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1Rockbox FAQ 1Rockbox FAQ
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3Q. What is a FAQ?
4A. A rare small animal of the specius 'Textius Electronicus'. It is know for
5 its helpful attitude and vicious misspellings.
3 6
4Q. What is Rockbox, what is it's purpose? 7Q. What is Rockbox, what is it's purpose?
5A. The purpose of this project is to write an Open Source replacement 8A. 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.
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8Q. Can the changes or the software that Rockbox suggests or offers 11Q. I want to write code for my Archos, how do I proceed?
9 possibly damage my Archos Player? 12A. Well, you have two options. If you are a member of SourceForge then
10A. 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.
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17Q. Okay, so how do I submist a patch?
18A. 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
23Q. I want to join the development team, but don't have a SourceForge account,
24 what should I do?
25A. Head on over to http://sourceforge.net/account/register.php and create an
26 account for yourself.
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14Q. Do you have a mailing list? 28Q. Do you have a mailing list?
15A. Sure do! The list is rockbox@cool.haxx.se. To subscribe, send you need to 29A. 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.
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20 past posts? 34 past posts?
21A. Check out the archives at: http://bjorn.haxx.se/rockbox/mail.cgi 35A. Check out the archives at: http://bjorn.haxx.se/rockbox/mail.cgi
22 36
37Q. What is this "SourceForge" you keep mentioning?
38A. http://www.sourceforge.net
39
40Q. Can the changes or the software that Rockbox suggests or offers
41 possibly damage my Archos Player?
42A. 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
23Q. I want to see what the inside of my player looks like, but I would really 47Q. 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?
25A. Well Björn Stenberg was kind enough to void his warentee so you don't have 49A. 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
29Q. What exactly are you trying to achieve with this line of development? 54Q. 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?)
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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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