Olympus m:robe 100 User manual

The Rockbox Manual
for
Olympus m:robe 100
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
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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. Starting the original firmware ..................... 19
3.1.4. Putting music on your player ..................... 19
3.1.5. The first contact ............................ 19
3.1.6. Basic controls .............................. 20
3.1.7. Basic concepts ............................. 20
3.2. Customising Rockbox ............................. 21
3.3. USB Charging ................................. 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
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4.2. Database .................................... 26
4.2.1. Introduction .............................. 26
4.2.2. Initializing the Database ........................ 26
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 ........................... 31
4.3.2. Peak Meter ............................... 31
4.3.3. The WPS Context Menu ....................... 32
4.4. Working with Playlists ............................. 35
4.4.1. Playlist terminology .......................... 35
4.4.2. Creating playlists ............................ 35
4.4.3. Adding music to playlists ....................... 36
4.4.4. Modifying playlists ........................... 37
4.4.5. Saving playlists ............................. 38
4.4.6. Loading saved playlists ........................ 38
4.5. Hotkeys ..................................... 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. Manage Settings ............................ 41
5.8. Playlists ..................................... 42
5.9. Plugins ..................................... 42
5.10. System ...................................... 42
5.11. Quick Screen .................................. 43
5.12. Shortcuts .................................... 43
6. Sound Settings 45
6.1. Volume ..................................... 45
6.2. Bass ....................................... 45
6.3. Volume Limit .................................. 45
6.4. Treble ...................................... 46
6.5. Balance ..................................... 46
6.6. Channels .................................... 46
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6.7. Stereo Width .................................. 46
6.8. Crossfeed .................................... 47
6.9. Equalizer .................................... 48
6.10. Dithering .................................... 50
6.11. Timestretch ................................... 51
6.12. Haas Surround ................................. 51
6.13. Perceptual Bass Enhancement ......................... 51
6.14. Auditory Fatigue Reduction .......................... 52
6.15. Compressor ................................... 52
7. Playback Settings 53
7.1. Shuffle ...................................... 53
7.2. Repeat ...................................... 53
7.3. Play Selected First ............................... 54
7.4. Fast-Forward/Rewind ............................. 54
7.5. Anti-Skip Buffer ................................ 54
7.6. Fade on Stop/Pause .............................. 54
7.7. Party Mode ................................... 54
7.8. Crossfade .................................... 54
7.9. Replaygain ................................... 56
7.10. Track Skip Beep ................................ 57
7.11. Auto-Change Directory ............................ 57
7.12. Constrain Auto-Change ............................ 57
7.13. Pause on Headphone Unplug ......................... 57
7.14. Last.fm Log ................................... 58
7.15. Cuesheet Support ................................ 58
7.16. Skip Length ................................... 58
7.17. Prevent Track Skipping ............................ 58
7.18. Rewind Before Resume ............................. 59
7.19. Rewind on Pause ................................ 59
8. General Settings 60
8.1. Playlist ..................................... 60
8.2. File View .................................... 60
8.3. Database .................................... 62
8.4. Display ..................................... 62
8.5. System ...................................... 66
8.5.1. Battery ................................. 66
8.5.2. Disk ................................... 66
8.5.3. Limits .................................. 66
8.5.4. Use Shortcuts Menu Instead of Quick Screen ............ 67
8.5.5. Button Light Timeout ......................... 67
8.5.6. Keyclick ................................. 67
8.5.7. Advanced Key Lock .......................... 67
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8.5.8. USB HID ................................ 68
8.5.9. USB Keypad Mode ........................... 68
8.6. Startup/Shutdown ............................... 70
8.6.1. Start Screen ............................... 70
8.6.2. Idle Poweroff .............................. 71
8.6.3. Sleep Timer ............................... 71
8.7. Bookmarking .................................. 71
8.8. Automatic resume ............................... 73
8.9. Language .................................... 74
8.10. Voice ....................................... 74
8.11. Hotkey ...................................... 76
9. Theme Settings 77
10.Time and Date 79
11.Plugins 80
11.1. Games ...................................... 80
11.1.1. 2048 ................................... 80
11.1.2. Blackjack ................................ 81
11.1.3. Boomshine ............................... 82
11.1.4. BrickMania ............................... 82
11.1.5. Bubbles ................................. 83
11.1.6. Chessbox ................................ 83
11.1.7. Chopper ................................. 84
11.1.8. Dice ................................... 85
11.1.9. Doom .................................. 85
11.1.10.Flipit .................................. 87
11.1.11.Goban .................................. 88
11.1.12.Jackpot ................................. 92
11.1.13.Jewels .................................. 93
11.1.14.Maze ................................... 93
11.1.15.MazezaM ................................ 94
11.1.16.Minesweeper .............................. 94
11.1.17.Pegbox ................................. 95
11.1.18.Pong ................................... 96
11.1.19.Puzzles ................................. 96
11.1.20.Reversi ................................. 97
11.1.21.Robotfindskitten ............................ 97
11.1.22.Rockblox ................................ 98
11.1.23.Rockblox1d ............................... 98
11.1.24.Sliding Puzzle .............................. 99
11.1.25.Snake .................................. 99
11.1.26.Snake 2 .................................100
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11.1.27.Sokoban .................................101
11.1.28.Solitaire .................................102
11.1.29.Spacerocks ...............................103
11.1.30.Star ...................................103
11.1.31.Sudoku .................................104
11.1.32.Wormlet .................................105
11.1.33.Xobox ..................................108
11.1.34.XWorld .................................108
11.2. Demos ......................................109
11.2.1. Bounce .................................109
11.2.2. Credits .................................110
11.2.3. Cube ...................................110
