Comments on: Rockbox http://www.automaticable.com/2008-02-08/rockbox/ adjective: of or pertaining to things that should work but go awry Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:38:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Conor http://www.automaticable.com/2008-02-08/rockbox/comment-page-1/#comment-768 Conor Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:02:46 +0000 http://www.automaticable.com/2008/02/08/rockbox/#comment-768 Personally I love Rockbox and I buy players specifically based on whether or not they can use it! Basically if you're a geek and like to be able to have lots of customization options, then Rockbox is for you. Being able to select (or create) themes, support many different file formats (such as FLAC or Ogg Vorbis), all these things make it a worthwhile experience. As for trouble, I've never had performance issues from Rockbox on any player, and find the experience actually better than any factory installed firmware. And remember, Rockbox doesn't touch your original firmware, so installing it isn't a commitment! Personally I love Rockbox and I buy players specifically based on whether or not they can use it! Basically if you’re a geek and like to be able to have lots of customization options, then Rockbox is for you. Being able to select (or create) themes, support many different file formats (such as FLAC or Ogg Vorbis), all these things make it a worthwhile experience.

As for trouble, I’ve never had performance issues from Rockbox on any player, and find the experience actually better than any factory installed firmware. And remember, Rockbox doesn’t touch your original firmware, so installing it isn’t a commitment!

]]> By: Kyle Wegner http://www.automaticable.com/2008-02-08/rockbox/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Kyle Wegner Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:56:00 +0000 http://www.automaticable.com/2008/02/08/rockbox/#comment-29 So it sounds like the verdict is: wait until it gets a bit better.<br/><br/><br/>Thats fine with me anyway since my 2nd Gen ipod nano isn't supported anyway. I'd like to see what they can do with my cute little color screen as far as themes go.<br/><br/>One thing I'd like to see them try and emulate is coverflow. Or at least have a better interface for showing album art. Right now the album art is TINY if you want it to show any song/album info, or you can get a full screen shot of just the album art but you lose all of the info. Lame.<br/><br/>Here's to hoping they put together a G2 nano rockbox! So it sounds like the verdict is: wait until it gets a bit better.

Thats fine with me anyway since my 2nd Gen ipod nano isn’t supported anyway. I’d like to see what they can do with my cute little color screen as far as themes go.

One thing I’d like to see them try and emulate is coverflow. Or at least have a better interface for showing album art. Right now the album art is TINY if you want it to show any song/album info, or you can get a full screen shot of just the album art but you lose all of the info. Lame.

Here’s to hoping they put together a G2 nano rockbox!

]]> By: Joe Wegner http://www.automaticable.com/2008-02-08/rockbox/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Joe Wegner Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:53:00 +0000 http://www.automaticable.com/2008/02/08/rockbox/#comment-28 Well, I think that the differences between the built in firmware and Rockbox aren't really that great. You have many of the same features. The biggest plus side to Rockbox is that the community is always coming out with better stuff for it, like plugins and themes.<br/><br/>As for implenting podcasts and itunes and stuff, I don't use Itunes, but I think it would still work. When you put Rockbox on your player you don't lose the original firmware, so Itunes should still recognize it just like it did before.<br/><br/>As for the formatting issues, I spent like 20 minutes trying to get them all back to normal. Finally I just gave up. Well, I think that the differences between the built in firmware and Rockbox aren’t really that great. You have many of the same features. The biggest plus side to Rockbox is that the community is always coming out with better stuff for it, like plugins and themes.

As for implenting podcasts and itunes and stuff, I don’t use Itunes, but I think it would still work. When you put Rockbox on your player you don’t lose the original firmware, so Itunes should still recognize it just like it did before.

As for the formatting issues, I spent like 20 minutes trying to get them all back to normal. Finally I just gave up.

]]> By: Scott Wegner http://www.automaticable.com/2008-02-08/rockbox/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Scott Wegner Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:14:00 +0000 http://www.automaticable.com/2008/02/08/rockbox/#comment-27 Hey man, good article.<br/><br/>So, similar to the above comment: the bottom line is-- would you recommend using rockbox?<br/><br/>Also, I wonder what kind of support it has for other built-in ipod features. For one, I would assume DRM'ed music is out? Does it integrate with iTunes still, and with other media players? Also, is there any interface for adding podcasts? Hey man, good article.

So, similar to the above comment: the bottom line is– would you recommend using rockbox?

Also, I wonder what kind of support it has for other built-in ipod features. For one, I would assume DRM’ed music is out? Does it integrate with iTunes still, and with other media players? Also, is there any interface for adding podcasts?

]]> By: Kyle Wegner http://www.automaticable.com/2008-02-08/rockbox/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Kyle Wegner Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:17:00 +0000 http://www.automaticable.com/2008/02/08/rockbox/#comment-26 Nice first post Joe! A quick question for you...<br/><br/>Do you think, even with the hassle of the problems you had, that Rockbox is worth the install? I haven't checked out all of the features just yet, but I wouldn't want to take away from the simplicity and reliability of my current ipod interface just for a shiny different one that comes with problems. I guess my main question is: does Rockbox increase functionality, or does it just make it "different?"<br/><br/>On a side note, blogger is crappy sometimes with how it resizes your fonts, so make sure to preview your posts before you publish them. Sometimes it's easiest to change font sizes back to normal through the html view.<br/><br/>That is all. Glad to see you posting! Nice first post Joe! A quick question for you…

Do you think, even with the hassle of the problems you had, that Rockbox is worth the install? I haven’t checked out all of the features just yet, but I wouldn’t want to take away from the simplicity and reliability of my current ipod interface just for a shiny different one that comes with problems. I guess my main question is: does Rockbox increase functionality, or does it just make it “different?”

On a side note, blogger is crappy sometimes with how it resizes your fonts, so make sure to preview your posts before you publish them. Sometimes it’s easiest to change font sizes back to normal through the html view.

That is all. Glad to see you posting!

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