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new ipods - rockbox port proposal
AlexP:
We have relativly few iPod developers at all, and even fewer 5.5G ones. Besides the battery live issue is not just a 5.5G one, it affects all players that use the same chipset.
For current iPods we would need documentation from PortalPlayer, which would mean a wacking great NDA. For newer iPods (probably, certainly the Nano 2G) it means documentation from Samsung, which means a wacking great NDA....
Bottom line, we will have to live without documentation.
LambdaCalculus:
I'm one of the very few 5.5G users here that has even a shred of programming experience. I downloaded the source for Rockbox for the very purpose of learning how a full-fledged system like this works.
I would love to help resolve the battery life issue with the 5.5G iPods, but until I learn some more C (and learn embedded systems programming!), the best I can do is talk with everyone here and see if maybe our combined knowledge can find a solution to the problem.
countach:
So, things like this:
http://www.warthman.com/projects-portalplayer-pp5001-ds.htm
...are impossible to get, even paying?
LambdaCalculus:
What BigBambi was explaining earlier is that many of these companies will sign their documentation over to you, but there's always going be catches like:
1) "I agree that I will not share this documentation with anyone, nor will I make it available online, blah-de-blah..."
2) "I must agree that these data sheets can be revoked from me at any time,"
3) "I must agree that these documents will not be used for illicit activities. (note: which they will think Rockbox is)"
That's just the start of it. Like BigBambi said: wacking great NDA...
AlexP:
You can get them, but you must agree to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement, which means not sharing them with anyone else, disclosing what is in them etc. Â This usually (with rare exceptions) means not publishing open source code based on them.
Believe me, if we could get the documentation (and legally use it) we would love it. Â It isn't just that we haven't thought of it.
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