Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 15, 2006 02:16 AM
Rockbox can be installed from Windows, Linux or OSX. It's not Linux based, though some hardware specific code was shared from IpodLinux simply because there's no real point in redeveloping the lowest level drivers.
Unlike IpodLinux Rockbox isn't aimed at being a "geek factor" style thing, but rather as a fully functional replacement for the original firmware. We have a better jpeg viewer. We have more supported audio formats. We have gapless playback. We don't have skips in VBR mp3s where the Minis and Nanos did. Not *everything* is ironed out yet, but then we're also currently only using one of the two cores inside the Ipod so there's clearly a lot of room for improvement when the time comes.
Rockbox is intended for people who bought an Ipod, found out it didn't live up to their expectations, and want it to do more. Or for people who want an MP3 player that does what Rockbox does, as we support a variety of models now, and are willing to give advice/assistance to anyone who undertakes a port for a new player.
So yeah, this isn't really one of those "Beating it with a hammer" situations, because for a lot of people the Ipod is limited, and with Rockbox it's much less so.
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Re:"Improve" your iPod with Rockbox
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 15, 2006 02:16 AMUnlike IpodLinux Rockbox isn't aimed at being a "geek factor" style thing, but rather as a fully functional replacement for the original firmware. We have a better jpeg viewer. We have more supported audio formats. We have gapless playback. We don't have skips in VBR mp3s where the Minis and Nanos did. Not *everything* is ironed out yet, but then we're also currently only using one of the two cores inside the Ipod so there's clearly a lot of room for improvement when the time comes.
Rockbox is intended for people who bought an Ipod, found out it didn't live up to their expectations, and want it to do more. Or for people who want an MP3 player that does what Rockbox does, as we support a variety of models now, and are willing to give advice/assistance to anyone who undertakes a port for a new player.
So yeah, this isn't really one of those "Beating it with a hammer" situations, because for a lot of people the Ipod is limited, and with Rockbox it's much less so.
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