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rockbox on ipod classic 5G without games?

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irockbox:
hye,

thanks for the help.

I don't mind leaving the apple hardware on the ipod, but I do mind about the games. The ipod's use isn't for me, but for little ones whom I wouldn't like to see spend all their time on the games...

In the case I install rockbox as multiboot, having it launch by default, is there a way to prevent "accidental" booting on the apple OS by a password?

saratoga:
No, just what's on that wiki link.

[Saint]:

--- Quote from: irockbox on January 18, 2014, 03:48:11 AM ---I don't mind leaving the apple hardware on the ipod, but I do mind about the games. The ipod's use isn't for me, but for little ones whom I wouldn't like to see spend all their time on the games...

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In this case, I would like to suggest an alternative, customising the main menu (no recompilation necessary) to remove the "Plugins" main menu item entirely. If you wanted to prevent the child(ren) from navigating the device filesystem and potentially deleting media or core system files, you could also remove the "File Browser" menu entry, and force the use of the Database solely.

I would also suggest the use of a "fixed.cfg" config file, which takes the same format as Rockbox's config.cfg file, to set some sane defaults to ensure that the device will always be in a known state at each boot. For instance, to set volume to a known, safe level. Reset the playback settings to their defaults (shuffle, repeat, etc.), and so on.

This approach will have the advantage of persisting across Rockbox upgrades.

PS: If you end up keeping the original firmware, remember that Rockbox's can make use of tracks synced to the device via iTunes with its Database feature, meaning the device can function under both firmwares seamlessly (however, tracks copied to the device via Rockbox's "drag & drop" method will not be visible to the Apple firmware).


[Saint]

bluebrother:

--- Quote from: irockbox on January 17, 2014, 09:29:15 AM ---before trying to ebay an ipod classic 4G or 5G, which support rockbox,

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Just for the record, there is no "Ipod Classic 4G". The Ipod 4G is the Ipod 4G. The Ipod Classic is the Ipod 6G and 7G. Unfortunately Apple is inconsistent with their naming for those.

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