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1 | Rockbox FAQ | 1 | Rockbox FAQ |
2 | 2 | ||
3 | Q. What is a FAQ? | ||
4 | A. A rare small animal of the specius 'Textius Electronicus'. It is know for | ||
5 | its helpful attitude and vicious misspellings. | ||
3 | 6 | ||
4 | Q. What is Rockbox, what is it's purpose? | 7 | Q. What is Rockbox, what is it's purpose? |
5 | A. The purpose of this project is to write an Open Source replacement | 8 | A. The purpose of this project is to write an Open Source replacement |
6 | firmware for the Archos Jukebox 6000, Studio 20 and Recorder MP3 players. | 9 | firmware for the Archos Jukebox 6000, Studio 20 and Recorder MP3 players. |
7 | 10 | ||
8 | Q. Can the changes or the software that Rockbox suggests or offers | 11 | Q. I want to write code for my Archos, how do I proceed? |
9 | possibly damage my Archos Player? | 12 | A. Well, you have two options. If you are a member of SourceForge then |
10 | A. All firmware mods that are presented still highly experimental. | 13 | you can request to be added to the developers list. If you would like to |
11 | Try them on your own risk. We offer no garuntee that this software/hardware | 14 | remain anonymous, then please feel free to submit patches for consideration |
12 | changes won't damage your player or void your warentee. | 15 | to the project. |
16 | |||
17 | Q. Okay, so how do I submist a patch? | ||
18 | A. Run: "diff -u oldfile newfile" against the file(s) you have changed. Then | ||
19 | mail the output to any member of the development team and we will take it | ||
20 | under consideration. (Please remember that not all submissions are | ||
21 | accpeted.) | ||
22 | |||
23 | Q. I want to join the development team, but don't have a SourceForge account, | ||
24 | what should I do? | ||
25 | A. Head on over to http://sourceforge.net/account/register.php and create an | ||
26 | account for yourself. | ||
13 | 27 | ||
14 | Q. Do you have a mailing list? | 28 | Q. Do you have a mailing list? |
15 | A. Sure do! The list is rockbox@cool.haxx.se. To subscribe, send you need to | 29 | A. Sure do! The list is rockbox@cool.haxx.se. To subscribe, you need to |
16 | send a message to majordomo@cool.haxx.se with the words "subscribe rockbox" | 30 | send a message to majordomo@cool.haxx.se with the words "subscribe rockbox" |
17 | in the body. | 31 | in the body. |
18 | 32 | ||
@@ -20,11 +34,22 @@ Q. Great you have a mailing list! Is there anyway for me to catch up on | |||
20 | past posts? | 34 | past posts? |
21 | A. Check out the archives at: http://bjorn.haxx.se/rockbox/mail.cgi | 35 | A. Check out the archives at: http://bjorn.haxx.se/rockbox/mail.cgi |
22 | 36 | ||
37 | Q. What is this "SourceForge" you keep mentioning? | ||
38 | A. http://www.sourceforge.net | ||
39 | |||
40 | Q. Can the changes or the software that Rockbox suggests or offers | ||
41 | possibly damage my Archos Player? | ||
42 | A. All firmware mods that are presented are still highly experimental. | ||
43 | Try them at your own risk. We offer no garuntee that this software, or the | ||
44 | hardware modifications we show, will not damage your player or void your | ||
45 | warentee. | ||
46 | |||
23 | Q. I want to see what the inside of my player looks like, but I would really | 47 | Q. I want to see what the inside of my player looks like, but I would really |
24 | like to avoid voiding my warentee. Is there anything you can suggest? | 48 | like to avoid voiding my warentee. Is there anything you can suggest? |
25 | A. Well Björn Stenberg was kind enough to void his warentee so you don't have | 49 | A. Well Björn Stenberg was kind enough to void his warentee so you don't have |
26 | to. Take a look at his dissection of the player at: | 50 | to. Take a look at his dissection of the player at: |
27 | http://bjorn.haxx.se/isd200/archos.html | 51 | http://bjorn.haxx.se/rockbox/mods/disassemble.html |
52 | http://bjorn.haxx.se/rockbox/mods/disassemble2.html | ||
28 | 53 | ||
29 | Q. What exactly are you trying to achieve with this line of development? | 54 | Q. What exactly are you trying to achieve with this line of development? |
30 | (A.K.A. whats your purpose for being here?) | 55 | (A.K.A. whats your purpose for being here?) |
@@ -54,5 +79,3 @@ A. Well, some of the ideas that have been presented/discussed for the future | |||
54 | technically feasible. (But hey we can dream) And something not | 79 | technically feasible. (But hey we can dream) And something not |
55 | being on the list does not mean it isn't a neat idea. Bring it to | 80 | being on the list does not mean it isn't a neat idea. Bring it to |
56 | the list. | 81 | the list. |
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