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+NEWSDATE(28-nov-2003)
+
+ ITEM Rockbox now finally runs on the Recorder V2.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(03-nov-2003)
+
+ ITEM LINUSN revamped the file split feature so it always splits on MP3
+ frame boundaries. As a bonus, the Play key can now be pressed to start a new
+ file during recording.
+
+ ITEM LINUSN applied a bunch of nice patches, like Line-In activation on
+ Players, a VU meter plugin, a NIM game for the Player, plus a few bug
+ fixes.
+
+ ITEM The Chip8 emulator has finally been added to the CVS!
+
+ ITEM Recording with flashed firmware is finally stable
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(28-aug-2003)
+
+ ITEM Can Rockbox be made to
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-08/0784.shtml",
+ play WAV) files?
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(22-aug-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Jesús Rodríguez Marcial) posted his brand new translation of
+ Rockbox into
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-08/0576.shtml",
+ Galego).
+
+ ITEM BAGDER and
+ LINUSN posted a re-worked
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-08/0584.shtml",
+ suggestion) previously posted about how to remap the keys of the Recorder
+ versions of Rockbox. Discussions followed.
+
+ ITEM NAME(idc-dragon) called for
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-08/0596.shtml",
+ early adopter needed for player flashing).
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(21-aug-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Druzina Dobravec) brought a
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-08/0530.shtml",
+ Slovenian language file) as
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/lang/", language) number 20.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(13-aug-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Bernhard) offered a
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-08/0381.shtml",
+ good advice to windows people using Archos). He says
+ LINK("http://www.ct.heise.de/ct/03/16/links/208.shtml", DevEject) is a good
+ thing.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(11-aug-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Todd Lowe) was searching for
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-08/0345.shtml",
+ external battery pack options for FMR).
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(9-aug-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Magnus Holmgren) managed to improve the speed of the ROLO quite a
+ lot with his
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-08/0325.shtml",
+ descrable in assembler fix).
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(8-aug-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(doctor23) brought up the always-hot topic of
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-08/0283.shtml",
+ Should I Buy a Recorder or FM Recorder?). The same issue was also brought up
+ by NAME(Brad) five days later in his
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-08/0374.shtml",
+ JBR vs FMR? Which one is better) mail.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(6-aug-2003)
+
+ ITEM One of those interesting threads on
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-08/0196.shtml",
+ should you really buy a JBFMR20?).
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(5-aug-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(idc-dragon) posted that he
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-08/0142.shtml",
+ needs some Player firmware version insight for flashing). There might be a
+ flashable player in the future if he gets sufficient help!
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(4-aug-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Gadi Cohen) brought a patch that now offers
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-08/0074.shtml",
+ working hebrew) for Rockbox.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(3-aug-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(CombThins) brought a thought-through suggestion on
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-08/0051.shtml",
+ how to support nested playlists).
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(1-aug-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(idc-dragon) got a bunch of
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-08/0001.shtml",
+ SST39 flash chips) he offered in case anyone feels like "patching" their
+ units to become flashable.
+
+ ITEM BAGDER
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-08/0006.shtml",
+ announced UCL built in regular build process). So if you install 'uclpack'
+ properly, running make as usual will build you a .ucl file for flashing as
+ well!
+
+ ITEM NAME(Remo Hofer)
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-08/0013.shtml",
+ suggested) we move the fonts to .rockbox/fonts/ and the languages to
+ .rockbox/languages/. The suggestion got some support from various people.
+
+ ITEM BAGDER fixed daily-zips to include full download packages including most
+ of everything users want, in one single zip archive.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(31-jul-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(David Reis) posted about his new
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-07/1520.shtml",
+ favourites rock).
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(29-jul-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Thomas Paul Diffenbach) announced his intensions of a
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-07/1402.shtml",
+ battery run-time test) with his new code for longer run-time.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(21-jul-2003)
+
+ ITEM Starting today, BAGDER has modified the
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/daily.shtml", daily build) scripts to create a
+ full zip archive for each day's daily build, including everything (all fonts,
+ all languages, all plugins, some docs, and the sokoban levels).
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(18-jul-2003)
+
+ ITEM LINUSN fixed yet another FAT bug that could cause problems when writing
+ data. (It would make a false "disk full" message appear.)
