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Another 'thanks' to the RFockbox team
ThaCrip:
ok i see ;)
yeah the USB and Battery Charging are nice (major advantages of USB are that you can directly transfer files to the MicroSDHC card which the stock firmware cannot do ;) )... you can even use the new bootloader (which is in my signature) to make it so the player does not need to ever boot into original firmware unless you specifically tell it to. (the 'new bootloader' comes with versions for the c200 series and e200 series)
but basically the install process is pretty simple on the e200 series... just do a "sansapatcher.exe -a PP5022.mi4" (without the ") and it wont load up the original firmware anymore when you connect the USB cable when the device is in a powered off state ;) (you can still get it to boot the original firmware if needed by pressing (and holding) the left button on the dpad when powering it on.
NOTE: i would use the original firmware when doing the sansapatcher.exe stuff just to be safe because i never tried it when using Rockbox's USB.
p.s. plus a nice little bonus of using Rockbox's USB is that you dont have to worry about deleting those crappy files/folders that the original firmware re-creates everytime you boot into original firmware.... so since i can exclusively use Rockbox's USB now i dont have that annoying problem anymore
Portasmith:
--- Quote from: ThaCrip on March 31, 2009, 01:21:38 AM ---yeah the USB and Battery Charging are nice (major advantages of USB are that you can directly transfer files to the MicroSDHC card which the stock firmware cannot do ;) )... you can even use the new bootloader (which is in my signature) to make it so the player does not need to ever boot into original firmware unless you specifically tell it to. (the 'new bootloader' comes with versions for the c200 series and e200 series)
--- End quote ---
Thanks for that. I'm brand-new to Rockbox, just got my Sansa c250 yesterday. I installed r20705 last night so I could copy to my 4GB microSDHC card (8GB card is coming soon :)) in the player directly (OF would freeze trying to read it). Now there's no need to use the crappy OF at all (I hate all those stupid files it creates too).
I put that bootloader on and it works great. Goes straight to Rockbox when powering up with USB inserted. :) Is 20108 the lastest version? That's what I installed.
GodEater:
The "latest version" changes several times a day sometimes. Development is active and ongoing!
Portasmith:
Sorry, I should have been more specific ... I meant the "new" bootloader (that goes straight to Rockbox when plugged in while off) that is in ThaCrip's signature (which is bootloader r20108 according to my Sansa). Or has that modification part of the regular SVN sources now?
wakauai:
I've been using Rockbox on my Sansa E260 for over 2 years and love it. I recently dropped it and a corner of the metal backing broke off. It still worked but I thought it was about time to start looking for a new player. I was disappointed to find that Rockbox only supports players that are no longer available (this was 2 months ago).
This got me to thinking. Rockbox has some excellent technical minds involved in puzzling out how manufacturers put their players together. Could not this same brain power be devoted to designing a Rockbox brand player running open source Rockbox software with all the internal components open for community scrutiny?
A development corporation could be formed by selling shares to Rockbox users (and anyone else who wanted to see the project succeed). If 10,000 users bought a share for $100, that would give a million dollars with which to approach a company in China (lots of hungry companies there right now) with the design and start cranking them out.
The design could be updated on say a six month cycle to keep current with developments and sold on the open market with substantial discounts being given to shareholders.
All of the developers now donating their time to the project could receive remuneration for their efforts based on a commonly agreed upon formula. Everybody wins - except Apple and others. But I have no interest in adding to the profits of Apple corporation. I'd rather see the Rockbox group prosper and Rockbox users have a kick ass player that incorporated all the things we'd like to see in a player.
What would it take? A year to get a design into the hands of users? It seems like the hardest part would be getting the word out to buy shares but maybe the word would spread fast and it would happen right along with development. There's no way to know without trying.
What stimulated this line of thinking was a podcast from IT conversations. It was a talk given by Michael Bauwens of the P2P Foundation in which he talks about economic activity being driven by creativity and value being created by the community. That we now live in a world that will soon be ruled by community participation. The file is
ITC.Ecomm-MichaelBauwens-2008.03.13.mp3
if you would care to listen to it.
You/we can sit here and watch the waves go by or we can catch a good one and ride it in. I've got my hundred buck ready.
I didn't know where to post this comment so it landed here.
BW
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