Tactile Buttons in Hold Mode: Custom Patches

andrewthecoder · 05-30-2009, 23:34

These may be helpful to some people, to me this functionality is essential to using my D2 in my pocket.

Rockbox is regularly updated/modified on SVN, every time a change is made it is called a new "revision". The revision at which the patch was last updated and built is displayed as part of the filename, eg. "FS10698.25000.zip" was built from revision 25000 of Rockbox.

If you desire a feature/update in a more recent revision of Rockbox than the one the patch was last updated to, please either;
a) be patient and wait for the author to update it,
b) learn to compile rockbox yourself and get the freedom of doing whatever you like, or
c) nag me to update it, by emailing me

Please take the time to post here if you use these - especially if you have any questions or encounter problems.

Have fun!
-Andrew

PATCHES, INFO AND COMPILED ZIPS HERE:
http://www.d2rockbox.co.uk/?a=patches

Fullmoon · 05-31-2009, 02:36

Nice. Would like to see source for this. IIRC there was a patch like this on rockbox.org, but I had some troubles using it.

andrewthecoder · 05-31-2009, 17:04

Sure, would you like an SVN diff for each of the Configs, or shall i just explain what I changed?
Huh, never saw that. Didn't even know there were any patches for the D2 on flyspray =O
I'll have a look at it and compare code.

andrewthecoder · 05-31-2009, 19:32

Fullmoon, I've updated my first post. Hopefully that is preferable. =)
(If you would like assistance with development, please feel free to ask)

I found the aforementioned patch; http://www.rockbox.org/tracker/task/9875
The initial code by 3amsleep is not ideal, as it is not localized to the WPS screen context, so pressing the hold/minus button would send a touchscreen-midleft signal no matter what screen you are on.

Rob's patch is very similar to mine, method-wise. (quite uncanny actually)
However, it is limited to only skip back and skip forward - clearly I have given many more options. Also, not sure why he changed the value of BUTTON_MAIN from 0x3FFF to 0xFFFF...
/me makes mental note to catch him on IRC some time.

Not sure what "troubles" you had, but remember that was created from revision 20011 back in February.
Chances are some of the affected files have changed too much for patch to cope with since then.

carmenm · 06-01-2009, 07:09

Hi,

Thanks a lot for those build. Very useful
Could you make another one like this:
pressing MINUS decreases volume by one,
pressing PLUS increases volume by one,
pressing MENU switches between Play and Pause,
holding MINUS skips back a track,
holding PLUS skips forward a track.
and maybe holding Menu would do stop. Can be useful if you want to be sure your player will shutdown after a few minutes(not sure about this one, would have to try it a bit)

I dont use the scan forward and would like to be able to do everything else.

Thanks

andrewthecoder · 06-01-2009, 08:07

carmenm: First post updated. Please test.
As far as I know the idle countdown timer kicks in when playback is paused *or* stopped, but I made hold/menu stop anyway since I didn't want to waste a button ;-)

carmenm · 06-02-2009, 07:41

Works perfectly, thanks a lot, will make my days a lot easier!
You were right about *or* so the stop isnt really necessary
Would it be possible to have something like next dir? Because as we cant write on disk we cant have complex playlists with multiples dir in it. So could be useful.

andrewthecoder · 06-02-2009, 08:24

Sure thing.
Updated.
=)

carmenm · 06-02-2009, 10:03

Man you are fast! THANKS
i am using the simulator to build my own config.cfg. Do you know how use the d2 simulator? i mean how to move in rockbox.

andrewthecoder · 06-02-2009, 10:28

I know everything

Sure, click the virtual buttons on the screen (like you do on the actual D2)

carmenm · 06-02-2009, 10:56

ok i feel dumb

carmenm · 06-03-2009, 03:01

Ok so i have been playing with it and i like it a lot!
Yet there is one thing bugging me. WIth you new build i had to deactivate the first key enable balcklight, because i dont like to have to press pause twice to actually pause ....
But this implies another problem.
When you unlock your d2 the backlight doesnt goes back on, and if you press a key then it will act as a key...
I see multiple solutions:
-we could turn the backlight on when unlocking(could there already be an option for that that i missed ???). At least that s what my ipod did.
-We could have an option for first key enable backlight only when hold is off
-There also the option of disabling the quick "hold to shutdown" press which pauses the musik. I think 3 sec shutdown your D2, may be 1s should pause and a really quick should just turn the backlight on.

