Iaudio M5 User manual

The Rockbox Manual
for
Iaudio M5
rockbox.org
April 30, 2017

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Rockbox
http://www.rockbox.org/
Open Source Jukebox Firmware
Rockbox and this manual is the collaborative effort of the Rockbox team and
its contributors. See the appendix for a complete list of contributors.
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Contents
1. Introduction 11
1.1. Welcome ..................................... 11
1.2. Getting more help ............................... 11
1.3. Naming conventions and marks ........................ 12
2. Installation 13
2.1. Before Starting ................................. 13
2.2. Installing Rockbox ............................... 13
2.2.1. Automated Installation ........................ 14
2.2.2. Manual Installation .......................... 15
2.2.3. Finishing the install .......................... 16
2.2.4. Enabling Speech Support (optional) ................. 16
2.3. Running Rockbox ................................ 16
2.4. Updating Rockbox ............................... 16
2.5. Uninstalling Rockbox ............................. 17
2.5.1. Automatic Uninstallation ....................... 17
2.5.2. Manual Uninstallation ......................... 17
2.6. Troubleshooting ................................. 17
3. Quick Start 18
3.1. Basic Overview ................................. 18
3.1.1. The player’s controls .......................... 18
3.1.2. Turning the player on and off ..................... 19
3.1.3. Putting music on your player ..................... 19
3.1.4. The first contact ............................ 20
3.1.5. Basic controls .............................. 20
3.1.6. Basic concepts ............................. 20
3.2. Customising Rockbox ............................. 21
4. Browsing and playing 22
4.1. File Browser ................................... 22
4.1.1. File Browser Controls ......................... 23
4.1.2. Context Menu ............................. 23
4.1.3. Virtual Keyboard ............................ 25
4.2. Database .................................... 26
4.2.1. Introduction .............................. 26
4.2.2. Initializing the Database ........................ 26
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4.2.3. The Database Menu .......................... 27
4.2.4. Using the Database .......................... 28
4.3. While Playing Screen .............................. 29
4.3.1. WPS Key Controls ........................... 30
4.3.2. Peak Meter ............................... 30
4.3.3. The WPS Context Menu ....................... 31
4.4. Working with Playlists ............................. 34
4.4.1. Playlist terminology .......................... 34
4.4.2. Creating playlists ............................ 34
4.4.3. Adding music to playlists ....................... 36
4.4.4. Modifying playlists ........................... 37
4.4.5. Saving playlists ............................. 37
4.4.6. Loading saved playlists ........................ 38
5. The Main Menu 39
5.1. Introducing the Main Menu .......................... 39
5.2. Navigating the Main Menu .......................... 39
5.3. Recent Bookmarks ............................... 40
5.4. Files ....................................... 40
5.5. Database .................................... 41
5.6. Now Playing/Resume Playback ........................ 41
5.7. Settings ..................................... 41
5.7.1. Sound Settings ............................. 41
5.7.2. Playback Settings ........................... 41
5.7.3. General Settings ............................ 41
5.7.4. Theme Settings ............................. 41
5.7.5. Recording Settings ........................... 41
5.7.6. Manage Settings ............................ 42
5.8. Recording .................................... 42
5.8.1. While Recording Screen ........................ 42
5.9. Playlists ..................................... 43
5.10. Plugins ..................................... 43
5.11. System ...................................... 44
5.12. Quick Screen .................................. 44
5.13. Shortcuts .................................... 44
6. Sound Settings 47
6.1. Volume ..................................... 47
6.2. Bass ....................................... 47
6.3. Volume Limit .................................. 47
6.4. Treble ...................................... 48
6.5. Balance ..................................... 48
6.6. Channels .................................... 48
6.7. Stereo Width .................................. 48
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6.8. Crossfeed .................................... 49
6.9. Equalizer .................................... 50
6.10. Dithering .................................... 52
6.11. Timestretch ................................... 53
6.12. Haas Surround ................................. 53
6.13. Perceptual Bass Enhancement ......................... 53
6.14. Auditory Fatigue Reduction .......................... 54
6.15. Compressor ................................... 54
7. Playback Settings 55
7.1. Shuffle ...................................... 55
7.2. Repeat ...................................... 55
7.3. Play Selected First ............................... 56
7.4. Fast-Forward/Rewind ............................. 56
7.5. Anti-Skip Buffer ................................ 56
7.6. Fade on Stop/Pause .............................. 56
7.7. Party Mode ................................... 56
7.8. Crossfade .................................... 56
7.9. Replaygain ................................... 58
7.10. Track Skip Beep ................................ 59
7.11. Auto-Change Directory ............................ 59
7.12. Constrain Auto-Change ............................ 59
7.13. Last.fm Log ................................... 59
7.14. Cuesheet Support ................................ 60
7.15. Skip Length ................................... 60
7.16. Prevent Track Skipping ............................ 60
