Hi,
I think the new volume setting is fine and the -db setting is very
intuitive when you get used to it. But I think it wasn't a good idea
to remove clipping prevention completely. The argument was: almost no
hifi-equipment uses clipping prevention, so why should we use it?
Rockbox is better
On 08.12.2005, Magnus Holmgren wrote:
My patch removes clipping prevention altogether (like we had
it on Archos Recorders Ondios for years, btw).
And makes fade on stop pretty ugly (sounds get chopped rather
than change smoothly), it seems... :)
Oooops, that's a bug. I forgot to adjust the
On 12/8/05, [IDC]Dragon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't think I've ever seen any audio playback equipment of any kind
offer clipping prevention.
Haha, I just envision how odd it would be if my amp would start turning
other knobs as I crank up the volume...
lol.
That's a good one.
lImbus
Christi Alice Scarborough wrote:
I do believe that there is value in an option that prevents clipping,
particularly if it can be implemented in a platform independent way.
Personally I find the whole idea of clipping prevention somewhat odd, very much
protecting the user from himself which
Jens Arnold wrote:
Now I am asking for opinions/ suggestions on this. I would
really like to commit this...
Gets my vote.
Linus
Jens Arnold wrote:
Now I am asking for opinions/ suggestions on this. I would
really like to commit this...
This is more or less exactly what I've wanted all along, so thumbs up
from me.
Thom
On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Anton Oleynikov wrote:
The whole point of me doing first patch was that second option. It was
extensively discussed in the forum and now that seem to be eliminated,
right?
In the forum perhaps, but not a lot here.
How come?
Jens explained it pretty well in his mail,
On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Anton Oleynikov wrote:
And no matter what, it is always considered fine to improve whatever we did
before.
Improve - yes, but completely remove what I've just done after not even
speak up when asked - its another thing :)
But he mailed here now and we're debating it
Anton Oleynikov wrote:
The whole point of my patch was that user finally have intelligent
bass/volume control that allow him to compare sound directly
to original iRiver's firmware
This is absolutely irrelevant IMHO. We couldn't care less about the
original firmware.
Linus
On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Michael E. DiFebbo wrote:
I also believe that having a prevent clipping function similar to what
Anton developed is beneficial to Rockbox, particularly with respect to
making it more accessible to less sophisticated users.
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