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Llorean:
What do you mean by "part of the Rockbox features?"

saratoga:
I have this theory that having threads like this effectively kills the chances of a rockbox port to the hardware in question.

Mr. Brownstone:
Nothing "kills the chances" for a port. All any port needs is this:

1. Developers who are savvy with the ROCKbox codebase.
2. At least one of them owns the device in question.
3. They're motivated to start a port-effort.

This has been the case for every device ROCKbox has been ported to.

The following are things that slow the progress of ports:

1. Developers work in their free-time, and they don't have much of that.
2. There are far fewer developers than users, so it's more likely that a user of any particular device will post a request for a port than a developer will just start working on one.
3. Existing developers need to buy hardware in order to start a new port-effort. This requires personal funds, or donations via PayPal.

So loosen those purse strings or swat up on C and you might be in with a chance. :)

Llorean:
Well, the most important thing is that the developers with the skill are genuinely interested in a specific MP3 player. Too many times people show up and say "I think a port for X would be great, but I don't have the skill" but what they do is they seek among people with the skill, for someone with an interest.

Ideally what should be done is to seek among people with an interest in that player for ones who either have the time, or the skill, to start work. Otherwise you're competing against every MP3 player out there, including ones the developer is already working on.

greg_m:
Llorean, to answer your question...

In this case, the only features I'm interested in are those related to direct audio encoding.  If the T30 can encode good quality at 320kbps, that makes it potentially a much better "recorder" than most other MP3 boxes.

So, e.g., if the encoding parts of Rockbox could be made to work on the T30, but the video games etc. do not, I'd be perfectly satisfied.

I'll tell you what... I'm going to buy a T30 and try to evaluate the encoding quality and features, and report back here.  Perhaps if it's exceptionally good, some developer will become interested enough to work on it.  And I would gladly contribute a T30 to a qualified developer who wants to try a port for this model.

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