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how to write plugins?

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saratoga:

--- Quote from: mvmacd on August 04, 2010, 04:05:37 PM ---oh cool. I actually downloaded that, and was hoping I could just compile it, then test it with my rockbox simulator. I tried,

--- Code: ---$ ls
extras  viewbox.c
$ gcc viewbox.c

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--- End quote ---

Rockbox is not a linux PC.  You cannot compile something for linux or cygwin and then just run it in rockbox.  You need to setup the dev tools and then compile a simulator with your plugin added to it.

You should really take a look at the HowtoWritePlugins page.  It explains this.

edit:


--- Quote ---ok, still I have no idea what kind of stuff I can tell the plugin to do.
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You can pretty much do anything you would expect to be able to do on an mp3 player.  Read buttons, disk IO, draw to screen, process things on a ~80-300MHz ARM or Coldfire processor, play audio, etc.

Edit2:  You might be interested to know that PNG compresses quite a bit better then GIF, so if your GIF files are smaller then your PNGs, you're probably doing something wrong :)

mvmacd:
I ran

--- Code: ---sudo ./tools/rockboxdev.sh
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and it's taking forever. when it finishes, can I just copy the 'viewbox.c' and 'extra' folder into ./apps/plugins/ and then just run

--- Code: ---make
--- End code ---
and will it compile gifview into something I can use on my rockbox?

Chronon:
The most recent submission on that page is a patch.  You should use the "patch" program as described on the WorkingWithPatches page to apply it.

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