Game boy advance

[ford4life]

hi, there has been a lot of talk on the gba emulator about if its able to get done for rockbox. I was wanderin if someone could work on it and see if they can make it work and if it works im pretty sure the amount of people that have rockbox will double. The rockboy advance presuming you would call it that would be the ultimate viewer and maybe even more popular and used more then the mpeg player

thanks

[ColdSphinx]

hopefully, you know, that most of the DAPs haven't enought buttons for an GBA emulator and the emulation need a lot of cpu

[ford4life]

i do understand that but would it be possible to code a gba emulator for the gigabeat since it has enought buttons and a decent cpu or even the ipod video

[GodEater]

The ipod video has an absolutely dire processor.

[Gigabeat_Luv3R]

Then i suppose, could it be possible to make a GBA emulator exclusively for the gigabeat only and then use that code for upcomming future rockboxed DPA's which whould have better specifications??

[GodEater]

Nothing is impossible - go right ahead and start work if you want it.

You'll find it's probably a pretty unpopular choice with the core dev team - none of whom actually use rockboy as it is to my knowledge. So the only way this is going to happen is if the people who actually want it, write it.

[Mad Cow]

Starting with the Gigabeat would be the logical choice if anyone ever tries it. From what I know, that's how previous rockbox codecs and plugs were implemented. They started off running 100% with the fastest target, then got optimized for slower targets.

[GodEater]

The gigabeat is one of our most recent ports - so this isn't true really.

I believe *most* of our codecs probably started life on the first swcodec platform rockbox had, which was the iRiver H1x0.

[Mad Cow]

The gigabeat is one of our most recent ports - so this isn't true really.

I believe *most* of our codecs probably started life on the first swcodec platform rockbox had, which was the iRiver H1x0.

Exactle, for example the AAC codec, it started life running 100% on the coldfire targets, but didn't run realtime on the portalplayers, then slowly it got optimized until it did. I think that same happened with OGG and FLAC.

[Vortex]

im pretty sure the amount of people that have rockbox will double. The rockboy advance presuming you would call it that would be the ultimate viewer and maybe even more popular and used more then the mpeg player

I don't think so because you still need the GBA roms. If you don't own any GBA roms (which is pretty pointless when you don't own a GBA) then this viewer plugin is worthless.
Besides, those people who want to play GBA games might as well go and buy a GBA. That way you will definitely get a better game experience than by playing on you DAP.

I'm not saying that making a GBA emulator for Rockbox would be a bad idea, but I don't think that it would "double the amount of people" that use Rockbox.

[saratoga]

The ipods use the same processor core as the Gameboy Advance, so you don't really need to emulate the processor, only the sound and video hardware.  This could probably be done, but it would be absolutely nightmarish to get the timing right, since you couldn't clock the processor to the proper speed and expect it to be able to emulate the other hardware.  It could probably be done, but I think it'd probably cost whoever attempted it their sanity.

It'd also be Ipod/Sansa/H10 only, since they're the only ports right now with an ARM7 core, so it wouldn't make much sense for Rockbox either.

[rockinipoddude29]

Really to tell you the truth, I got Linux up and running on my 5th Generation iPod Video.  I happened to use the netless installer, but unfortunately, I couldn't get the Apple OS Running.  I used iPL 2 and I clicked Apple OS, it came up with the Apple Logo, but didn't seem to start up.  I guess I should of done the manual way, but it's too much hassle, you have to actually use a Linux Operating System to partition it and things like that, but so far I have been using Rockbox and I love the iBoy plugin which is an excellent emulator and I can boot into the Apple OS really easily.

Also:  Just if your wondering:  You can boot into the Apple OS by ressetting the iPod (on 5G it's "select" and "menu" at the same time) and as soon as it turns back on, you just toggle the HOLD switch on top of the iPod and then it will boot normally.

PS.: I know this has nothing to do with this thread so sorry, (I'm a NOOB ), but I am just stating my experience.

[Llorean]

iBoy is not a part of Rockbox. There is no iBoy plugin. If you're referring to Rockboy, please be clear about it.

[rockinipoddude29]

Ello Again!
Also Rockboy is an excellent emulator and I am very happy with it.  If you need help searching for ROMS search google...your friend.
Sorry for the double post!

[Monkeytamer]

Ello Again!
Also Rockboy is an excellent emulator and I am very happy with it.  If you need help searching for ROMS search google...your friend.
Sorry for the double post!

Be wary of your implications by that statement my friend; downloading ROMs that you do not yourself own wouldn't be legal now would it? I hope you meant that Google is a source for finding homebrew, legal ROMs.