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3 The \setting{\label{ref:PlaybackSettings}Playback Settings} menu allows
4 you to configure settings related to audio playback.
6 \section{Shuffle}
7 Turning shuffle on will cause Rockbox to randomly re-order the
8 playlist. Thus, to shuffle all of the audio files on the player, you first
9 need to create a playlist containing all of them. For more information on
10 creating playlists refer to \reference{ref:working_with_playlists}.\\
11 Options: \setting{Yes}/\setting{No}.
13 \section{Repeat}
14 Configures settings related to repeating of directories or playlists.\\
15 Options: \setting{Off} / \setting{All} / \setting{One} / \setting{Shuffle} /
16 \setting{A-B}:
17 \begin{description}
19 \item[Off.] The current playlist will not repeat when it is finished.
20 \note{If you have the \setting{Auto-Change Directory} option set to
21 \setting{Yes}, Rockbox will move on to the next directory on your
22 hard drive. If the \setting{Auto-Change Directory} option is set to
23 \setting{No}, playback will stop when the current directory or
24 playlist is finished.}
26 \item[All.] The current playlist will repeat when it is finished.
29 \item[One. ]Repeat one track over and over.
31 \item[Shuffle.] When the current playlist has finished playing, it will
32 be shuffled and then repeated.
34 \item[A-B.] Repeats between two user defined points within a track,
35 typically used by musicians when attempting to learn a piece of music.
36 This option is more complicated to use than the others as the \dap\
37 must first be placed into A-B repeat mode and then the start and end
38 points defined.\\
40 \opt{ab_repeat_buttons}{%
41 To set the Start Point (A) press \ActionWpsAbSetAPrevDir{}.
42 Setting the End Point (B) is done accordingly using
43 \ActionWpsAbSetBNextDir{}. To reset the markers press \ActionWpsAbReset{}.
45 \opt{ipod,IAUDIO_X5_PAD,ONDIO_PAD,PLAYER_PAD,PBELL_VIBE500_PAD}{%
46 To set the Start Point (A) press \ActionWpsBrowse{}. The following
47 press of \ActionWpsBrowse{} will set the End Point (B), and a third
48 successive \ActionWpsBrowse{} will reset the markers.
50 \end{description}
52 \section{Play Selected First}
53 This setting controls what happens when you
54 select a file for playback while shuffle mode is on. If the
55 \setting{Play Selected First} setting is \setting{Yes}, the file you
56 selected will be played first. If this setting is \setting{No}, a random
57 file in the directory will be played first.
59 \section{Fast-Forward/Rewind}
60 These settings control the speed and acceleration during fast forward and rewind.
61 The setting \setting{FF/RW Min Step} controls the initial speed and \setting{FF/RW Accel} controls the acceleration.
63 \opt{disk_storage}{
64 \section{\label{ref:AntiSkipBuf}Anti-Skip Buffer}
65 This setting controls how early Rockbox starts refilling the music buffer
66 from the hard drive when playing. A longer Anti-Skip Buffer helps prevent
67 skips in music playback if Rockbox has trouble reading from the disk.
68 This can happen if the \dap{} is knocked, shaken or jogged heavily while
69 Rockbox is trying to read the hard drive.
71 \opt{masd,masf}{
72 The anti-skip buffer can be set to a value between 0 and 7
73 seconds.\\
76 \opt{swcodec}{
77 The anti-skip buffer can be set to various values between
78 5 seconds and 10 minutes.\\
81 \note{Having a large anti-skip buffer tends to use more power, and may
82 reduce your battery life. It is recommended to always use the lowest
83 possible setting that allows correct and continuous playback.}
86 \section{Fade on Stop/Pause}
87 Enables and disables a fade effect when you
88 pause or stop playing a song. If the Fade on Stop/Pause option is
89 set to \setting{Yes}, your music will fade out when you stop or pause
90 playback, and fade in when you resume playback.
92 \section{Party Mode}
93 Enables unstoppable music playback. When new songs are
94 selected, they are queued at the end of the current dynamic playlist
95 instead of being played immediately. Pausing and stopping playback is
96 disabled as well as skipping songs and launching plugins.
