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Rockbox Player - Project to design and build a Free/Open hardware audio player
AlexP:
--- Quote from: casainho on April 02, 2008, 05:17:25 PM ---Why should we tailor the hardware for video? just because everyone is doing that? why should we go to touchscreen? just because everyone is dong that?
I would prefer to pay for an hardware dedicated to audio than a media player, but thats me :)
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You DO NOT need to dedicate it to video. Add a decent screen, and the CPU you have chosen is perfectly capable of decoding video, that, and here is the crucial bit, will only affect battery life if you play video. It does not need to affect the audio playback at all. I do not understand why you seem to think that video playback (for instance) needs to affect audio playback at all.
casainho:
--- Quote from: BigBambi on April 02, 2008, 05:21:29 PM ---Add a decent screen, and the CPU you have chosen is perfectly capable of decoding video, that, and here is the crucial bit, will only affect battery life if you play video.
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Ok, I agree.
I would like to compare this situation with digital photographic machines and digital video machines. I have and prefer, a specialized photographic machine and a specialized video recording machine. I could buy just one machine to have the both functions, photos and video, however, It will not had nor a good photographic characteristics and a video recording characteristics. What is more attractive? Whats sells better? - probably just one machine with both functions, however, professional prefers specialized machines for each function.
I am afraid of a descharacterized device, that is nor a good hardware audio player nor a good hardware video player.
Okok, this is just chat-chat while there are no news. Right now I can't progress because I am waiting the development board. Also waiting for an answer from 00christian00.
--- Quote from: friendlyzookeeper on April 02, 2008, 04:27:08 PM ---Hi Guys,
Right now I'm getting parts lined up. I have several devices to take apart, and by the way this is a project with my 13 year old son. Modules are the projects I'm working on now for this. Donated is 900mhz wireless phone with ID caller, dvd player with divx and mp3, and a calculator. This prototype is going to be huge, since there isn't any specified breadboards. Then, any deviations will be in a engineering change.
Which mp4 format do you all want?
I want to use modules because of trouble shooting. It will be easier to test them seperate, after they are built. ;)
I was talking to my son and thinks it would be great to have a solar charger for the batteries.
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I don't understand what are you talking about. Is about some hardware, related to audio/video player? Can you put organized information on a page? - thank you.
Der Papst:
--- Quote from: casainho on April 02, 2008, 05:17:25 PM ---The DJ tools include a Line out Crossfader, a Headphones Crossfader, Bend, Pitch, DJ Pause, Cue, Loop, EQ, Filter, Sound FX, Headphone Jack, Line out jack and a USB 2.0 connector."
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To support these features you need a very powerful SoC (i guess even a bit more than the one you've chosen) and a large enough LCD to keep the UI intuitive (for use in rockbox since i doubt anyone wants those buttons and pads (they're even protected by a patent);-)). And i think "Music playback time: 18 hrs • DJ operating time: 5 hrs" is too low.
So i kinda think it's unavoidable that a videoplayer gets thrown on the device with more codecs than "just" mpeg1/2. :-P
So your point
--- Quote from: casainho on April 02, 2008, 05:51:43 PM ---I would like to compare this situation with digital photographic machines and digital video machines. I have and prefer, a specialized photographic machine and a specialized video recording machine. I could buy just one machine to have the both functions, photos and video, however, It will not had nor a good photographic characteristics and a video recording characteristics. What is more attractive? Whats sells better? - probably just one machine with both functions, however, professional prefers specialized machines for each function.
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somewhat doesn't count.
casainho:
--- Quote from: Der Papst on April 02, 2008, 06:00:22 PM ---So your point
--- Quote from: casainho on April 02, 2008, 05:51:43 PM ---I would like to compare this situation with digital photographic machines and digital video machines. I have and prefer, a specialized photographic machine and a specialized video recording machine. I could buy just one machine to have the both functions, photos and video, however, It will not had nor a good photographic characteristics and a video recording characteristics. What is more attractive? Whats sells better? - probably just one machine with both functions, however, professional prefers specialized machines for each function.
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somewhat doesn't count.
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Why doesn't count? - can you say why do you think that Pacemaker, don't have video capabilities?
kugel.:
--- Quote from: casainho on April 02, 2008, 05:51:43 PM ---I am afraid of a descharacterized device, that is nor a good hardware audio player nor a good hardware video player.
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Have you heard of the Sansa Fuze? No advertisement, but it's said to have a great sound quality. And it features video playback as well as a low price.
Just because really good audio players with video playback are rare (depends on how you define good audio playback of course) and sometimes rather expensive, it doesn't mean it's impossible.
My point is, that's very much doable to combine video playback (including a decent color screen) with good auto quality.
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