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(17-jul-2003)
+
+ ITEM The eternal but boring discussion
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-07/0840.shtml",
+ Forum vs. Mailinglist) was again brought up and discussed at length. None of
+ the core developers are in favour of letting any forum replace or take over
+ the main development mailing list. You're all free to start or use whatever
+ forums you want.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(16-jul-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Svante T) proposed somone makes a
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-07/0755.shtml",
+ Rockbox Desktop Tool). I think the consensus from the following discussion
+ was that it would be cool... Now, does anyone want to write it too?
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(9-jul-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Jörg Hohensohn) released his first
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-07/0306.shtml",
+ Rockbox in flash). Full docs and instructions followed. These instructions
+ are now also available on the LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/docs/flash.html",
+ rockbox web site). This posting caused havoc and lots of activity on the
+ list.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(3-jul-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Jörg Hohensohn) announced that
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-07/0110.shtml",
+ Rockbox runs from flash). It booted up and resumed music in 3 seconds!!
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(2-jul-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Hardeep Sidhu) committed his code that introduces
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-07/0068.shtml",
+ dynamic playlists) to Rockbox.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(29-jun-2003)
+
+ ITEM ZAGOR added the
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-06/0707.shtml",
+ plugin system). Multiple plugins were added really quick.
+
+ ITEM BAGDER (digest author) is on vacation!
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(20-jun-2003)
+
+ ITEM The CVS service of Sourceforge is currently not functioning very well,
+ and since Rockbox uses it extensively, the project, web site and associated
+ scripts suffer from this...
+
+ ITEM NAME(Tony Agee) once again recycled the question
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-06/0572.shtml",
+ Why doesnt Archos buy/use RockBox software?)
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(19-jun-2003)
+
+ ITEM LINUSN committed code that fixes the full-disk problem.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(16-jun-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Margin Borus) wrote about
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-06/0429.shtml",
+ Free HD space and PANIC). Rockbox does not always show free disk space
+ correctly because it relies on the fs info block, which windows seems
+ notoriously bad at doing, and Rockbox does not deal with full disks properly
+
+ ITEM NAME(Andreas Stemmer) brought updates to FAQ entry 74, regarding digital
+ I/O on Archos.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(12-jun-2003)
+
+ ITEM ZAGOR once again brought up the subject of the "
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-06/0334.shtml",
+ Red Led Dead)" error and testing...
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(11-jun-2003)
+
+ ITEM BAGDER mention his intentions to commit the bookmark patch code soon.
+ This was later postponed due to how this functionality collides somewhat with
+ NAME(Hardeep Sidhu)'s dynamic playlist feature...
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(10-jun-2003)
+
+ ITEM ZAGOR added more intervals to the time split feature for recording.
+
+ ITEM BAGDER committed
+ NAME(Robert Hak)'s work on making Sokoban load the game levels from disk,
+ which saved almost 30K of memory.
+
+ ITEM The demos are now re-enabled in the builds.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(8-jun-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Owen Sebastian Hofmann) offered his
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-06/0223.shtml",
+ virtual file structures) patch, that allows us to browse lists as if they are
+ directory trees.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(6-jun-2003)
+
+ ITEM Please friends, to unsubcribe from the Rockbox mailing lists, use
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/", the instructions). You followed them to
+ subscribe, and the process to unsubscribe is very similar!
+
+ ITEM NAME(Uwe Freese) announced his
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-06/0193.shtml",
+ new ABSync release).
+
+ ITEM NAME(Steve) posted an innocent
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-06/0144.shtml",
+ question) which lead to a long and tedious discussion on mp3 playback using
+ high bitrates and whether or not that causes skips. No 320 kbit mp3 should
+ cause skips on Rockbox. Period. If you know any that do, please report!
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(5-jun-2003)
+
+ ITEM Romanian and Czech translations were added. 19 languages supported now!
+
+ ITEM After another day with patch cleaning, we applied the code that allows
+ hiding of icons and changing boolean config items take effect
+ immediately. We're down on 16 open patches now.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(4-jun-2003)
+
+ ITEM ZAGOR and
+ BAGDER had a "Patch Tracker Cleaning Day". We sat down
+ together and went through the patches one by one, starting with the oldest
+ ones. This resulted in 20 closed patches, leaving 25 open ones at this
+ moment.
+
+ ITEM NAME(Thomas Paul Diffenbach) patch for new id3v2 parsing (plus genre and
+ composer support) was added.
+
+ ITEM NAME(Dave Jones) code that enables recordings split based on a set timer
+ was applied.
