manual/configure_rockbox/autoresume.tex

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   2 \section{\label{ref:Autoresumeconfigactual}Automatic resume}
   3
   4 The automatic resume feature stores and recalls resume positions for
   5 all tracks without user intervention.  These resume points are stored
   6 in the database, and thus automatic resume only works when the
   7 database has been initialized.
   8
   9 When automatic resume is enabled, manually selected tracks resume
  10 playback at their last playback position.  It does not matter in which
  11 way you start the track; tracks are resumed whether they are navigated
  12 to through the database browser or file browser, from a playlist or
  13 bookmark, or by skipping through tracks in a playlist.
  14
  15 Optionally, you can also enable automatic resume for automatic track
  16 transitions.  In this case, the next track will be resumed as well
  17 instead of starting playback at its beginning.  This is most useful
  18 for podcasts, and can be enabled on a per-directory basis.
  19
  20 A track's resume position is updated whenever playback of that track
  21 stops, including when explicitly stopping the track, powering off the
  22 \dap{}, or starting playback of another track.
  23
  24 If you intend to start a track from its beginning but notice that it
  25 was resumed, you can press \ActionWpsSkipPrev{} in the WPS to skip back to
  26 its beginning.  When pressing \ActionWpsSkipPrev{} again in the first few
  27 seconds of a track to go to the previous track, the previously (on
  28 first button press) saved resume position is retained.  Therefore, you
  29 can also use \ActionWpsSkipPrev{} and \ActionWpsSkipNext{} to skip
  30 across tracks in a playlist without losing their resume position.
  31
  32 \begin{description}
  33 \item[Automatic resume.] This option enables or disables automatic
  34   resume globally.  When Rockbox detects that the database (which is
  35   needed for this feature) has not been initialized yet, it asks
  36   whether it should be initialized right away.
  37
  38 \item[Resume on automatic track change.] Controls whether the next
  39   track in an automatic track transition should be resumed at its last
  40   playback position as well.
  41   \begin{description}
  42   \item[No.] Automatic resume works only for manual track selection.
  43   \item[Yes.] Always attempt to resume -- for both manual and
  44     automatic track changes.
  45   \item[In custom directories only.] Configure directories in which to
  46     enable resume on automatic track change.  Selecting this option
  47     starts the text editor, in which you can enter the (absolute,
  48     case-insensitive) directory names separated by colons (``:'').
  49
  50     A typical value is ``/podcast'', which matches all files in
  51     directories \fname{/PODCAST}, \fname{/Podcast} or \fname{/podcast}
  52     and their subdirectories, but not in directories \fname{/podcasts}
  53     (mind the trailing ``s'') or \fname{/audio/podcast}.
  54   \end{description}
  55 \end{description}