[cooperpwc]

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I've put together another build here, sync'd with the latest Rockbox release (3.11). Latest Castor patches are already included. Other patches applied are: 

1. 10bands_eq.2.patch
2. ipod6g_charger-v1.patch
3. ipod6g_max_vol_cap.patch

Thanks for this. The charging patch is what I have been looking for. 
 
Reversing myself:  While I don't use eq much, I do have to admit that the 10-band eq looks pretty cool and has potential for finer bass adjustments. I will play with it.
 

 

[aroldan]

That patch is to prevent clipping above 6dB. There's not even need to turn the volume that loud. If you're using an external amp without a LOD, the suggested volume is around -5dB and 0dB. I can however in the future provide a separate build without that patch.
 
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@aroldan
 
Can you suggest me a way as to how to do away with the max_vol_cap patch from your build? Means I like your builds but that max_vol_cap.patch.
 
Will highly appreciate if you can help me on this since you seemed more knowledgeable in these..
 
 

 

 

[dippyboy_87]

Thanks aroldan, yeah I already know the purpose of this max_vol_cap.patch. But still there are some extremely quiet classical pieces that I listen to where I usually take advantage of  this +db volume limit so to speak. Will be extremely happy if you can manage the time to come out with that separate build without that patch.
 
Cheers!

 

[aroldan]

Here it is! The same build as above, with the same patches excluding ipod6g_max_vol_cap.patch

 

[dippyboy_87]

Thanks a tonne aroldan..

 

[r100]

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I've put together another build here, sync'd with the latest Rockbox release (3.11). Latest Castor patches are already included. Other patches applied are: 

1. 10bands_eq.2.patch
2. ipod6g_charger-v1.patch
3. ipod6g_max_vol_cap.patch

Thank you, aroldan! Tested it for one day, seems very stable and also easy on the battery to me.
But I don't really get what the 'ipod6g_charger-v1.patch' is doing or should be doing. If I connect to charger it still thinks it's connected to USB.

 

[dippyboy_87]

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Thank you, aroldan! Tested it for one day, seems very stable and also easy on the battery to me.
But I don't really get what the 'ipod6g_charger-v1.patch' is doing or should be doing. If I connect to charger it still thinks it's connected to USB.

x2
 

 

[ostewart]

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I've put together another build here, sync'd with the latest Rockbox release (3.11). Latest Castor patches are already included. Other patches applied are: 

1. 10bands_eq.2.patch
2. ipod6g_charger-v1.patch
3. ipod6g_max_vol_cap.patch

Thank you, aroldan! Tested it for one day, seems very stable and also easy on the battery to me.
But I don't really get what the 'ipod6g_charger-v1.patch' is doing or should be doing. If I connect to charger it still thinks it's connected to USB.

X3

 

[aroldan]

Hmm true.You can still hold the Menu button while connecting the charger. I've yet to understand the Rockbox code

 

[radiohlite]

thank you guys for this!
 
i just switched last night and spent an hour playing with the EQ! 

but even without EQ i can tell it sounds better...frequency response seems to be the same, but there's soundstage and clarity, and no harshness.
 
i was only wondering if the thing charges automatically when plugged in to USB or what because i cant tell and today i listened to it for about 3 hrs and the battery was almost gone [from about 2/3 last nite] so i started thinking maybe it didnt charge at all yesterday when it was plugged in 

 

[shrimants]

It should charge automatically, but if you plug it into a power-only source, like a wall adapter, you might not have it charging. It only jumps into automatic disk mode when it sees a data connection, otherwise I think it simply ignores the USB connection. Plug it in while holding the menu button iirc. That should put it into car adapter mode, where it can charge without a data signal

 

[radiohlite]

ok thx!

 

[Aevum]

theres no problem uploading files to it in rockbox, no ?
 
No need to use itunes or whatever, you just dump them MSC mode on it and then do a database refresh ?

 

[denest]

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theres no problem uploading files to it in rockbox, no ?
 
No need to use itunes or whatever, you just dump them MSC mode on it and then do a database refresh ?

I use Winamp to copy over compilation albums from my (originally itunes) library, since otherwise they're difficult to find.  Otherwise I just treat the Rockboxed ipod as a hard drive and drag and drop files and folders onto it.  My database issues seem to have sorted themselves out - I found out that I had turned on "Update database automatically", and "Load Database to RAM", and when I turned those off the database stopped hanging when updating.  The rockbox sound seems to me to have more of a 3D soundstage, and more bottom end and punch than the sound on my other (newer) Ipod classic.  I couldn't be happier with Rockbox, and I'm delighted that I made the switch.
 
 

 

[cooperpwc]

Ability to browse by the same folders that you drag and drop is one of the things that makes Rockbox special - and different from iTunes. But your music collection has to be well organised.