is it possible to play/pause while not in WPS?

[pechinma]

i'd find this function very useful while at the gym (clip in mi pocket). i know that i can pause or stop the playing of the track by pressing exit briefly but pressing it again doesn't restart the track. is there such a key mapping or function in any build?

[CrowdAds]

[WalkGood]

Go to the "Now Playing/Resume Playback" and resume ...

[funman]

home + select

[pechinma]

Originally Posted by funman

home + select

so it's:

exit button = pause
home/select combo = resume

that works, but the combo is a bit tricky when the clip is in my pocket. is it possible for me to "bind" another key (not combo, single key) to the resume function?

if not, maybe one of you geniuses who knows how to code this stuff can make a build for this ...a build for people who wants to pause/resume quickly without having to look at the clip

[Confuseling]

You can change the keybindings without too much trouble - although coming up with a consistent set is more of a nightmare than it would at first appear.

Set up a build environment;

http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/SimpleGuideToCompiling
http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/LinuxSimpleGuideToCompiling

and I'll talk you through the rest of it...

-ETA-

In fact, here's a build that does what you want (hold 'home' to start/stop, works almost anywhere... I realise that short power might have been preferable, but sadly it interferes with some apparently hard-wired controls in the plugins ), but I've fiddled around with some of the other controls too. Short home is now hotkey, and quickscreen has moved to short down. Nothing too drastic - you'll probably cope with it if you really don't want to set up a build environment.

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[pechinma]

thanks man! it works fine, long home. only problem is all other keys are a bit messy now, for example i can't seem to get back to the "main menu" from WPS while still playing...guess i'll have to fiddle around with it to figure it out

[Confuseling]

I think if you hit power it should do it - or you could hit select, then left.

Don't know. It's something of a murky business, trying to fit extra stuff in, as I'm now discovering...

Either of these two should work better...

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1257491/rock...ate.keymap.zip [this one uses power]

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1257491/rock...e.keymap.2.zip [this one uses home]

[pechinma]

Originally Posted by Confuseling

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1257491/rock...e.keymap.2.zip [this one uses home]

best one this far! thanks man

only one thing: long up takes me to a tune pitching thing. maybe i haven't understood it correctly but i don't see when i'd ever be in such a hurry to change pitch. maybe it'd be handier to have pitch in the quick menu (long down)? that way pitch would be only two clicks away and long up could be used to turn the backlight on w/o pausing

[Confuseling]

Pitch thing is good for me and anyone who uses podcasts (gives you access to timestretch).

You could try setting 'WPS hotkey' to off, and briefly pressing power? Or, of course, you could just turn 'first button press turns backlight on only' on... That is what it's for...

[pechinma]

Originally Posted by Confuseling

Pitch thing is good for me and anyone who uses podcasts (gives you access to timestretch).

You could try setting 'WPS hotkey' to off, and briefly pressing power? Or, of course, you could just turn 'first button press turns backlight on only' on... That is what it's for...

of course

maybe i'll find pitch useful then, i mostly listen to podcasts/audiobooks

[Confuseling]

It's very useful. Turn on 'timestretch' in the sound settings, and try it then - it's actually surprisingly well implemented (as in, you can still understand it).

I'm not one of these crazy crackers that thinks you can listen to ten podcasts per day at double the speed and still take it all in, but sometimes you do want to speed through a bit without missing it entirely - and some speaking voices are... just... plain... not... designed... for... radio.

What sort of stuff you listening to then? Have you tried the LSE podcasts?

http://www.lse.ac.uk/resources/podca...sAndEvents.htm

It's officially awesome...

[pechinma]

wow, interesting stuff. i like TTC:s lectures and this seem to be the same concept. i'll definitely try some of them.

i listen to TTC, XFM/ricky gervais show, ripped stand up comedy CD:s, and regular audiobooks.

rockbox isn't optimal for podcasts though, OF is better in some ways. but overall i'd say that rockbox is a winner.

[Confuseling]

I'll have to have a look at TTC, cheers...

I'm curious why you say the OF is better at podcasts in some ways?

Also, redownload from the link above - it's been improved somewhat.

[pechinma]

Originally Posted by Confuseling

I'll have to have a look at TTC, cheers...

I'm curious why you say the OF is better at podcasts in some ways?

Also, redownload from the link above - it's been improved somewhat.

in OF i can access the podcasts quicker, and i find the bookmark function more simple. it's just more adapted to audiobooks and podcasts. in rockbox i have to search for the authors name in the database or fiddle around in the folders, and i haven't got the bookmarks working that well. to be honest i search the file and then use fast forward to where i remember i was the last time i listened...if you got any tips on how to configure this to work easier, i'm thankful for help.

[Confuseling]

I've only just started using it myself, and have never used it in the OF.

But try setting;

Bookmark on stop -> Yes, Recent only
Maintain a list of recent bookmarks -> Unique only

Then at the beginning of the menu is a list of recently listened to files, and where you've got to in them. Only works if you pick things through the filebrowser mind, but other than that it's straightforward...

[pechinma]

Originally Posted by Confuseling

I've only just started using it myself, and have never used it in the OF.

But try setting;

Bookmark on stop -> Yes, Recent only
Maintain a list of recent bookmarks -> Yes

yes, i've tried that for some time now and it's a real mess when you listen to music as well..it bookmarks music files, and since i stop a lot when i listen to music it fills the "list of recent bookmarks" with quite a lot of unimportant bookmarks.

[Confuseling]

Try;

Bookmark on stop -> No
Update on stop -> Yes
Maintain a list -> Unique only

Then for each thing you want to bookmark, manually create a bookmark while playing it with the context menu (hold select). Now, when you stop that file it'll update the bookmark, but it won't automatically create them. You will need to clean out the bookmark files every so often (deleting them from the 'recent bookmarks' list isn't the same thing as deleting the files), but it looks manageable...

ETA - also, for any directories / playlists that already have a bookmark but shouldn't, you'll have to go and delete them. You could do it manually, or just use a script (really depends how many you've got... )

ETA2 - one approach would be to use this script...

require "luadir"


exts = { "bmark" }

function clean(path)

    ext = string.gsub(path, "^[^\.]*\.", "")
    for _,e in ipairs(exts) do
        if e == ext then
            rb.remove(path)
            return
        end
    end
end

function recurse(dir)
    for path, isdir in luadir.dir(dir) do
        if isdir then
            if path ~= "." and path ~= ".." then
                recurse(dir .. '/' .. path, func)
            end
        else
            clean(dir .. '/' .. path)
        end
    end
end

recurse('/MUSIC')

-- microSD
if rb.dir_exists('/<microSD1>/') then
    recurse('/<microSD1>/MUSIC')
end

Adapted from something Funman wrote... Save it as a .lua, and 'open with' lua on the Clip, should do the trick. http://anythingbutipod.com/forum/sho...&postcount=792

[pechinma]

thanks, i'll try that. think i already removed bookmark on stop because it caused havoc with all the music played and that.