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1Rockbox FAQ 1Rockbox FAQ
2 2
3$id:$
4
3Q. What is a FAQ? 5Q. What is a FAQ?
4A. A rare small animal of the specius 'Textius Electronicus'. It is know for 6A. 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
7Q. What is Rockbox, what is it's purpose? 9Q. What is Rockbox, what is it's purpose?
8A. The purpose of this project is to write an Open Source replacement 10A. 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.
16Q. Okay, so how do I submist a patch? 18Q. Okay, so how do I submist a patch?
17A. Run: "diff -u oldfile newfile" against the file(s) you have changed. Then 19A. 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
22Q. I want to join the development team, but don't have a SourceForge account, 24Q. 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
39Q. Can the changes or the software that Rockbox suggests or offers 41Q. Can the changes or the software that Rockbox suggests or offers
40 possibly damage my Archos Player? 42 possibly damage my Archos Player?
41A. All firmware mods that are presented are still highly experimental. 43A. 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
49Q. I want to see what the inside of my player looks like, but I would really 51Q. 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?
51A. We have a collection of photos of both the player and recorder. Look at 53A. 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
54Q. What exactly are you trying to achieve with this line of development? 56Q. 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?)
56A. Well, some of the ideas that have been presented/discussed for the future 58A. 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
83Q. I tried one of your firmware files and now I can't access my harddisk! 86Q. 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