From 2c6a47270711142956e229bc23a9eb564b415f51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 22:40:00 +0000 Subject: more files git-svn-id: svn://svn.rockbox.org/rockbox/trunk@6267 a1c6a512-1295-4272-9138-f99709370657 --- www/digest/log.t | 915 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 915 insertions(+) create mode 100644 www/digest/log.t (limited to 'www/digest/log.t') diff --git a/www/digest/log.t b/www/digest/log.t new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..15b66ea1ea --- /dev/null +++ b/www/digest/log.t @@ -0,0 +1,915 @@ +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 really 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 + -- cgit v1.2.3