+
+ ITEM NAME(Magnus Holmgren) and
+ NAME(Mats Lidell) provided the patch for the status bar code cleanup
+ that ZAGOR and
+ BAGDER polished and committed.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(2-jun-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Kjell Ericson) fixed a weird bug in the keyboard code for players.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(1-jun-2003)
+
+ ITEM LINUSN went on a bug-hunt and could close three
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/bugs.shtml", bug reports) within 20 minutes.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(31-may-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Kjell Ericson) did some more improvements on his jump scroll
+ feature and later it was also fixed to get saved properly.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(30-may-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Hardeep Sidhu) announced his
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/1023.shtml",
+ Dynamic playlist patch).
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(29-may-2003)
+
+ ITEM
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/1002.shtml",
+ where are the demos?) They are currently disabled in the daily builds due to
+ space reasons. When that problem is sorted out, they will be re-enabled
+ again.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(27-may-2003)
+ ITEM NAME(Jean Boullier) posted some
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/0894.shtml",
+ financial information) about Archos 2002 results.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(25-may-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Thomas Paul Diffenbach) posted his suggested
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/0870.shtml",
+ modifications on genlang), to support lists easier/better.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(22-may-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Roland)
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/0810.shtml",
+ announced) his updated
+ LINK("http://rockbox.my-vserver.de/win32-sdk.html",
+ minimalistic rockbox sdk for win32).
+ NAME(Roland) boasts >500 downloads of
+ the previous version. Get it and post your comments!
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(21-may-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Kjell Ericson) is looking for comments on his new
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/0756.shtml",
+ jump scroll feature for players). Experimental binary available for download.
+
+ ITEM NAME(Frank Incensed) asked the list if others also have experienced
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/0739.shtml",
+ problems with Archos on Windows XP), and several guys joined in and explained
+ that they too experience crashes or other weird behaviors.
+
+ ITEM NAME(Garrett Derner) announced his
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/0767.shtml",
+ text viewer with word wrap and scrollbar) and he is welcoming all feedback
+ you can give him on his effort. You also find
+ LINK("http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=740697&group_id=44306&atid=439120",
+ his patch in the patch tracker).
+
+ENDDATE
+
+
+NEWSDATE(20-may-2003)
+
+ ITEM ZAGOR committed code that now finally makes the remote control
+ functional even while the keylock is activated in Rockbox.
+
+ ITEM Is it possible to "protect" ideas and intellectual properties produced
+ for Rockbox, or will companies be able to steal/borrow our ideas?
+ NAME(ds2list)
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/0703.shtml",
+ brought up the subject).
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(19-may-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Jörn Hohensohn) announced his
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/0604.shtml",
+ Survey for Rockbox in Flash) based on his changes previously mentioned
+ here. Do check them out and post your findings!
+
+ ITEM NAME(Stevie Oh)'s provided patch that improves VBRfix on files bigger
+ than 16MB was committed.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(18-may-2003)
+
+ ITEM As a follow-up to NAME(Mark Spooner)'s mail about the original FM
+ sounding better than Rockbox, LINUSN brought a new
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/0563.shtml",
+ test image) for people to try and to say if it sounds
+ different/better/worse. The first reports have not clearly identified a
+ winner.
+ 
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(17-may-2003)
+
+ ITEM LINUSN fixed the bug that made a bad voltage level show at startup
+
+ ITEM NAME(Jörn Hohensohn) added flash manufacturer ID to the View HW Info
+ screen in the debug view.
+
+ ITEM LINUSN added a "Save ROM Contents" menu option to the debug menu. If
+ selected, it'll dump the contents of the ROM in two files in the Archos' root
+ directory named "internal_rom_*.bin" (where * is replaced with the address
+ sequence of the dump)
+
+ENDDATE
+
+
+NEWSDATE(15-may-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Mark Spooner) thinks his music
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/0479.shtml",
+ sounds better with the original Archos firmware).
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(13-may-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Jörg C. Pochmann) says he want his scrolling files names to
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/0430.shtml",
+ start scrolling from end of filename), and a few other ideas followed...
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(12-may-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Jean Boullier) wrote up a
+ LINK("http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jmb-data/Help-JBR.txt", help text) for people
+ to be put on the Archos and read using Rockbox.
+
+ ITEM NAME(Gonz) brought up the subject wondering if Rockbox could be made to
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/0385.shtml",
+ sort the files to show playlists first).