What do you think?

andrewthecoder · 06-03-2009, 11:03

At first I thought I would simply add an inactive action code to the keymap for the power switch, so a short "pull" of the power switch would switch the backlight on.
That way, if you were in hold with the backlight off and wanted to press something on the screen, you would slide the switch out of hold mode then all the way to the power position briefly, to unlock and turn the backlight on in one motion.

That would probably have been sufficient, but I wasn't happy with that.
I wanted the Cowon functionality - a short pull of the power switch toggles the backlight no matter what you are doing.
So I spent a bit of time figuring out how to add that functionality.
The D2 power switch normally acts as a "Cancel" or "Back" button in Rockbox, but as far as I can see isn't actually necessary for navigation as long as you are willing to use the touch screen (despite it's "dodgy"ness).
So, Config 5 now has the Cowon functionality.
Test it and see if you like, or would prefer something else =)

carmenm · 06-03-2009, 11:54

Very nice idea.
It doesnt work though in file view.
Oh one big bug. It doesnt work well with first key pressed off. When the backlight is off it turn the backlight on then off right away.
Works correcty though to turn the backlight off.

Still i love the idea!

towatai · 06-09-2009, 08:06

hi andrew, i need a config 5 that jumps to the main menu when sliding the powerswitch like the version you build for me 2 or 3 weeks ago

greetz from good old germany!

05-30-2009, 23:34	#1
andrewthecoder Lazy Programmer Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland =) Posts: 486	Tactile Buttons in Hold Mode: Custom Patches These may be helpful to some people, to me this functionality is essential to using my D2 in my pocket. Rockbox is regularly updated/modified on SVN, every time a change is made it is called a new "revision". The revision at which the patch was last updated and built is displayed as part of the filename, eg. "FS10698.25000.zip" was built from revision 25000 of Rockbox. If you desire a feature/update in a more recent revision of Rockbox than the one the patch was last updated to, please either; a) be patient and wait for the author to update it, b) learn to compile rockbox yourself and get the freedom of doing whatever you like, or c) nag me to update it, by emailing me Please take the time to post here if you use these - especially if you have any questions or encounter problems. Have fun! -Andrew PATCHES, INFO AND COMPILED ZIPS HERE: http://www.d2rockbox.co.uk/?a=patches __________________ Audio; 16GB Cowon D2 DAB (Firmware: D2+ 1.13 + Rockbox + Full InvisibleShield - totally worth the money. +++ Rockbox Install Guide +++ Video; 32GB Cowon O2 + Noreve Premium Leather Case An awesome player is nothing without awesome headphones; I use Sennheiser CX400-II noise-isolating IEMs, so I can get lost in the music without deafening myself, even on noisy buses. For social use, I pocket my X-Mini II portable speaker. Bragging? Never Dentist Dunfermline Last edited by andrewthecoder; 01-06-2011 at 07:39.. Reason: updated system to host all @d2rockbox.co.uk

05-31-2009, 17:04	#3
andrewthecoder Lazy Programmer Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland =) Posts: 486	Sure, would you like an SVN diff for each of the Configs, or shall i just explain what I changed? Huh, never saw that. Didn't even know there were any patches for the D2 on flyspray =O I'll have a look at it and compare code. __________________ Audio; 16GB Cowon D2 DAB (Firmware: D2+ 1.13 + Rockbox + Full InvisibleShield - totally worth the money. +++ Rockbox Install Guide +++ Video; 32GB Cowon O2 + Noreve Premium Leather Case An awesome player is nothing without awesome headphones; I use Sennheiser CX400-II noise-isolating IEMs, so I can get lost in the music without deafening myself, even on noisy buses. For social use, I pocket my X-Mini II portable speaker. Bragging? Never Dentist Dunfermline

