Installation / Removal > Rockbox Utility
Automatic Installation for Clip Zp
prankstare:
--- Quote from: bluebrother on March 31, 2012, 04:13:35 AM ---So the answer is pretty much the same. You can't use the Quick Start tab items unless there has been a stable release of Rockbox for your player. Since there is no stable release for the Clip Zip yet you can't use it.
And using the "Installation" tab isn't manual installation, it's the normal way of installing. The Quick Start tab is only a shortcut for convenience (and it's about to go away some time in the future, since it causes more confusion than does good.)
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Oh, good to know that 'Quick Start' tab will eventually go away because it really did mess my mind - I thought it wouldn't be possible to install it other than taking the manual procedure there.
Anyways I've taken the courage to install Rockbox to my Clip Zip and what a sound! With all it's tweakable features, makes a night and day difference compared to the default system OS. This is really neat! :D
PS: by the way let me just ask you something: is there Rockbox also for Android? I can't find it...
saratoga:
Android isn't officially releases so we don't have binaries on the site but there are unofficial builds on the forums.
prankstare:
--- Quote from: saratoga on March 31, 2012, 02:49:30 PM ---Android isn't officially releases so we don't have binaries on the site but there are unofficial builds on the forums.
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Pardon my perhaps dumb question(s) but what do you mean by "officially releases" ? You mean Android releases haven't reached a "stable" version or something? I know Android is open-source, or that doesn't have anything to do with developing Rockbox? Rockbox is actually a software player, right? I know it's described as a replacement firmware to the stock ones found on many MP3 players, but as far as I know every firmware needs a software to be useful, I think (please correct me if I'm wrong). What is programming anyways? ???
PS: I know this is very off-topic, pardon me for that too. It's that I'm very curious and have very little understanding about programming and stuff. I don't intend to become a programmer one day... just would like to understand about it a little better. Thanks!
saratoga:
--- Quote from: prankstare on April 01, 2012, 04:21:04 PM ---Pardon my perhaps dumb question(s) but what do you mean by "officially releases" ? You mean Android releases haven't reached a "stable" version or something? I know Android is open-source, or that doesn't have anything to do with developing Rockbox? Rockbox is actually a software player, right?
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Yes, the port of rockbox to Android is still under heavy development, so its not officially available on the site or the android market. You can of course compile your own build to try, or find binaries that people have posted for testing on the forums. Its quite functional, but not yet fully polished. A lot has to be changed to run an operating system like rockbox inside a java program on Android.
prankstare:
--- Quote from: saratoga on April 01, 2012, 04:31:59 PM ---Yes, the port of rockbox to Android is still under heavy development, so its not officially available on the site or the android market. You can of course compile your own build to try, or find binaries that people have posted for testing on the forums. Its quite functional, but not yet fully polished. A lot has to be changed to run an operating system like rockbox inside a java program on Android.
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Oh, OK.
I just want to understand, for example: why is it that Rockbox is designed only for some specific players and not for any (since Rockbox has its own firmware it could work with any hardware that is based on a same given architecture, right) ? By asking this I mean is Rockbox developed slightly different depending on the specific model of a player (eg: Rockbox is developed differently for 'Sansa Clip +' as it is for the 'Cowon' players) ? Why is it not supported for other good MP3 players like the Philips GoGear Vibe? It sounds almost as good as the Sansa Clip Zip therefore I SUPPOSE it has decent hardware as well.
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