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(11-may-2003)
+
+ ITEM BAGDER made another fix on the daily-build scripts in an attempt to make
+ them work better even when the sourceforge CVS is this unreliable.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(9-may-2003)
+
+ ITEM LINUSN announced the
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/0334.shtml",
+ removal of the 400 entries limit) in directories. The 10000 entries for
+ playlists were also made customizable. The 400-limit was the last entry in
+ the LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/docs/features.html", Feature Comparison
+ Chart) Rockbox didn't beat Archos at.
+
+ ITEM LINUSN also made the code enable ATA STANDBY when going into USB mode,
+ which seems to make the disk spin down when idle, when used on some operating
+ systems...
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(8-may-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Boris Maras) brought up the good old subject of
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/0302.shtml",
+ searching for songs) in Rockbox, and he's building this on top of the patch
+ provided already by NAME(Stefan Meyer).
+
+ ITEM NAME(Josh) asked the list about tools that would
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/0306.shtml",
+ auto-sync songs when connected). Ipod is said to have such a software and it
+ is said to please users there. (My note: but then, ipod users like everything
+ Apple says is good for them.)
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(7-may-2003)
+
+ ITEM It seems we haven't had the daily builds updated properly the last
+ couple of days. The anonymous cvs update used in that process is notoriously
+ shaky and fails pretty often, but now it seems to have tricked us for several
+ days in a row...
+
+ ITEM NAME(Danan) introduced his
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/0235.shtml",
+ audio thumbnails) patch, that makes your Archos play a specific mp3 when you
+ enter a directory, and thus improves "blind" maneuvering.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(6-may-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Alan C) mailed in about his
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/0240.shtml",
+ battery voltage problems) that truly show weird behaviors on his unit. Is it
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/0254.shtml",
+ a Rockbox issue)?
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(5-may-2003)
+
+ ITEM LINK("http://www.haxx.se/who.html", The Haxx guys) invites you to join
+ us to a LINK("http://www.haxx.se/home/snaxx/", pub evening) in the Swedish
+ capital Stockholm on June 5. (Inivitation link is in Swedish)
+
+ ITEM Learn how NAME(Dave Jones) made it possible to make
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/0194.shtml",
+ 3+ days recordings) with his Archos.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(3-may-2003)
+
+ ITEM LINUSN committed the
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/0105.shtml",
+ first code for FM tuner) support on the FM Recorder.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(2-may-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Stevie-O) presented his
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/0090.shtml",
+ new menu design) suggestion (with binaries).
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(1-may-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Mike Holden) brought a very
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/0008.shtml",
+ technical report) on his findings in the search for the Red Led Death.
+
+ ITEM There's now a mailing list setup. By subscribing to it, you'll get the
+ latest items off this digest sent out by mail on a weekly or biweekly basis.
+ The name of the mailing list is 'rockbox-news' and you find all the details
+ on the regular LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/", mailing list page).
+
+ ITEM I heard a rumour from a person who actually has listened to radio on his
+ FM Recorder running Rockbox...
+
+ ITEM Lots of people shared their views in the
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-05/0026.shtml",
+ single play mode) thread, and it evolved slightly into a "can we really add
+ every imaginable feature to Rockbox"-discussion.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(30-apr-2003)
+
+ ITEM LINUSN made the
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/1320.shtml",
+ disk spin down faster) while recording.
+
+ ITEM NAME(Roland) requested comments on his
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/1313.shtml",
+ switch icons on/off in dir-browser patch).
+
+ ITEM NAME(Johan Vromans) provided his suggested Q73 for the
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/docs/faq.html", FAQ), named
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/1337.shtml",
+ Help! My recorder crashes when I copy files to it!).
+
+ ITEM Okay okay, I've already received a whole bunch of mails already,
+ expressing support for the weekly-digests-by-mail idea. Thanks. Please allow
+ me a few more days and I'll set it up and annouce it accordingly.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(29-apr-2003)
+
+ ITEM Would you like to get the digest mailed out once per week or perhaps
+ once every two weeks? If so, mail LINK("mailto:rockbox-digest at haxx.se",
+ rockbox-digest at haxx.se) and tell me. If I get a few interested people,
+ I'll setup a mailing list and mail out plain text versions. If not, then I'll
+ be happy with the HTML and RSS versions.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+
+NEWSDATE(28-apr-2003)
+
+ ITEM ZAGOR called out for a
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/1232.shtml",
+ Brute Force Bug Hunt) in an attempt to track down the "red led dead" problems
+ that have haunted Rockbox the last couple of months. Join in and help!