98 \opt{swcodec}{
99 \opt{crossfade}{
100 \section{Crossfade}
101 This section controls the behavior of the crossfader. The crossfader, when
102 enabled, smoothly fades one track into the next. This can occur in two
103 situations: an automatic track change or a manual track skip. An automatic
104 track change occurs at the end of the track, moving to the next track in the
105 playlist without user intervention. A manual track skip goes to the next
106 track immediately when the appropriate button is pressed.\\
108 Options for crossfade settings are:
109 \begin{description}
110 \item[Enable Crossfade.] If set to \setting{Off}, crossfade is disabled
111 and all track changes are gapless. If set to
112 \setting{Automatic Track Change Only}, crossfade occurs for automatic
113 track changes, but not for manual track skips. The next setting,
114 \setting{Manual Track Skip Only}, is the opposite: tracks will only
115 crossfade when manually skipped. If set to \setting{Shuffle}, crossfade
116 is enabled for all track changes, automatic or manual, when the shuffle
117 feature is set to \setting{Yes}, but disabled otherwise. If set to
118 \setting{Shuffle or Manual Track Skip} then crossfade will be active
119 either when shuffle is set to \setting{Yes} or the track is manually
120 skipped. If set to \setting{Always}, tracks will always crossfade into
121 one another.
123 \item[Fade In Delay.] The ``fade in delay'' is the length of time between
124 when the crossfade process begins and when the new track begins to fade
127 \item[Fade In Duration.] The length of time, in seconds, that it takes
128 your music to fade in once the \setting{Fade In Delay} has ended.
130 \item[Fade Out Delay.] The ``fade out delay'' is the length of time
131 between when the crossfade process begins and when the old track begins
132 to fade out.
134 \item[Fade Out Duration.] The length of time, in seconds, that it takes
135 your music to fade out once the \setting{Fade Out Delay} has ended.
137 \item[Fade Out Mode.] If set to \setting{Crossfade}, one song will fade
138 out and the next song will simultaneously fade in. If set to
139 \setting{Mix}, the ending song will not fade out at all, and will
140 continue to play as normal until its end with the starting song fading
141 in from under it. \setting{Mix} mode is not used for manual track skips,
142 even if it is selected here.
143 \end{description}
145 \note{The rules above apply except in the instance where
146 \setting{Fade Out Delay} plus \setting{Fade Out Duration} is less then
147 \setting{Fade In Delay} (which would create a gap in the audio). In this case,
148 the \setting{Fade In Delay} is reduced to eliminate the gap.\\}
150 The graphic below illustrates how the different settings work in practice.
152 \includegraphics[width=14cm]{configure_rockbox/images/crossfade_graphic.png}
153 }%\opt{crossfade}
155 \section{\label{ref:ReplayGain}Replaygain}
156 This allows you to control the replaygain function.
157 The purpose of replaygain is to adjust the volume of the music played
158 so that all songs (or albums, depending on your settings) have the
159 same apparent volume. This prevents sudden changes in volume when
160 changing between songs recorded at different volume levels.
161 For replaygain to work, the songs must have been processed by a program
162 that adds replaygain information to the ID3 tags (or Vorbis tags).\\
164 Options for replaygain are:
165 \begin{description}
166 \item[Replaygain Type.] Choose the type of replaygain to apply:
167 \begin{description}
168 \item[Album Gain.] Maintain a constant volume level between
169 albums, but keep any intentional volume variations between
170 songs in an album. (If album gain value is not available,
171 uses track gain information).
173 \item[Track Gain.] Maintain a constant volume level between
174 tracks. If track gain value is not available, no replaygain
175 is applied.
177 \item[Track Gain If Shuffling.] Maintains a constant volume
178 between tracks if \setting{Shuffle} is set to \setting{Yes}.
179 Reverts to album mode if \setting{Shuffle} is set to \setting{No}.
181 \item[Off.] Do not process replaygain information, i.e. turn off
182 the replaygain function.
183 \end{description}
185 \item[Prevent Clipping.] Avoid clipping of a song's waveform.
186 If a song would clip during playback, the volume is lowered for
187 that song. Replaygain information is needed for this to work.
189 \item[Pre-amp.] This allows you to adjust the volume when replaygain
190 is applied. Replaygain often lowers the volume, sometimes quite
191 much, so here you can compensate for that. Please note that a
192 (large) positive pre-amp setting can cause clipping, unless
193 prevent clipping is enabled. The pre-amp can be set to any
194 decibel (dB) value between -12~dB and +12~dB, in increments of 0.5~dB.
195 \end{description}
197 \section{Track Skip Beep}
198 Controls the volume of the beep that is heard when
199 skipping forward or backward between tracks. The beep is disabled when
200 set to \setting{Off}.
