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Offline Riffer

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Is there a player like the rockbox for symbian?
« on: October 01, 2008, 05:10:40 PM »
Hello!

Please do not missunderstand my question. I am not looking for a firmware for my symbian handy but for a player software that works like the rockbox player.
My main interest is to listen audio books and not music. The most players are only like a jukebox without the possibility to resume the intercepted playing.

Are there any tips? Maybe someone is developing a player for symbian that uses the player parts of rockbox?
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Offline saratoga

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Re: Is there a player like the rockbox for symbian?
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2008, 06:40:47 PM »
There is no rockbox port to symbian, though you could start one if you're interested.
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Offline Riffer

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Re: Is there a player like the rockbox for symbian?
« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2008, 06:55:50 PM »
I am currently thinking of it - but it will be long way to go because I am short on free time and very short in knowledge of C++.

As far as I can see it maybe could be easy to compile the simulator for symbian because there is an sdl library already. All we have to do is to implement a version that fits into the symbian display?
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Re: Is there a player like the rockbox for symbian?
« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2008, 07:01:31 PM »
Rockbox is written in C, not C++...
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Offline Riffer

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Re: Is there a player like the rockbox for symbian?
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2008, 07:51:54 AM »
Thanks the correction, this will make things a little easier because once I did little programs in C.

Was back in the Commodore Amiga days. Not on windows. 20 years back I guess.  ;D

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Offline pondlife

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Re: Is there a player like the rockbox for symbian?
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2008, 10:22:56 AM »
Quote from: Riffer on October 02, 2008, 07:51:54 AM
Was back in the Commodore Amiga days. Not on windows. 20 years back I guess.  ;D

Rockbox, being written for devices with little RAM or CPU power, is somewhat comparable.  Hopefully you'll feel at home!

Back to the original topic - someone with a clue will probably correct me, but if Symbian has an SDL port available (and you can get the right compiler), you may be able to build the Rockbox simulator and run that.

<edit> Maybe look at http://koti.mbnet.fi/~haviital/index.shtml?projects_sdl and the links on that page? </edit>

pondlife
« Last Edit: October 02, 2008, 10:24:40 AM by pondlife »
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Offline GodEater

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Re: Is there a player like the rockbox for symbian?
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2008, 10:46:43 AM »
There is indeed an SDL port for Symbian S60 already available - but the build environment for it is painfully difficult to set up correctly - I gave up in the end.
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Offline Jancen

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Re: Is there a player like the rockbox for symbian?
« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2008, 11:23:31 AM »
Hi Riffler,
what you need may be a Daisy-Player. Here is the info: http://www.daisy.org/tools/tools.shtml?id=116&PHPSESSID=0cfa5c57285d65511b8ad5cb8a6c3ffc and here: http://www.codefactory.es/en/products.asp?id=240. It's made for visually impaired. You can download a trial version for 30 days. Theres a free PC version to on: http://www.wbh-online.de/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=62&Itemid=71

Jancen
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Offline Chronon

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Re: Is there a player like the rockbox for symbian?
« Reply #8 on: October 02, 2008, 12:58:48 PM »
 ???  I don't think you read the original post.
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Offline Riffer

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Re: Is there a player like the rockbox for symbian?
« Reply #9 on: October 02, 2008, 02:29:23 PM »
Not really. Only his picture in mind of an audiobook is different from mine.
The program he mentioned does play a special version of audio book for visible impaired people.
And the format is DAISY.

What I understand as an audiobook is a book spoken in the way a story teller does.
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Offline Chronon

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Re: Is there a player like the rockbox for symbian?
« Reply #10 on: October 02, 2008, 02:37:57 PM »
I guess I didn't read the description closely enough and thought it was just an eBook format.

Anyway, we should bring the discussion back on topic since DAISY has nothing to do with Rockbox.  It seems you will need SDL if you want to build a Rockbox simulator.
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Offline Riffer

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Re: Is there a player like the rockbox for symbian?
« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2008, 06:27:46 AM »
I think the best way to learn how I could start rockbox for symbian is to read the sources of rockbox and the simulator, compile them for my own, play with them and see how all the fine things work.

Next step is to learn what symbian needs, how SDL works and then to merge them into something useful.

The place where all starts will be here.

Thanks for your support so far.

And do not expect me to be very fast in development  ;)
« Last Edit: October 03, 2008, 06:29:51 AM by Riffer »
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Offline Jancen

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Re: Is there a player like the rockbox for symbian?
« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2008, 09:46:17 AM »
No, Daisy is mp3 with special features, like chapter, phrases, bookmarks. You can test the pc-player.

Jancen
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