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lepermessiah
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Sep 5, 2017
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I see alot of people talking about Rockbox, what is it what does it add?
Sep 5, 2017
Sitwon
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Oct 7, 2017
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lepermessiahRockbox is an an open source firmware replacement for some portable media player devices. https://www.rockbox.org/
Rockbox tends to provide a broader feature set than the firmwares that come on the stock player. For example, it supports more audio formats and codecs, it may add video playback as well, it often has more complete playlist management, it may provide more fine-grained control of audio equalizer settings, as well as the ability to create and save profiles, support for larger SD cards than the stock firmware, support for more filesystems, the ability to customize the display (eg, with themes), the ability to run some general purpose applications (eg, a text editor, or Tetris). There are also a few features like Party Mode and Car Mode, which I use frequently, which change the default playback behavior to better suit those situations.
Also, since it's open source, it's of course possible to modify or extend the behavior any way you like (so long as you're comfortable programming in C.) I've taken advantage of this in the past to re-map buttons to optimize a device for a particular workflow. The code is actually pretty clean and easy to work with.
I'd note, however, that this device is not officially supported by the Rockbox project, but rather a fork of the project that appears to have been created by a Russian developer. It's unclear why the author of the fork chose not to contribute the changes upstream to the main project. I think the distinction needs to be make clear, because it's not guaranteed that the author of the fork will keep their version up to date with new features, enhancements, and bugfixes that are released by the original project. You may also have difficulty getting support for any problems you encounter, since the larger and established community around the original project will not be eager to support a fork they had nothing to do with.
Oct 7, 2017
BricomageCom
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Dec 22, 2017
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Sitwonnot available for x3 On official website recently. I had it from a friend. The russian website had not the files i needed.
Dec 22, 2017
starboard
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Dec 23, 2017
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SitwonI got the Rockbox from this address, and it works perfectly. Installed in 5 minutes, just follow the first 7 steps, that's all you need to do.
http://xvtx.ru/rockbox/manual.htm
Even with Rockbox installed you can choose to start with the original software at startup if you wish. I never wanted to go back to the original software though..
Dec 23, 2017
mick2d2
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Feb 1, 2018
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SitwonWorth mentioning that if you switch it on with the lock button on, it boots the stock ROM instead of Rockbox.
Feb 1, 2018
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