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Cassandra
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Re: Rockbox Utility
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Reply #15 on:
December 15, 2006, 04:14:45 AM »
Detection is something I'm looking into at the moment, possibly using USB IDs, but Windows is very coy about giving up that sort of info. In Linux it's easier, but then you have the problem of mounting the drive from in the application.
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Domonoky
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Re: Rockbox Utility
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Reply #16 on:
February 10, 2007, 09:23:15 AM »
Hi,
i modifyed rbUtil so it uses the new ipodpatcher.
So i have a version, which supports Bootloaderinstallation of Ipod / Iaudio and Gigabeat.
For the detection of the ipod, i used the --scan function of ipodpatcher.
A windows binary of this version can be found at:
http://b23.org/~domonoky/rbutil.zip
Be Aware, this is all untested, so only try it if you know how to restore your player if something goes wrong.
I will upload a patch to the tracker shortly.
mfg Domonoky
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Domonoky
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Re: Rockbox Utility
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Reply #17 on:
March 06, 2007, 12:13:50 PM »
Rbutil now supports all working targets for Rockbox.
It can install the Bootloader, Rockbox, Fonts and Themes.
There is also Uninstallation for Rockbox, and, where the Unit supports it, also Bootloader uninstallation.
You can find a windows binary at:
http://b23.org/~domonoky/rbutil-theme.zip
in the Wiki there is also a Mac binary, but its not uptodate.
Rbutil also works on Linux, but i havent found a way to make a portable Linux binary.
be carefull the bootloader installation for iaudio isnt tested, so only try it on this platform if you know how to restore, if something goes wrong.
If you have suggestions/Bug reports post it here or in the Tracker.
mfg Domonoky
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bk
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Posts: 266
Re: Rockbox Utility
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Reply #18 on:
March 06, 2007, 08:39:39 PM »
http://www.rockbox.org/tracker/task/6685
Given all the new functionality someone needs to bump the version number.
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dohboy
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Re: Rockbox Utility
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Reply #19 on:
April 19, 2007, 09:59:00 PM »
Does any one know when the full version of RBUtil?
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johnson4
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Re: Rockbox Utility
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Reply #20 on:
April 20, 2007, 03:14:18 PM »
I've just tried this Utility out and I really like how it remembers my settings. My one suggestion would be to have a "One Click update" button on the opening page that would update Rockbox using the settings from the previous use.
Oh ya and how about Icon support?
Great Job , and thank you
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muerte33
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Re: Rockbox Utility
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Reply #21 on:
April 21, 2007, 09:21:09 AM »
I love this utility too. Since the bootloader is tied to the firmware (in my Gigabeat's case), it may be a good idea to make a one step bootloader/firmware update choice. Also, whenever I want to update the bootloader, it fails because there is already a backup with the name fwimg01.dat.orig. I have to go in manually and take that .orig file out. Maybe the utility could rename the orig to orig1 up to orig5 (these are very small files, but CRITICAL).
Thanks again for this WONDERFUL utility.
RButil needs to be on the RockBox frontpage, I did not find it till later on in my RockBox experience. This is a great utility for newbies and experienced users too!
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Llorean
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Re: Rockbox Utility
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Reply #22 on:
April 21, 2007, 11:29:28 AM »
Actually, if there's already a .orig, it should just not backup anything. Only the very first .orig is important, any new ones would just be old versions of the Rockbox bootloader, pointless to keep around.
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Domonoky
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Re: Rockbox Utility
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Reply #23 on:
April 21, 2007, 04:01:53 PM »
The patch for rbutil in the Tracker fixes this problem.
But the patch has other problems, (Theme installer is not working on Linux) so its not ready.
I hope i will find a bit time to work a more on rbutil in the near future.
and if anyone likes to help (and knows C++), step in and help :-)
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Bagder
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Re: Rockbox Utility
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Reply #24 on:
April 21, 2007, 04:18:42 PM »
Domonoky, please check out the new
.rockbox/rockbox-info.txt
file that is now present in all zips, it might help rbutil in certain ways. And if there are info we could add to that file to aid more, just speak up!
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jambamkin
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Re: Rockbox Utility
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Reply #25 on:
May 29, 2007, 05:29:57 PM »
I think is a great leap forward for Rockbox and now there is a compiled OS X version its brilliant, i was wondering if it was too early to submit it to iusethis.com, a social mac app website. To catch Rockbox users who haven't seen this and people who may be umming and ahhing over the change.
Thought it was best to ask here before doing so.
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Bagder
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Re: Rockbox Utility
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Reply #26 on:
May 29, 2007, 05:41:22 PM »
To me it sounds like a good idea, as I don't think we've had too many mac users actually trying out rbutil yet.
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Domonoky
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Re: Rockbox Utility
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Reply #27 on:
May 29, 2007, 07:14:59 PM »
jeah, it would be nice to get a bit feedback from mac users for rbutil.
So go ahead and post it on this site.
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rasher
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Re: Rockbox Utility
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Reply #28 on:
June 09, 2007, 11:55:09 PM »
I've created a patch to allow building Debian packages (
http://www.rockbox.org/tracker/task/7277
). Unfortunately, wxwidgets2.8 probably won't be available for Debian anytime soon. The package can still be used on Ubuntu though, for which wxwidgets2.8 is available (confirmed to work at least in the dev version "Gutsy Gibbon / 7.10").
With any luck, rbutil could eventually be available directly from Ubuntu - at least one developer has expressed interest in packaging it for inclusion (
http://mako.cc/copyrighteous/20070308-00.comment
).
On a side-note: Why was wxwidgets2.8 chosen? It seems that some (Debian, Gentoo) distributions are not offering it, possibly because it's still considered unstable (that's the reason for Debian at least). Would it be possible to move down to 2.6, or is that a lot of work, or even unfeasible?
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Re: Rockbox Utility
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Reply #29 on:
June 10, 2007, 02:02:08 AM »
Actually, there is a package for Debian available from the Sourceforge site of the wxwidgets
http://www.wxwidgets.org/downloads/
However, I have not tried it out, so I cannot tell whether it's working (and where it's working) or not.
Unfortunately, as you have said, it's not an official repository. In Debian unstable there is only 2.6 version, with no 2.8.4 version in experimental - so it would be nice to downgrade the version expectations, even just to think about users of some older or "more stable" machines, less popular distros etc. etc. Not everyone runs Ubuntu yet.
That's my 2 cents, plus my traditional thanks for all your Rockbox efforts!
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