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A Newbie's Review of Rockbox: First Reactions

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ThaCrip:
well as far as Rockbox's interface...

i think even though it aint super 'pretty', it is professional looking enough and gets straight to the point which i would rather have anyways especially considering Rockbox is just flat out better than the stock firmware because of it's 'options' (i.e. playing alot of audio formats like .ogg etc)

so obviously im going to disagree with the menu's being "too complex and take too long to navigate" part.

as far as manual installation vs automatic... i honestly prefer the manual way since once you know where basic stuff is installed to it's actually pretty easy doing it manually... like updating Rockbox to a newer version etc.

but i do agree with the OP in some area's (i.e. playlists) in the manual don't seem straight forward but once i learned how to use it there overall nice.


but i think at the end of the day Rockbox aint really made for your typical 'average user' , it's more made for the person who wants more out of there player and knows a little bit about computers in general i guess you could say ;)

Nymm:
Hey, thanks all for the responses. While I'm totally open about the fact that I'm a total newb at this, I have to admit my initial post was sort of a rant. So, sorry 'bout that. I had been all excited about getting Rockbox up and going, so I was a little frustrated when I couldn't "plug and play" as it were. I just thought the whole process would be a little more intuitive. Like I implied earlkier, I bought an iPod originally for it's ease of use, so I've gotten use to the functionality of iTunes.
However, I always kinda wished I could get more out of the thing. After all, I bought it new and paid what for me is a substantial price. So when I heard about Rockbox, I wanted to try it.

i think even though it aint super 'pretty'
Yeah, while I like the idea of refined themes, Rockbox's default looks don't bother me.

(i.e. playing alot of audio formats like .ogg etc)
Rockbox totally wins, granted.

some area's (i.e. playlists) in the manual don't seem straight forward
AMEN

it's more made for the person who wants more out of there player
^Me

and knows a little bit about computers
^Nor me. But close.

unzip -d /media/ipod themefile.zip is a pain?
Yes. I actually only have the vaguest idea what you just said. I'm really more of a drag and drop kinda guy.

This is a volunteer effort. Feel free to complete the work on...
I'm not sure me trying to program anything is such a great idea. I'm better at complaining! (*U*)
No for real. The clock on my VCR is still flashin 12:00. I'm more of a lover than a fighter. More of a geek than a nerd. Seriously, props to you guy who can write script! I can't. I'll leave it to you professionasl. I'm good at graphic design. That's about it.

Yes, you can delete plugins.
How, plox? I tried looking for where they were stored but couldn't identify the file.

That means you're going to have to think occasionally.
Ah, snap.

Playlists work fine. I import playlists from my PC or make playlists on my device all the time.
How? Would love to do this.

...but it would be polite to take the time to do some learning before complaining...
Yeah. I got a bit carried away. But it was a first reaction. Sorry for griping. (._.)

rockbox supports standard m3u playlists.
What is this m3u, you speak of? *googles* And how do I import them to Rockbox?

...if the only reason for not removing Rockbox is doom...
If you're just installing Rockbox for doom
I played with Rockbox a little bit at work and actually enjoyed Jewels and Mazeman more than Doom. ('o')

Once again. Sorry about the tone of my first post. I was just expecting to install and go. Instead, I spent my first twenty minutes trying to figure out how to change the backlighting timer.

I took the iPod to work today and messed around with Rockbox. I got a much better feel for it and admitably, the features are amzing. I don't know how you guys do this in your spare time. The menus and controls steel feel a bit clunky to me, but I think more familiarity will breed proficiency.

I'm still a bit put off by some of the difficulty involved in themes and playlists, but I'll read up some more. Spending a little more time on my iPod today really motivated me to want to figure this all out.

What would be TOTALLY AWESOME would be a Rockbox replacement for iTunes. Something to manage all your song, playlists, plugins, menus, controls, etc., from your compy. If some one came up with that, I would not only use it- I WOULD BUY IT.

cool_walking_:
Plugins have a ".rock" file extension.  They're located under ".rockbox/rocks/".

M3U is a file format for playlists.  I've never used playlists, but even I've heard of it, so it must be pretty popular.  You don't have to "import" them, just copy-paste onto your device.

Llorean:
You can also simply delete plugins from within Rockbox by highlighting them, popping open the context menu, and choosing "Delete". If you can find the plugin to launch it, you can find it to remove it.

bluebrother:

--- Quote from: Nymm on March 05, 2009, 02:03:17 AM ---unzip -d /media/ipod themefile.zip is a pain?
Yes. I actually only have the vaguest idea what you just said. I'm really more of a drag and drop kinda guy.
--- End quote ---
Open the downloaded zip file and drag the contained files (well, it's a folder in fact) to e:\ (or whatever drive letter your Ipod got) too? And why do you need to install themes in the first place? Rockbox comes with a usable theme, and you can't customize the Apple firmware with themes either. So if this is too hard why change it?

Seriously, you don't install any somewhat more complex program and expect it to work without reading up a bit or trying a few things out first. This doesn't work for anything that's more complex like notepad.exe or something similar.

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