201 }%\opt{swcodec}
203 \opt{spdif_power}{
204 \section{\label{ref:SPDIF_OnOff}Optical Output}
205 Enables or disables the optical S/PDIF output to
206 allow a digital connection to a suitable external decoder. To enable
207 optical output, set to \setting{Yes}
210 \section{Auto-Change Directory}
211 Control what Rockbox does when it reaches the end
212 of a directory. If \setting{Auto-Change Directory} is set to \setting{Yes},
213 Rockbox will continue to the next directory. If
214 \setting{Auto-Change Directory} is set to \setting{No}, playback will stop at
215 the end of the current playlist. Using the \setting{Random} feature requires
216 you to first generate a folder list via the Random Folder Advance Configuration
217 plugin (see \reference{ref:random_folder_advance_config}).\\
219 \note{You must have the \setting{Repeat} option set to \setting{No} for
220 \setting{Auto-Change Directory} to function properly.\\}
222 \note{This feature only works when songs have been played from the file
223 browser. Using it with the database may cause unexpected behaviour.}
226 \section{\label{ref:ConstrainAutoChange}Constrain Auto-Change}
227 If enabled and you have set \setting{Start File Browser Here} to a directory
228 other than root, \setting{Auto-Change Directory} will be constrained to the
229 directory you have chosen and those below it.
230 See \reference{ref:StartFileBrowserHere}.
233 \opt{headphone_detection}{
234 \section{Pause on Headphone Unplug}
235 Enables and disables automatic pausing of
236 playback when the headphones are disconnected from the \daps{} headphone
237 socket.
239 \begin{description}
240 \item[Pause on Headphone Unplug.] Options for automatic pause:
241 \begin{description}
242 \item[Off.] Disables automatic pause.
244 \item[Pause.] Pauses the \dap{} when the headphones are removed.
246 \item[Pause and Resume.] Pauses when the headphones are removed, and
247 resumes playback when they are reconnected.
248 \end{description}
250 \item[Disable Auto-Resume If Phones Not Present.] This option will disable
251 the automatic resumption of playback at startup if the headphones are not
252 connected to the \dap{}.
253 \note{This requires \setting{Resume on Startup} to be enabled.}
254 \end{description}
258 \section{Last.fm Log}\index{Last.fm Log}\index{Audioscrobbler|see{Last.fm Log}}
259 Enables logging of your played tracks for submittal to
260 \url{http://www.last.fm}. This service was formerly known as
261 \emph{Audioscrobbler}. When you enable this option, you'll have to reboot to
262 start the logging. The log-file is called
263 \opt{rtc}{\fname{.scrobbler.log},}%
264 \nopt{rtc}{\fname{.scrobbler-timeless.log},}%
265 and is to be found in the root directory of your \dap{}.\\
267 \note{See \wikilink{LastFMLog} for a further description, and for tools you
268 can use to submit your Last.fm log.}
270 \section{Cuesheet Support}\index{Cuesheet Support}
271 Enables reading of cuesheet files for played tracks. If a cuesheet is found
272 for a track, track markers are displayed on the progressbar and it is
273 possible to skip between the tracks within the cuesheet. Also the information
274 found in the cuesheet file will replace the information from the ID3 tags.
275 When you enable this option, you'll have to reboot for it to come into
276 effect.
278 Cuesheet files should have the same file name as the audio file they
279 reference, except with the extension \fname{.cue}. This file can either
280 reside in the same directory as the audio file (checked first), or within the
281 \fname{.rockbox/cue} directory.
283 The contents of a cuesheet file can also be embedded within the metadata of
284 an audio file. There is currently support for the FLAC tag/ Vorbis comment
285 \emph{CUESHEET} or the ID3v2 \emph{TXXX CUESHEET} tag.
287 \section{Skip Length}\index{Skip Length}
288 Designed to speed up navigation when listening to long audio tracks,
289 \setting{Skip Length} changes the behaviour of
290 the \ActionWpsSkipPrev{} and \ActionWpsSkipNext{} buttons so that they skip
291 by a given time instead of skipping to a new track.
292 The \setting{Skip to Outro} option changes the behaviour so that the buttons
293 skip to just before the end of the track, so that the last few seconds are
294 played before the next track.
296 \section{Prevent Track Skipping}\index{Prevent Track Skipping}
297 If this option is enabled, the ability to manually skip tracks is disabled
298 in order to avoid accidental track skips. It does not prevent changing tracks
299 if a track ends, which can be achieved by combining this option with
300 \setting{Repeat} set to \setting{One}
302 \opt{swcodec}{
303 \section{Rewind Before Resume}\index{Rewind Before Resume}
304 When restarting a track or a bookmark, a short rewind can be done before the
305 playback is started. This can be useful when listening to speech material,
306 to help remember what was being said just before playback was stopped.
307 The size of the rewind can be set to various values between 0 (off) and
308 60 seconds.
309 \note{This option does not apply to resuming a paused track. Use
310 the next option for rewinding on pause.}
311 \note{The actual rewind distance may differ a little from the requested
312 value, depending on the file in question.}
313 }%\opt{swcodec}
315 \section{Rewind on Pause}\index{Rewind on Pause}
316 This option rewinds the current track by a small amount whenever it is
317 paused (not stopped). The amount to rewind can be set between 0 and
318 15 seconds.