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--- Quote from: ljones on May 18, 2017, 05:06:44 PM ---But could a rasberry pi plus a small screen be a possible answer to a "new device that [might possibly one day] run rockbox"?
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The output on the audio jack on all the ones I've had (original 256k RAM B to a Pi 3) has not been good, even after the original crackle bug was fixed. It's driven by a 12bit DAC, from memory.

So you'd either need an audio shield or get your sound from the HDMI port.

dkone:
I heard about ROCKbox around 3 years ago, can't really remember where.  I had just replaced my Sansa Clip with the Clip + (listening to an audiobook on it as I type this).  After  reading about RB, the first thing I did was install RB on the Clip +.  I only really only listen to audiobooks and the stock firmware on the Clip was fine, but holy shit, RB really showed me what a MP3's players OS should be.  Fast forward 3 years and my only regret is that I didn't buy 3 or 4 more Clip +'s to keep in spare.  I am not sure how to say this because I am afraid I will sound ungrateful or entitled, but I will try.  First off, RB is awesome and I have nothing but respect for the people that saw the need for it and ported it to players.  If I had the skill set for this I would help.  I can hack together a website and dabble with SQL, but this is way over my head.

My Clip+ is dying and after seeing that they are discontinued and coming to RB to see what new players are supported, I am sad.  Sad because the list on the RB website is mainly discontinued players.  Sad that the market for MP3 players seems to be backseat to phones (reference to previous posts in this thread to cameras).  Sad that the manufacturers (Sandisk) is going so cheap and contain not enough memory for RB to make a port.  (would it be possible to make a 'lite' version that could run on the new Clip Jam?)

I am holding great hope the AGPtek Rocker that was mentioned previously, but I see no mention of it on the RB radar.  So I am most sad that I am witnessing not the death of RB, but just that it will fade away as all of the devices that we own that currently run RB die and we can no longer replace them.

saratoga:

--- Quote ---would it be possible to make a 'lite' version that could run on the new Clip Jam?
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I think you could probably try to write a new operating system that ran on the Jam, although it would be extremely challenging and probably not very good, as the stock firmware makes a lot of compromises to get audio decoding working on almost no memory. 


--- Quote ---I am holding great hope the AGPtek Rocker that was mentioned previously, but I see no mention of it on the RB radar.
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That device has only been around for a few months, and ports take a very long time.  Unless you're interested in working on the port, you should probably expect to wait a lot longer before there is anything interesting. 

dkone:
Thanks for the reply, like I said this is all way out of my wheelhouse.  If I helped, I think I would be the 2 steps backwards part of the 1 step forward.  Would any SQL, light HTML, or 3D modeling be of any help?

zed187:
I prefer a small mp3 player for workout and running. I hate to carry my oversized smartphone to just hear some music. I dont want to distract from while train. The big advantage of a great mp3 player vs smartphone is simple... Size, weight and battery. I know many people in fitness which prefer a great dap.

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