006-02-12 Thread [IDC]Dragon
> Theoretically, I see no reason why Rockbox wouldn't compile under > mingw32 (native Windows port of gcc) and MSYS (UNIX utils for Win32). > This would in turn allow you to use the Dev-C++ or Code::Blocks GUIs and > Eclipse for debugging. Eclipse is probably todays' way to go? I vaguealy remember

Re: MSDev sim project?

2006-02-12 Thread [IDC]Dragon
> > The sim used to be able to be built in MSDev, but not anymore. > > Did something break compatibility or was it just not maintained? I'm > happy > to update an old project if there is one. It was me who once made the MSDev6 project for Rockbox. It's ages old, prior to the plugin system. It w

Re: MPeye HTS-150

2005-12-13 Thread [IDC]Dragon
>> Hey guys, I've put up a page documenting the insides of the MPeye / > Touchstone Technology HTS-150 (HTS-100 v2.2) MP3 / WMA / OGG player at > http://narrow-band.net/wiki/index.php/Rockbox_on_the_MPeye_/_Touchstone_Technology_HTS-150_MP3_Player It just appeared to me that this thing might be si

Re: MPeye HTS-150

2005-12-13 Thread [IDC]Dragon
> > The wiggler costs about 150USD the last time I checked. > > I take it that means something like this: > http://warmcat.com/milksop/cheaptag.html won't work... Hmmm... I'm > willing to spend a week researching how to build a cheap(er) cable but > not really willing to spend $150 to get rockbo

Re: Simplified and uniform volume handling - asking for opinions

2005-12-08 Thread [IDC]Dragon
> I don't think I've ever seen any audio playback equipment of any kind > offer clipping prevention. Haha, I just envision how odd it would be if my amp would start turning other knobs as I crank up the volume... Jörg -- Lust, ein paar Euro nebenbei zu verdienen? Ohne Kosten, ohne Risiko! Sat

Re: partitions handling

2005-12-06 Thread [IDC]Dragon
> I've tried to use second partition on iRiver i140's hard drive and rockbox > didn't see any files on it. Is it a bug or i'm doing something wrong? Out of the box, Rockbox doesn't support multiple partitions. Only that debug screen shows them. However, the codebase is prepared for it, the feature

Re: Simplified and uniform volume handling - asking for opinions

2005-12-06 Thread [IDC]Dragon
> Now I am asking for opinions/ suggestions on this. I would > really like to commit this... I like it, and don't think dB is too technical for end users. Even my car stereo displays in dB when I turn the knob. I think it's enough to go down to -99dB, to avoid a 3 digit display. The side effect

RE: amiconn: apps settings.c,1.319,1.320

2005-11-07 Thread [IDC]Dragon
> > That was discussed with Linus way before I committed my folder skip > patch. > > It was also decided that this option would go away for good once moving > to > > the next folder implemented for Archos... Oops, sorry then. This is not for Archos? (See how the overview on my end degrades) >

Re: amiconn: apps settings.c,1.319,1.320

2005-11-07 Thread [IDC]Dragon
> > Please discuss default changes in the future! > > Here's the change Jens just reverted: > >http://www.rockbox.org/viewcvs.cgi/apps/settings.c?r1=1.309&r2=1.310 Not only the default was changed, also the ascii name was changed, which breaks compatibility to existing .cfg files. :-( Jörg