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iriver h320 - installing roxbox - help!
DisturbedPyro:
ok so i got an iriver h320 and im looking into getting it rockboxed. i know i need the bootloader and the firmware/build to make rockbox work. i got the build for the iriver h3xx from http://build.rockbox.org/ so thats all good
now im looking at the "Installing the Rockbox bootloader" instructions on this site: http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/ManualRockboxInstall#Installing_Rockbox im looking at the bootloader section. it says: "The US H3xx firmware is not currently supported and cannot be patched to be used with the bootloader. If you wish to install Rockbox on a US H3xx, you must use an international firmware which will permanently remove DRM support from the player. If you are using the US H3xx model you will need to either first flash it to an international bootloader, or flash the hacked bootloader twice (Above note still applies)"
im assuming i have a US version, i got it from a guy in california. how do you tell? but continuing on assuming it is a US version: i dont know exactly what the DRM is but i know thats used with the media port and is not necessary for recording or data transfer or anything like that...right? so its not a big deal if i permanently remove the DRM support from the player...right?
so then it has a list of different links to the bootloader for the h3xx:
H320 and H340 INT 1.28k
H320 and H340 INT 1.28eu
H320 and H340 INT 1.29k
H320 and H340 INT 1.30eu
H320 and H340 INT 1.29j
which should i download?
so i have the right build and once someone tells me which bootloader i should get, then im all set to follow the instructions to install them right?
but i see on this site: http://download.rockbox.org/manual/rockbox-h300/rockbox-buildch2.html#x4-60002 it says: "If you wish to install Rockbox on a US Iriver H320 and H340, you must first install a non-US version of the original firmware and then install one of the supported versions patched with the Rockbox bootloader." - a non-US version of the original firmware...so thats the build right? so should i not use the build i said i downloaded above? im so confused... ???
oh and do i need to install fonts? or is it just something you can do but its not necessary?
thanks for walking me through this, whoever helps me out. im trying to figure all this out but theres some stuff i just dont know and i have no idea which bootloader to get...
Febs:
--- Quote from: DisturbedPyro on March 18, 2008, 08:35:08 PM ---im assuming i have a US version, i got it from a guy in california. how do you tell? but continuing on assuming it is a US version: i dont know exactly what the DRM is but i know thats used with the media port and is not necessary for recording or data transfer or anything like that...right? so its not a big deal if i permanently remove the DRM support from the player...right?
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If the ports are labeled "Media" and "Data," it is a US player.
As for an explanation of what DRM is and the implications of flashing to a non-US firmware, you can read this FAQ: http://www.misticriver.net/forums/player-faqs/50898-h1xx-h3xx-series-faqs-3.html
--- Quote ---so then it has a list of different links to the bootloader for the h3xx:
H320 and H340 INT 1.28k
H320 and H340 INT 1.28eu
H320 and H340 INT 1.29k
H320 and H340 INT 1.30eu
H320 and H340 INT 1.29j
which should i download?
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It really doesn't matter.
--- Quote ---but i see on this site: http://download.rockbox.org/manual/rockbox-h300/rockbox-buildch2.html#x4-60002 it says: "If you wish to install Rockbox on a US Iriver H320 and H340, you must first install a non-US version of the original firmware and then install one of the supported versions patched with the Rockbox bootloader." - a non-US version of the original firmware...so thats the build right? so should i not use the build i said i downloaded above?
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This means exactly what it says. If you have a US player, should first update to one of the non-US firmwares listed above, and THEN follow the instructions to patch the firmware with the Rockbox bootloader and flash it to your player.
--- Quote ---oh and do i need to install fonts? or is it just something you can do but its not necessary?
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It's not necessary, but you will need the fonts if you want to use any of the many Rockbox themes.
DisturbedPyro:
--- Quote from: Febs on March 18, 2008, 08:44:38 PM ---If you have a US player, should first update to one of the non-US firmwares listed above, and THEN follow the instructions to patch the firmware with the Rockbox bootloader and flash it to your player.
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i do have a US player. now you say i should update to one of the non-US firmwares. meaning, one of these:
H320 and H340 INT 1.28k
H320 and H340 INT 1.28eu
H320 and H340 INT 1.29k
H320 and H340 INT 1.30eu
H320 and H340 INT 1.29j
and then patch it with the bootloader
but i thought those i just listed were the bootloaders. or am i mixing them up?
i got the build for the iriver h3xx from: http://build.rockbox.org/
am i right on that?
then you say it doesnt matter which of these:
H320 and H340 INT 1.28k
H320 and H340 INT 1.28eu
H320 and H340 INT 1.29k
H320 and H340 INT 1.30eu
H320 and H340 INT 1.29j
i download. so i get one of those and install it. then i install the build, correct?
Febs:
--- Quote from: DisturbedPyro on March 18, 2008, 09:14:42 PM ---but i thought those i just listed were the bootloaders. or am i mixing them up?
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No, those are the original firmware files provided by iriver. In order to run Rockbox, you need to patch the original iriver firmware with the Rockbox bootloader, and then flash the patched firmware (which, after patching, contains the Rockbox bootloader) to the H300. However, because of a quirk in the US version, the player won't recognize the bootloader unless you flash it twice. So go ahead and flash the non-US firmware, and then patch the iriver firmware and re-flash it to the player.
(I think it will also work if you simply patch the original firmware and then flash it twice to the player.)
DisturbedPyro:
lol ok, im still confused. idk what flashing is first of all. you say to "flash" the firmware? so you mean download one of the ones off the list and then install it?
can you just tell me in what order to install what things? im sorry, but im totally new to this and i kinda follow but not really. sorry for sounding lilke such a noob :-[
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