11.2.4. Demystify ................................111
11.2.5. FFT ...................................111
11.2.6. Fire ...................................111
11.2.7. Fractals .................................112
11.2.8. Logo ...................................112
11.2.9. Matrix ..................................113
11.2.10.Mosaique ................................113
11.2.11.Oscilloscope ...............................113
11.2.12.PictureFlow ...............................114
11.2.13.Plasma .................................116
11.2.14.Rocklife .................................116
11.2.15.Snow ...................................117
11.2.16.Starfield .................................117
11.2.17.VU meter ................................118
11.3. Viewers .....................................118
11.3.1. Shortcuts ................................119
11.3.2. Chip-8 Emulator ............................120
11.3.3. Frotz ...................................121
11.3.4. Image Viewer ..............................122
11.3.5. Lua scripting language .........................123
11.3.6. Midiplay .................................123
11.3.7. MPEG Player ..............................124
11.3.8. MP3 Encoder ..............................126
11.3.9. Search ..................................126
11.3.10.Shopper .................................126
11.3.11.Sort ...................................127
11.3.12.Text Viewer ...............................127
11.3.13.Theme Remove .............................131
11.3.14.VBRfix .................................132
11.3.15.ZXBox ..................................132
11.4. Applications ...................................134
11.4.1. Alarm Clock ..............................134
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11.4.2. Battery Benchmark ..........................134
11.4.3. Calculator ................................136
11.4.4. Calendar ................................137
11.4.5. Chess Clock ...............................137
11.4.6. Clock ..................................139
11.4.7. Dict ...................................141
11.4.8. Disk Tidy ................................141
11.4.9. Keybox .................................142
11.4.10.Lamp ..................................143
11.4.11.Lrcplayer ................................143
11.4.12.Main Menu Configuration .......................146
11.4.13.md5sum .................................146
11.4.14.Metronome ...............................146
11.4.15.One-Time Password Client ......................150
11.4.16.Advanced Settings ...........................151
11.4.17.Periodic Table .............................151
11.4.18.Random Folder Advance Configuration ...............151
11.4.19.Resistor Calculator ...........................152
11.4.20.Stats ...................................153
11.4.21.Stopwatch ................................154
11.4.22.Text Editor ...............................154
12.Advanced Topics 156
12.1. Customising the User Interface ........................156
12.1.1. Customising The Main Menu .....................156
12.1.2. Getting Extras .............................156
12.1.3. Loading Fonts .............................156
12.1.4. Loading Languages ...........................157
12.1.5. UI Viewport ..............................157
12.2. Configuring the Theme .............................158
12.2.1. Themeing – General Info .......................158
12.2.2. Themes – Create Your Own ......................158
12.2.3. Info Viewport (SBS only) .......................160
12.2.4. Additional Fonts ............................160
12.3. Managing Rockbox Settings ..........................163
12.3.1. Introduction to .cfg Files .......................163
12.3.2. Specifications for .cfg Files ......................164
12.3.3. The Manage Settings menu ....................164
12.4. Firmware Loading ...............................165
12.4.1. Using ROLO (Rockbox Loader) ....................165
12.5. Optimising battery runtime ..........................165
12.5.1. Display backlight ............................165
12.5.2. Anti-Skip Buffer ............................166
12.5.3. Replaygain ...............................166
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12.5.4. Peak Meter ...............................166
12.5.5. Audio format and bitrate .......................166
12.5.6. Sound settings .............................166
A. File formats 167
A.1. Supported file formats .............................167
B. Audio and metadata formats 168
B.1. Supported audio formats ............................168
B.1.1. Lossy Codecs ..............................168
B.1.2. Lossless Codecs .............................169
B.1.3. Other Codecs ..............................170
B.1.4. Codec featureset ............................171
B.2. Supported metadata tags ...........................172
B.2.1. Featureset for generic metadata tags .................172
B.2.2. Featureset for codec specific metadata ................173
B.2.3. Limitations of metadata handling ...................173
C. Album Art 174
C.1. Limitations ...................................174
C.2. Where to put album art ............................174
D. Theme Tags 176
D.1. Status Bar ....................................176
D.2. Hardware Capabilities .............................176
D.3. Information from the track tags ........................177
D.4. Viewports ....................................177
D.5. Additional Fonts ................................177
D.6. Misc Coloring Tags ...............................178
D.7. Power Related Information ..........................178
D.8. Information about the file ...........................179
D.9. Playlist/Song Info ...............................180
D.10.Playlist Viewer .................................180
D.11.Runtime Database ...............................181
D.12.Sound (DSP) settings .............................181
D.13.Hold .......................................181
D.14.Virtual LED ..................................182
D.15.Repeat Mode ..................................182
D.16.Playback Mode .................................182
D.17.Current Screen .................................182
D.18.List Title (.sbs only) .............................183
D.19.Changing Volume ................................184
D.20.Settings .....................................184
D.21.Images ......................................185
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D.22.Alignment and language direction .......................186
D.23.Conditional Tags ................................187
D.24.Subline Tags ..................................187
D.25.Time and Date .................................188
D.26.Text Translation ................................188
D.27.Bar Tags .....................................188
D.27.1.Options .................................189
D.28.Other Tags ...................................190
E. Config file options 191
F. Menu Overview 196
G. User feedback 197
G.1. Bug reports ...................................197
G.1.1. Rules for submitting new bug reports ................197
G.2. Feature ideas ..................................197
G.2.1. Rules for submitting a new feature idea ...............197
G.2.2. Features we will not implement ....................198
H. Credits 199
I. Licenses 203
I.1. GNU Free Documentation License ......................203
I.2. The GNU General Public License .......................211
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