+
+ ITEM BAGDER made the
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/digest/digest.rss", RSS
+ feed) validate fine, to make people happier. I even added one of those
+ bragging buttons to the
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/digest/", main page).
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/1233.shtml",
+ Discussions) followed on how to write proper RSS stuff.
+
+ ITEM NAME(Mikkel Moe) brought translation number 17 to Rockbox: Norwegian.
+
+ ITEM NAME(Brent Geery) started a
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/1257.shtml",
+ discussion) on why there aren't more settings to control the MAS for
+ recordings.
+ 
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(26-apr-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Alexandre Belloni)
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/1122.shtml",
+ re-iterated) the issue of supporting the ext2fs or other file systems in
+ Rockbox. Your friendly editor likes to point out the good old
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/docs/nodo.html#9", NODO) document that explains
+ this.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(24-apr-2003)
+
+ ITEM BAGDER attempts to produce an
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/digest/digest.rss", RSS feed) for this digest
+ thing.
+
+ ITEM Several standard-builds of Rockbox now excess the maximum image size of
+ 200K...
+
+ ITEM The "caption backlight" works on Player models too now.
+
+ ITEM NAME(Magnus Öman) brought the inverted cursor to the recording screen
+ as well.
+
+ ITEM The demos are now disabled globally to reduce the image size to start
+ working again.
+
+ ITEM LINUSN fixed a message-display problem that caused some playlist loadings
+ to go nuts.
+
+ ITEM NAME(John Hudak) expressed his confusion with
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/0959.shtml",
+ using his Archos on a Mac), and he later posted
+ LINK("http://www.watervalley.net/cgi-bin/bb/YaBB.pl?board=Archos&action=display&num=1051203117", this summary) at watervalley.net. Other postings on the
+ thread by NAME(Wesley Simon) and NAME(Michael OQuinn) indicated that John's
+ problem may very well be due to a faulty Archos.
+
+ ITEM LINUSN
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/1018.shtml",
+ yelled for help) about the PANIC problems that have been reported on various
+ recordings, as the problem is likely to be more filesystem-related rather
+ than recording-related.
+
+ ITEM A
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/1039.shtml",
+ long thread) adressed a possible flaw in the FAT driver and how it deals with
+ short names vs long names, but no consensus has yet been reached on this. It
+ seems that Microsoft's own specs differ on some details...
+
+ ITEM NAME(c s) mentioned his work on getting
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/0996.shtml",
+ automobile ignition to stop play).
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(23-apr-2003)
+
+ ITEM ZAGOR committed his fix that now makes the status bar on Recorders only
+ get updated when information actually has changed.
+
+ ITEM ZAGOR announced his
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/0921.shtml",
+ linux-kernel patch) for improved FAT performance on Linux, expected to be
+ especially appreciated by USB 1.1 users. One measurement during testing
+ showed a cutback in time for the first copy from 52 seconds to 0.2...
+
+ ITEM ZAGOR added the "caption backlight" feature, which switches on the
+ backlight just before a song change, and keeps it lit for a backlight-timeout
+ period into the new song.
+
+ ITEM ZAGOR made the remote control's keys distinguishable from the ordinary
+ keys, so that they can now be used even though keylock is enabled.
+
+ ITEM BAGDER announced the presence of this digest on the
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/0922.shtml",
+ mailing list) and on the
+ LINK("http://www2.funmp3players.com/forum/topic.asp?topic_id=6597&forum_id=8&Topic_Title=Rockbox+Digest&forum_title=General+%2D+Jukebox+Player%2FRecorder&M=False&S=True",
+ funmp3players forum).
+
+ ITEM BAGDER posted his
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/0946.shtml",
+ suggested new keymapping) for Rockbox Recorders to the list.
+
+ ITEM BAGDER committed playlist code that reduces the number of times the
+ playlist is opened and closed, and it might make it slightly faster to skip
+ forward to next song in a playlist.
+
+ ITEM BAGDER made keyrepeat in the X11 simulator start working.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(22-apr-2003)
+
+ ITEM People discussed the chance of adding a feature that sorts files in the
+ dir browser according to the ID3 track number tag, and NAME(Chris Holt)
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/0882.shtml",
+ explained) how it would be a painfully slow process and that renaming the
+ files to have them prefixed with the track number is the only sane way to
+ accomplish this.