05-31-2009, 19:32	#4
andrewthecoder Lazy Programmer Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland =) Posts: 486	Fullmoon, I've updated my first post. Hopefully that is preferable. =) (If you would like assistance with development, please feel free to ask) I found the aforementioned patch; http://www.rockbox.org/tracker/task/9875 The initial code by 3amsleep is not ideal, as it is not localized to the WPS screen context, so pressing the hold/minus button would send a touchscreen-midleft signal no matter what screen you are on. Rob's patch is very similar to mine, method-wise. (quite uncanny actually) However, it is limited to only skip back and skip forward - clearly I have given many more options. Also, not sure why he changed the value of BUTTON_MAIN from 0x3FFF to 0xFFFF... /me makes mental note to catch him on IRC some time. Not sure what "troubles" you had, but remember that was created from revision 20011 back in February. Chances are some of the affected files have changed too much for patch to cope with since then. __________________ Audio; 16GB Cowon D2 DAB (Firmware: D2+ 1.13 + Rockbox + Full InvisibleShield - totally worth the money. +++ Rockbox Install Guide +++ Video; 32GB Cowon O2 + Noreve Premium Leather Case An awesome player is nothing without awesome headphones; I use Sennheiser CX400-II noise-isolating IEMs, so I can get lost in the music without deafening myself, even on noisy buses. For social use, I pocket my X-Mini II portable speaker. Bragging? Never Dentist Dunfermline

06-01-2009, 08:07	#6
andrewthecoder Lazy Programmer Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland =) Posts: 486	carmenm: First post updated. Please test. As far as I know the idle countdown timer kicks in when playback is paused or stopped, but I made hold/menu stop anyway since I didn't want to waste a button ;-) __________________ Audio; 16GB Cowon D2 DAB (Firmware: D2+ 1.13 + Rockbox + Full InvisibleShield - totally worth the money. +++ Rockbox Install Guide +++ Video; 32GB Cowon O2 + Noreve Premium Leather Case An awesome player is nothing without awesome headphones; I use Sennheiser CX400-II noise-isolating IEMs, so I can get lost in the music without deafening myself, even on noisy buses. For social use, I pocket my X-Mini II portable speaker. Bragging? Never Dentist Dunfermline

06-02-2009, 08:24	#8
andrewthecoder Lazy Programmer Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland =) Posts: 486	Sure thing. Updated. =) __________________ Audio; 16GB Cowon D2 DAB (Firmware: D2+ 1.13 + Rockbox + Full InvisibleShield - totally worth the money. +++ Rockbox Install Guide +++ Video; 32GB Cowon O2 + Noreve Premium Leather Case An awesome player is nothing without awesome headphones; I use Sennheiser CX400-II noise-isolating IEMs, so I can get lost in the music without deafening myself, even on noisy buses. For social use, I pocket my X-Mini II portable speaker. Bragging? Never Dentist Dunfermline

05-31-2009, 02:36	#2
Fullmoon Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Moscow Posts: 26	Nice. Would like to see source for this. IIRC there was a patch like this on rockbox.org, but I had some troubles using it.

06-01-2009, 07:09	#5
carmenm Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 60	Hi, Thanks a lot for those build. Very useful Could you make another one like this: pressing MINUS decreases volume by one, pressing PLUS increases volume by one, pressing MENU switches between Play and Pause, holding MINUS skips back a track, holding PLUS skips forward a track. and maybe holding Menu would do stop. Can be useful if you want to be sure your player will shutdown after a few minutes(not sure about this one, would have to try it a bit) I dont use the scan forward and would like to be able to do everything else. Thanks

06-02-2009, 07:41	#7
carmenm Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 60	Works perfectly, thanks a lot, will make my days a lot easier! You were right about or so the stop isnt really necessary Would it be possible to have something like next dir? Because as we cant write on disk we cant have complex playlists with multiples dir in it. So could be useful.

