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author | Björn Stenberg <bjorn@haxx.se> | 2002-03-28 13:25:25 +0000 |
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committer | Björn Stenberg <bjorn@haxx.se> | 2002-03-28 13:25:25 +0000 |
commit | 53fe5170de37ce3102eea2e895a6a695517cf02d (patch) | |
tree | 81492b11ea5321639fc2ae7c166fe4499e438fbb /www | |
parent | 55a80b670e43a3fc1798be42b40a96c9027e97e5 (diff) | |
download | rockbox-53fe5170de37ce3102eea2e895a6a695517cf02d.tar.gz rockbox-53fe5170de37ce3102eea2e895a6a695517cf02d.zip |
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git-svn-id: svn://svn.rockbox.org/rockbox/trunk@49 a1c6a512-1295-4272-9138-f99709370657
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1 | Rockbox FAQ | 1 | Rockbox FAQ |
2 | 2 | ||
3 | $id:$ | ||
4 | |||
3 | Q. What is a FAQ? | 5 | Q. What is a FAQ? |
4 | A. A rare small animal of the specius 'Textius Electronicus'. It is know for | 6 | A. A rare small animal of the species 'Textius Electronicus'. It is known for |
5 | its helpful attitude and vicious misspellings. | 7 | its' helpful attitude and vicious misspellings. |
6 | 8 | ||
7 | Q. What is Rockbox, what is it's purpose? | 9 | Q. What is Rockbox, what is it's purpose? |
8 | A. The purpose of this project is to write an Open Source replacement | 10 | A. The purpose of this project is to write an Open Source replacement |
@@ -16,8 +18,8 @@ A. Start by reading up on the information about the jukeboxes on our web page. | |||
16 | Q. Okay, so how do I submist a patch? | 18 | Q. Okay, so how do I submist a patch? |
17 | A. Run: "diff -u oldfile newfile" against the file(s) you have changed. Then | 19 | A. Run: "diff -u oldfile newfile" against the file(s) you have changed. Then |
18 | mail the output to any member of the development team and we will take it | 20 | mail the output to any member of the development team and we will take it |
19 | under consideration. (Please remember that not all submissions are | 21 | under consideration. (Please remember that all submissions are not |
20 | accpeted.) | 22 | automatically accepted.) |
21 | 23 | ||
22 | Q. I want to join the development team, but don't have a SourceForge account, | 24 | Q. I want to join the development team, but don't have a SourceForge account, |
23 | what should I do? | 25 | what should I do? |
@@ -39,22 +41,25 @@ A. http://www.sourceforge.net | |||
39 | Q. Can the changes or the software that Rockbox suggests or offers | 41 | Q. Can the changes or the software that Rockbox suggests or offers |
40 | possibly damage my Archos Player? | 42 | possibly damage my Archos Player? |
41 | A. All firmware mods that are presented are still highly experimental. | 43 | A. All firmware mods that are presented are still highly experimental. |
42 | Try them at your own risk. We offer no garuntee that this software, or the | 44 | Try them at your own risk. We offer no guarantee that this software, or the |
43 | hardware modifications we show, will not damage your player or void your | 45 | hardware modifications we show, will not damage your player or void your |
44 | warentee. | 46 | warranty. |
45 | That said, we have not been able to damage any of our units by modifying | 47 | That said, we have not been able to damage any of our units by modifying |
46 | only the firmware. You can accidentally password protect your harddisk, | 48 | only the firmware. You can accidentally password protect your harddisk, |
47 | but there are ways around that. | 49 | but there are ways around that. (See below.) |
48 | 50 | ||
49 | Q. I want to see what the inside of my player looks like, but I would really | 51 | Q. I want to see what the inside of my player looks like, but I would really |
50 | like to avoid voiding my warentee. Is there anything you can suggest? | 52 | like to avoid voiding my warranty. Is there anything you can suggest? |
51 | A. We have a collection of photos of both the player and recorder. Look at | 53 | A. We have a collection of photos of both the player and recorder. Look at |
52 | http://bjorn.haxx.se/rockbox/internals/ | 54 | http://bjorn.haxx.se/rockbox/internals/ |
53 | 55 | ||
54 | Q. What exactly are you trying to achieve with this line of development? | 56 | Q. What exactly are you trying to achieve with this line of development? |
55 | (A.K.A. whats your purpose for being here?) | 57 | (A.K.A. whats your purpose for being here?) |
56 | A. Well, some of the ideas that have been presented/discussed for the future | 58 | A. Firstly, we wouldn't start something like this if we didn't simply enjoy |
57 | that we would like to see would include (in no particular order): | 59 | it profusely. This is great fun! |
60 | Secondly, we feel the firmware is lacking some features and contain a | ||
61 | number of annoying bugs that we want to fix. | ||
62 | Some ideas would include (in no particular order): | ||
58 | - No pause between songs | 63 | - No pause between songs |
59 | - Mid-song resume | 64 | - Mid-song resume |
60 | - Mid-playlist resume | 65 | - Mid-playlist resume |
@@ -67,8 +72,6 @@ A. Well, some of the ideas that have been presented/discussed for the future | |||
67 | - REAL random | 72 | - REAL random |
68 | - Multi song queue | 73 | - Multi song queue |
69 | - Faster scroll speed | 74 | - Faster scroll speed |
70 | - Archos Recorder support. Most of the hardware is the same, | ||
71 | but the display and some other things differ. | ||
72 | - More cool features with the wire remote control (including | 75 | - More cool features with the wire remote control (including |
73 | controlling your Archos from your car radio (req hw mod)) | 76 | controlling your Archos from your car radio (req hw mod)) |
74 | - Support playing of other files types (ie: Ogg Vorbis support) | 77 | - Support playing of other files types (ie: Ogg Vorbis support) |
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@ A. Well, some of the ideas that have been presented/discussed for the future | |||
81 | the list. | 84 | the list. |
82 | 85 | ||
83 | Q. I tried one of your firmware files and now I can't access my harddisk! | 86 | Q. I tried one of your firmware files and now I can't access my harddisk! |
84 | When I turn on the jukebox, it says: | 87 | When I turn on my jukebox, it says: |
85 | 88 | ||
86 | Part. Error | 89 | Part. Error |
87 | Pls Chck HD | 90 | Pls Chck HD |