7.17. Rewind Before Resume ............................. 60
7.18. Rewind on Pause ................................ 61
8. General Settings 62
8.1. Playlist ..................................... 62
8.2. File View .................................... 62
8.3. Database .................................... 64
8.4. Display ..................................... 64
8.5. System ...................................... 68
8.5.1. Battery ................................. 68
8.5.2. Disk ................................... 68
8.5.3. Limits .................................. 68
8.5.4. Use Shortcuts Menu Instead of Quick Screen ............ 69
8.5.5. Car Adapter Mode ........................... 69
8.5.6. Keyclick ................................. 69
8.5.7. Advanced Key Lock .......................... 70
8.6. Startup/Shutdown ............................... 70
8.6.1. Start Screen ............................... 70
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8.6.2. Idle Poweroff .............................. 71
8.6.3. Sleep Timer ............................... 71
8.7. Bookmarking .................................. 72
8.8. Automatic resume ............................... 73
8.9. Language .................................... 74
8.10. Voice ....................................... 74
9. Theme Settings 77
10.Recording Settings 79
10.1. Format ...................................... 79
10.2. Encoder Settings (MP3 only) ......................... 79
10.3. Frequency .................................... 79
10.4. Source ...................................... 80
10.5. Channels .................................... 80
10.6. Mono Mode ................................... 80
10.7. File Split Options ................................ 80
10.8. Prerecord Time ................................. 80
10.9. Clear Recording Directory ........................... 81
10.10.Clipping Light ................................. 81
10.11.Trigger ...................................... 81
11.Time and Date 83
12.Plugins 84
12.1. Games ...................................... 84
12.1.1. 2048 ................................... 84
12.1.2. Blackjack ................................ 85
12.1.3. Boomshine ............................... 86
12.1.4. BrickMania ............................... 86
12.1.5. Bubbles ................................. 87
12.1.6. Chessbox ................................ 87
12.1.7. Chopper ................................. 88
12.1.8. Dice ................................... 89
12.1.9. Doom .................................. 89
12.1.10.Flipit .................................. 91
12.1.11.Goban .................................. 92
12.1.12.Invadrox ................................. 96
12.1.13.Jackpot ................................. 97
12.1.14.Jewels .................................. 97
12.1.15.Maze ................................... 98
12.1.16.MazezaM ................................ 98
12.1.17.Minesweeper .............................. 99
12.1.18.Pacbox .................................100
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12.1.19.Pegbox .................................101
12.1.20.Pong ...................................102
12.1.21.Puzzles .................................102
12.1.22.Reversi .................................103
12.1.23.Robotfindskitten ............................103
12.1.24.Rockblox ................................104
12.1.25.Rockblox1d ...............................104
12.1.26.Sliding Puzzle ..............................105
12.1.27.Snake ..................................105
12.1.28.Snake 2 .................................106
12.1.29.Sokoban .................................107
12.1.30.Solitaire .................................108
12.1.31.Spacerocks ...............................109
12.1.32.Star ...................................109
12.1.33.Sudoku .................................110
12.1.34.Superdom ................................111
12.1.35.Wormlet .................................113
12.1.36.Xobox ..................................115
12.1.37.XWorld .................................116
12.2. Demos ......................................116
12.2.1. Bounce .................................116
12.2.2. Credits .................................117
12.2.3. Cube ...................................117
12.2.4. Demystify ................................118
12.2.5. FFT ...................................118
12.2.6. Fire ...................................118
12.2.7. Fractals .................................119
12.2.8. Logo ...................................119
12.2.9. Matrix ..................................120
12.2.10.Mosaique ................................120
12.2.11.Oscilloscope ...............................121
12.2.12.PictureFlow ...............................121
12.2.13.Plasma .................................123
12.2.14.Rocklife .................................123
12.2.15.Snow ...................................124
12.2.16.Starfield .................................124
12.2.17.VU meter ................................125
12.3. Viewers .....................................125
12.3.1. Shortcuts ................................126
12.3.2. Chip-8 Emulator ............................127
12.3.3. Frotz ...................................128
12.3.4. Image Viewer ..............................129
12.3.5. Lua scripting language .........................130
12.3.6. Midiplay .................................130
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12.3.7. MPEG Player ..............................131
12.3.8. MP3 Encoder ..............................133
12.3.9. Rockboy .................................133
12.3.10.Search ..................................134
12.3.11.Shopper .................................134
12.3.12.Sort ...................................135
12.3.13.Speedread ................................136
12.3.14.Text Viewer ...............................136
12.3.15.Theme Remove .............................140
12.3.16.VBRfix .................................141
12.3.17.ZXBox ..................................141