06-02-2009, 10:03	#9
carmenm Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 60	Man you are fast! THANKS i am using the simulator to build my own config.cfg. Do you know how use the d2 simulator? i mean how to move in rockbox. Last edited by carmenm; 06-02-2009 at 10:20..

06-02-2009, 10:28	#10
andrewthecoder Lazy Programmer Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland =) Posts: 486	I know everything Sure, click the virtual buttons on the screen (like you do on the actual D2) __________________ Audio; 16GB Cowon D2 DAB (Firmware: D2+ 1.13 + Rockbox + Full InvisibleShield - totally worth the money. +++ Rockbox Install Guide +++ Video; 32GB Cowon O2 + Noreve Premium Leather Case An awesome player is nothing without awesome headphones; I use Sennheiser CX400-II noise-isolating IEMs, so I can get lost in the music without deafening myself, even on noisy buses. For social use, I pocket my X-Mini II portable speaker. Bragging? Never Dentist Dunfermline

06-02-2009, 10:56	#11
carmenm Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 60	ok i feel dumb

06-03-2009, 03:01	#12
carmenm Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 60	Ok so i have been playing with it and i like it a lot! Yet there is one thing bugging me. WIth you new build i had to deactivate the first key enable balcklight, because i dont like to have to press pause twice to actually pause .... But this implies another problem. When you unlock your d2 the backlight doesnt goes back on, and if you press a key then it will act as a key... I see multiple solutions: -we could turn the backlight on when unlocking(could there already be an option for that that i missed ???). At least that s what my ipod did. -We could have an option for first key enable backlight only when hold is off -There also the option of disabling the quick "hold to shutdown" press which pauses the musik. I think 3 sec shutdown your D2, may be 1s should pause and a really quick should just turn the backlight on. What do you think?

06-03-2009, 11:03	#13
andrewthecoder Lazy Programmer Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland =) Posts: 486	At first I thought I would simply add an inactive action code to the keymap for the power switch, so a short "pull" of the power switch would switch the backlight on. That way, if you were in hold with the backlight off and wanted to press something on the screen, you would slide the switch out of hold mode then all the way to the power position briefly, to unlock and turn the backlight on in one motion. That would probably have been sufficient, but I wasn't happy with that. I wanted the Cowon functionality - a short pull of the power switch toggles the backlight no matter what you are doing. So I spent a bit of time figuring out how to add that functionality. The D2 power switch normally acts as a "Cancel" or "Back" button in Rockbox, but as far as I can see isn't actually necessary for navigation as long as you are willing to use the touch screen (despite it's "dodgy"ness). So, Config 5 now has the Cowon functionality. Test it and see if you like, or would prefer something else =) __________________ Audio; 16GB Cowon D2 DAB (Firmware: D2+ 1.13 + Rockbox + Full InvisibleShield - totally worth the money. +++ Rockbox Install Guide +++ Video; 32GB Cowon O2 + Noreve Premium Leather Case An awesome player is nothing without awesome headphones; I use Sennheiser CX400-II noise-isolating IEMs, so I can get lost in the music without deafening myself, even on noisy buses. For social use, I pocket my X-Mini II portable speaker. Bragging? Never Dentist Dunfermline

06-03-2009, 11:54	#14
carmenm Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 60	Very nice idea. It doesnt work though in file view. Oh one big bug. It doesnt work well with first key pressed off. When the backlight is off it turn the backlight on then off right away. Works correcty though to turn the backlight off. Still i love the idea!

06-09-2009, 08:06	#15
towatai Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bremen - BECKs Beer City Posts: 8	hi andrew, i need a config 5 that jumps to the main menu when sliding the powerswitch like the version you build for me 2 or 3 weeks ago greetz from good old germany!

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