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I was wondering if there was converter out there where i could convert .swf files (flash games found on ex. addictinggames.com) to .rock files?? i tried to save the file as a .rock file when downloading and it worked but when i tried to open it it sayed content not supported... this is intresting because windows defines it as a .ROCK file ???...

It would be nice if someone could have a converter they found to share

Chronon:
Rockbox only plays MPEGs.  The extension for Rockbox plugins is .rock.  If you want to convert to a supported format then check out the PluginMpegplayer page in the wiki.

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Then how did they create the snake game and such??? Is the helicopter game just a bunch of jpegs moving in order or a mpeg movie with the counter and the highscore saver??? When i downloaded rockbox for my nano it came with some games that look like i could find them on the internet...

Just wndering if i could download swf files from a website and be able to play them on my nano

Chronon:
Ah.  Sorry.  I thought you were talking about flash movies, like on YouTube and other sites.

To make a game for Rockbox you have to have access to suitably licensed source code and port it over to work with Rockbox.  Or you have to write a clone of the original game from the ground up.

bluebrother:

--- Quote from: Username:* on April 18, 2008, 08:22:07 PM ---i tried to save the file as a .rock file when downloading and it worked but when i tried to open it it sayed content not supported... this is intresting because windows defines it as a .ROCK file ???...
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No. Windows doesn't "define" any file content. Windows only recognizes files based on file extensions, not based on their content. Thus, you can give any file any arbitrary extension and windows will recognize it as such -- for example, if you rename an executable (.exe) file to say .doc windows will think it's a word document now and try opening it with word (which obviously won't work). If windows doesn't know the file extension it will simply call the file type the same using upper letters -- for example, if you don't have word installed on your computer (and no other program that registered the extension .doc) windows will call word files simply "DOC file".

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