12.4. Applications ...................................143
12.4.1. Alarm Clock ..............................143
12.4.2. Battery Benchmark ..........................144
12.4.3. Calculator ................................145
12.4.4. Calendar ................................146
12.4.5. Chess Clock ...............................146
12.4.6. Clock ..................................148
12.4.7. Dict ...................................150
12.4.8. Disk Tidy ................................150
12.4.9. Keybox .................................151
12.4.10.Lamp ..................................151
12.4.11.Lrcplayer ................................152
12.4.12.Main Menu Configuration .......................155
12.4.13.md5sum .................................155
12.4.14.Metronome ...............................155
12.4.15.One-Time Password Client ......................159
12.4.16.Advanced Settings ...........................160
12.4.17.Periodic Table .............................160
12.4.18.Pitch Detector .............................160
12.4.19.Random Folder Advance Configuration ...............161
12.4.20.Resistor Calculator ...........................162
12.4.21.Stats ...................................163
12.4.22.Stopwatch ................................163
12.4.23.Text Editor ...............................164
13.Advanced Topics 165
13.1. Customising the User Interface ........................165
13.1.1. Customising The Main Menu .....................165
13.1.2. Getting Extras .............................165
13.1.3. Loading Fonts .............................165
13.1.4. Loading Languages ...........................166
13.1.5. Loading Backdrops ...........................166
13.1.6. UI Viewport ..............................166
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13.2. Configuring the Theme .............................167
13.2.1. Themeing – General Info .......................167
13.2.2. Themes – Create Your Own ......................167
13.2.3. Info Viewport (SBS only) .......................170
13.2.4. Additional Fonts ............................170
13.3. Managing Rockbox Settings ..........................173
13.3.1. Introduction to .cfg Files .......................173
13.3.2. Specifications for .cfg Files ......................173
13.3.3. The Manage Settings menu ....................174
13.4. Firmware Loading ...............................175
13.4.1. Using ROLO (Rockbox Loader) ....................175
13.5. Optimising battery runtime ..........................175
13.5.1. Display backlight ............................175
13.5.2. Anti-Skip Buffer ............................176
13.5.3. Replaygain ...............................176
13.5.4. Peak Meter ...............................176
13.5.5. Audio format and bitrate .......................176
13.5.6. Sound settings .............................176
A. File formats 177
A.1. Supported file formats .............................177
B. Audio and metadata formats 178
B.1. Supported audio formats ............................178
B.1.1. Lossy Codecs ..............................178
B.1.2. Lossless Codecs .............................179
B.1.3. Other Codecs ..............................180
B.1.4. Codec featureset ............................181
B.2. Supported metadata tags ...........................182
B.2.1. Featureset for generic metadata tags .................182
B.2.2. Featureset for codec specific metadata ................183
B.2.3. Limitations of metadata handling ...................183
C. Album Art 184
C.1. Limitations ...................................184
C.2. Where to put album art ............................184
D. Theme Tags 186
D.1. Status Bar ....................................186
D.2. Hardware Capabilities .............................186
D.3. Information from the track tags ........................187
D.4. Viewports ....................................187
D.5. Additional Fonts ................................188
D.6. Misc Coloring Tags ...............................188
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D.7. Power Related Information ..........................188
D.8. Information about the file ...........................189
D.9. Playlist/Song Info ...............................190
D.10.Playlist Viewer .................................190
D.11.Runtime Database ...............................191
D.12.Sound (DSP) settings .............................191
D.13.Hold .......................................191
D.14.Virtual LED ..................................192
D.15.Repeat Mode ..................................192
D.16.Playback Mode .................................192
D.17.Current Screen .................................192
D.18.List Title (.sbs only) .............................193
D.19.Changing Volume ................................194
D.20.Settings .....................................194
D.21.Images ......................................195
D.21.1.How to display the album art .....................196
D.22.Alignment and language direction .......................197
D.23.Conditional Tags ................................198
D.24.Subline Tags ..................................198
D.25.Time and Date .................................199
D.26.Text Translation ................................199
D.27.Bar Tags .....................................199
D.27.1.Options .................................200
D.28.Other Tags ...................................201
E. Config file options 202
F. Menu Overview 208
G. User feedback 209
G.1. Bug reports ...................................209
G.1.1. Rules for submitting new bug reports ................209
G.2. Feature ideas ..................................209
G.2.1. Rules for submitting a new feature idea ...............209
G.2.2. Features we will not implement ....................210
H. Credits 211
I. Licenses 215
I.1. GNU Free Documentation License ......................215
I.2. The GNU General Public License .......................223
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