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HAPTER
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ENERAL
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ETTINGS
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To set the Start Point (A) press
Mode
. The following press of
Mode
will set
the End Point (B), and a third successive
Mode
will reset the markers.
Play Selected First
This setting controls what happens when you select a file for play-
back while shuffle mode is on. If the P
LAY
S
ELECTED
F
IRST
setting is Y
ES
, the file
you selected will be played first. If this setting is N
O
, a random file in the direc-
tory will be played first.
Fast-Forward/Rewind
These settings control the speed and acceleration during fast
forward and rewind. The setting FF/RW M
IN
S
TEP
controls the initial speed and
FF/RW A
CCEL
controls the acceleration.
Anti-Skip Buffer
This setting allows you to control how much music is stored in the
player’s memory whilst playing a song, acting as a buffer against shock or play-
back problems. The player transfers the selected amount of the forthcoming song
into its memory at high speed whilst you are playing the song. It keeps a “rolling”
buffer, which keeps feeding more of the forthcoming song into memory as it goes
along. If the player is knocked, shaken or jogged heavily while Rockbox is trying
to read the hard drive, Rockbox might not be able to read the drive. Rockbox will
retry over and over again until it succeeds, but may eventually reach the end of
the memory buffer. When that happens, Rockbox must stop playing and wait for
more data from the disk, which causes your music to skip. The anti-skip setting
tells Rockbox how much extra buffer memory to spare to handle this situation.
This setting therefore allows you to reduce the chances of there being a gap or
pause during playback of songs.
The anti-skip buffer can safely be kept at zero. It will eventually be eliminated.
Note:
Having a large anti-skip buffer tends to use more power, and may reduce
b
your battery life. It is recommended to always use the lowest possible setting that
allows correct and continuous playback.
Fade on Stop/Pause
Enables and disables a fade effect when you pause or stop play-
ing a song. If the Fade on Stop/Pause option is set to Y
ES
, your music will fade
out when you stop or pause playback, and fade in when you resume playback.
Party Mode
Enables unstoppable music playback. When new songs are selected, they
are queued at the end of the current dynamic playlist instead of being played im-
mediately. Pausing and stopping playback is disabled as well as skipping songs
and launching plugins.
Auto-Change Directory
Control what Rockbox does when it reaches the end of a di-
rectory. If A
UTO
-C
HANGE
D
IRECTORY
is set to Y
ES
, Rockbox will continue to the
next directory. If A
UTO
-C
HANGE
D
IRECTORY
is set to N
O
, playback will stop at
the end of the current playlist. Using the R
ANDOM
feature requires you to first
generate a folder list via the Random Folder Advance Configuration plugin (see
section
10.4.7
(page
97
)).
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