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(3) Why not start a line of Rockbox players by modifying current players and loading them all with Rockbox?
(1) I am surprised at the lack of support for this idea. If we do not start doing this soon, we will run out of modifiable players that are on the market. You can see from the new iPods and Sansas that they are getting less and less modifiable.
Quote from: zajacattack on November 26, 2007, 05:48:53 PM(3) Why not start a line of Rockbox players by modifying current players and loading them all with Rockbox?One very easy way to get in a very deep pile of legal trouble.
How so? Is it illegal to resell an mp3 player now?
Actaully it would be illegal to sell Rockbox, wouldnt it?
I am surprised at the lack of support for this idea.
If we do not start doing this soon, we will run out of modifiable players that are on the market.
You can see from the new iPods and Sansas that they are getting less and less modifiable.
One development platform that I've seen is the NGW100 from Atmel. This uses their AVR32 cpu. This processor is an arm-like risc (not an arm instruction set) with lots of on board I/O. It has a 16bit 50khz sample rate stereo DAC that is suitable for AC97 style audio. It also has a build in color LCD driver that will do up to 2048x2048 pixels, dual 10/100 ethernet, high speed USB, external flash memory interface, pixel co-processor for video acceleration, etc. It's supported by GNU tools (Atmel even has a version of their AVR studio jtag debugger that runs on Linux).
Whether you like it or not, manufacturers are not out to make products that are modifiable. They are out to protect their IP and to make their products cheaper to produce and ensure they are able to meet demand. This is the reason why the switch to using different parts. Maybe I'm not getting it but isn't the point of resverse-engineering to produce firmware for a particular platform to use in devices that manufacturers are unwilling to supply?
Maybe I'm not getting it but isn't the point of resverse-engineering to produce firmware for a particular platform to use in devices that manufacturers are unwilling to supply?
Quote by CasainhoMaybe there is no future for RockBox... because RockBox is very simple and todays demands are for multimedia!! - RockBox even can't play album art in JPG, for example
You said AVR32, but they also have an ARM right? - for what I understand, RockBox have good support for ARMs... what would be the good choice? ARM or AVR32? - Atmel have ARM and AVR32 dev board...
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