+
+ ITEM NAME(Thomas Paul Diffenbach) mentioned
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/0888.shtml",
+ his patch) that will allow a specific piece of the path name to get cut off
+ from the dir browser display.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(21-apr-2003)
+ ITEM NAME(Jeff Peterson) missed the
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/0864.shtml",
+ FM tuning functions) in Rockbox for the FM Recorder, and correct, they are
+ not supported by any Rockbox code yet.
+
+ ITEM NAME(Paul van der Heu) pointed out the recently annonced
+ LINK("http://www.audio.philips.com/index.asp", Philips HDD100) portable mp3
+ player.
+
+ ITEM LINUSN added an option to record files with the "bit reservoir"
+ disabled, thus making recorded files to get edited (using external mp3
+ editing tools) easier and better.
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(20-apr-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Jörn) questioned the
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/0799.shtml", current use of F2 and F3) and several other guys seemed to agree.
+ BAGDER
+ intend to post a completely redesigned keymapping suggestion
+ soon... NAME(Jörn) made the scroll and status bar ON/OFF possible to set
+ using the menu.
+
+ ITEM NAME(Brent Geery) says no hardware player on the planet
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/0820.shtml",
+ supports ID3 v1.2) and suggested Rockbox to be the first. Mixed emotions
+ followed, but the general feeling seems to be that it shouldn't be hard to
+ add code for, only slightly unnecessary.
+
+ ITEM
+ LINUSN made mono recordings do a better Xing header. Later
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/0923.shtml",
+ verified to work) by
+ NAME(Jörn Pochmann).
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(19-apr-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Stefan Meyer) submitted
+ LINK("https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=439120&aid=723682&group_id=44306",
+ his patch) that introduces file search in Rockbox.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(18-apr-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Thomas Paul Diffenbach) brought up the subject of
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/0755.shtml",
+ Rockbox 2.3 roadmap and plugins). Further explained in that thread, we plan
+ to have Rockbox support loadable plugins to reduce footprint and allow a
+ virtually unlimited number of functions and features.
+
+ ITEM NAME(Daniel Nguyen) started an avalanche by
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/0733.shtml",
+ suggesting) that mailing list mails should use a [ROCKBOX] prefix in the
+ subject lines. Various mail filtering arguments, tips and hints followed.
+
+ ITEM NAME(Jos Laake) found an
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/0748.shtml",
+ odd recording bug) that
+ LINUSN fixed almost immediate. It turned out to be a
+ Xing header problem.
+
+ ITEM NAME(Lee Donaghy) posted a nice repeatable way to
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/0693.shtml",
+ crash rockbox) with his mp3 song. This turned out to be the ID3 info funtion
+ using a too small buffer for the first loaded frame.
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(17-apr-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(c s) announced his
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/0699.shtml",
+ Alternating WPS Lines) proposal, with patch and mods available.
+
+ ITEM NAME(BoD) inroduced his
+ LINK("http://www2.jraf.org:8042/tmp/jwpsbuilder/jwpsbuilder.html", WPS editor
+ applet) to the the list.
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(16-apr-2003)
+
+ ITEM NAME(Magnus Öman)'s "inverted cursor" patch was applied by
+ LINUSN. There's a new setting in the display section for enabling it.
+
+ ITEM NAME(Thomas Paul Diffenbach)
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/0655.shtml",
+ reminded us) about his ID3 tag parsing code patch number
+ LINK("http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=706111&group_id=44306&atid=439120",
+ 706111) and explained how it parses genres.
+
+ ITEM Does the FM Recorder <i>really</i> support digital in (SPDIF)? LINUSN
+ hasn't found any connector for it on the PCB, but NAME(Gonz) received a LINK(
+ "http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/0679.shtml",
+ reply from Archos) that claims it does... he followed up with a later
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/0696.shtml",
+ report) and even later his
+ LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2003-04/0752.shtml",
+ reported success).
+
+ENDDATE
+
+NEWSDATE(15-apr-2003)
+
+ ITEM 2.0 was LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/download/", released). Much
+ rejoicing.
+
+ ITEM The all LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/manual/manual.pdf", new pdf manual)
+ deserves a special mentioning. NAME(Jose Maria Garcia Valdecasas Bernal) made
+ a huge effort with that one.
+
+ ITEM Numerous fixed LINK("http://rockbox.haxx.se/bugs.shtml", bug reports) on
+ sourceforge were closed.
+
+ENDDATE
+