AGPTEK Rocker

[darkcity]

That's cool about pressing a key down to avoid USB mode - could well be useful for when the battery is low but I still want to play music.

There was talk on this thread about Bluetooth, a developer requested help with UI design.
https://forums.rockbox.org/index.php/topic,51653.msg245747.html#msg245747

[Njones]

Device status says Rockbox utility is now supported. Rocker not recognized in version 1.4.1?

[bluebrother]

Device status says Rockbox utility is now supported. Rocker not recognized in version 1.4.1?

This becomes obvious once you look at the dates.

Rockbox Utility 1.4.1 has been released about 8 months ago. Support for the Rocker was added after that. So how is 1.4.1 supposed to have support? Right now you have to wait for a new release of Rockbox Utility or build it yourself.

[Njones]

OK thanks

[ddscentral]

It's supported by the bleeding edge version that you have to compile yourself, not by the release one.

[Njones]

I'm 69 years old and I'm not computer savy. Compiling my own is not going to happen. Are their any beta versions to test?

[Njones]

Why not just say it is Rockbox Utility ready but not with any existing Rockbox Utility that is available to any normal human being?

[saratoga]

Doing a new release of rockbox utility is a pain since it has to be compiled for a bunch of different operating systems and then uploaded to the website, so it isn't very often that people have to the time to make that happen.  In the meantime, you can  use the previous installation method.

[ddscentral]

Why not just say it is Rockbox Utility ready but not with any existing Rockbox Utility that is available to any normal human being?

I'll see if I can build the latest version for you.

[coacharnold]

The current version of ROCKBOX utility will not compile on current versions of Ubuntu or Arch linux.    SO an update would be great

WOOPS ... just got it to go on Arch ....   still no ubuntu ... my bad .. sorry

[Njones]

OK, Thanks

[bluebrother]

Rockbox Utility currently builds fine on Linux. It builds fine *for* Windows (but not *on* Windows), if you go through some extra hoops. It doesn't build on MacOS unless you go through even more hoops. And creating a release means to build on all those 3 different OSes, which is quite some work (and needs a build environment for all those 3). But before this will happen those build issues need to get resolved first (one of the reasons why 1.4.1 wasn't released for MacOS)

Why not just say it is Rockbox Utility ready but not with any existing Rockbox Utility that is available to any normal human being?

Well, people have different ways in putting things down. Claiming that Rockbox Utility has support *is* technically correct, especially from a developer point of view. One problem here is what OS "normal human beings" are using. Most developers here are on Linux ...

[bluebrother]

One problem here is what OS "normal human beings" are using. Most developers here are on Linux ...

Assuming "normal human beings" using Windows: get the zip file from here.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B8pPsvGJ3RdKfnhyTDAwTWstMlhNR3NDanZURHFzOEI4ZHhoQUJ5OXUzN1NDRlp0U0hZNzQ?usp=sharing

[Njones]

Which of the files is the one needed for windows that recognizes the rocker?

[bluebrother]

Which of the files is the one needed for windows that recognizes the rocker?

There are 2 candidates. Worst case would be to try twice ... I'm giving up here . If you're unable to figure that yourself you probably shouldn't be installing Rockbox.

Seriously, you can figure that yourself. Just look at the files. Closely. (Hint: change to list view.)