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FirleFanz:
I´m in Berlin, and sad about touchscreen on my COWON D2. No buttons on it to play Supermario!

My Idea is to connect a Controlpad to the miniUSBport to get Buttons for the Rockboy... because i´m a German i have difficultys in that forum to understand, sorry for my english...


hopefully somebody like that idea and will code it, cu

Chronon:
The D2 isn't supported yet.  But your idea to attach a controller to a USB port can also apply to some other players too.  This has actually been mentioned several times in the past.  However, it requires Rockbox to act as USB host and to have device drivers for the controller you want to use.  Then each game you want to play has to be modified to accept input from this device.

gevaerts:
Note that many players don't have the necessary hardware for USB host support

Chronon:
Very true.  You probably have a better idea of which ones than I do.  I think the iAudio X5, (international) H300, and Gigabeats through the cradle have this.  Does that sound about right?

gevaerts:
I think so, yes.

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