Hi, I would like to start a new attempt at improving the metronome plugin in Rockbox. There are two main points:
1. Support config files with programmed songs (sequences of patterns with different meters / tempi). I guess it would make sense to use the "tempo map" format of http://das.nasophon.de/klick/ for this. 2. Have an optical mode, flashing the display (or parts of it) instead of or in addition to playing a sound. An Editor for these tempo maps inside the plugin would be bonus, but for starters I would consider the maps coming from elsewhere. My platform is a Sansa Clip+. My questions for the seasoned Rockbox devs are these: 1. Is there an API call to get a file selection dialog or should the plugin instead register as handler/codec for tempo map files to be started from the main "files" menu? Excuse me for not finding that answer myself, I didn't find an obvious place where API/plugin design is documented. Pointers welcome, of course. 2. Is using the display as flashing indicator LED feasible? I guess it should be for the Clip+, as it's just a little grid of OLEDs. But the question would be if it can be done quickly in a timely manner to serve as metronome (thinking of switching the whole upper or lower half for opposing tick/tock). Since there is no background illumination, it should be rather power conservative to have all black pixels most of the time, right? And regarding the speed/latency: I remember running Doom on that display, so that should technically work;-) I'm a seasoned C developer (some might recognize me for maintaining mpg123 over the last 8 years) and am confident to get the job done for giving Rockbox an awesome metronome, once I got the starting points. I did read the source of the existing metronome plugin and would start from there. Alrighty then, Thomas
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