Rockbox your iPod | The Coffeehouse

wisemx
Live it

Rockbox, via our friends at Life Hacker:
http://lifehacker.com/5056370/breath-new-life-into-your-aging-mp3-player-with-rockbox

PerfectPhase
"This is not war, this is pest control!" - Dalek to Cyberman

I'll be having some of that for my iPod Nano me thinks, no more iTunes!! Like the hardware, hate the software Smiley

wisemx
Live it

In reply to PerfectPhase

#Sep 29th, 2008 @ 7:16 PM

I don't have an iPod so if you use that please report back. Big Smile

PerfectPhase
"This is not war, this is pest control!" - Dalek to Cyberman

In reply to wisemx

#Sep 30th, 2008 @ 5:31 AM

Got it installed, very easy, only took a few minutes. Nice range of features, good selection of file types supported (mp3, wma, ogg, flac etc). Not as polished as the native UI, but some of the new features make up for that.

See how I feel about it in a few weeks...

PerfectPhase
"This is not war, this is pest control!" - Dalek to Cyberman

In reply to wisemx

#Sep 30th, 2008 @ 5:31 AM

Got it installed, very easy, only took a few minutes. Nice range of features, good selection of file types supported (mp3, wma, ogg, flac etc). Not as polished as the native UI, but some of the new features make up for that.

See how I feel about it in a few weeks...

jamie

In reply to PerfectPhase

#Sep 30th, 2008 @ 1:41 PM

so this supports wma (iphone auto-converts wma) ... what about wmv? does it work on a new iphone 3g?
is it in the app store? do you need an unlocked phone?

i would rather not re-encode everything to mp4 ...

edit: "CEO Steve Ballmer and other senior leaders, created this new, broader vision statement:

"Create experiences that combine the magic of software with the power of Internet services across a world of devices."

good. Ill take Explorer and WMP for iphone ASAP Smiley

(or an xphone.. but no zune phone please)
<palin>"Mungo! never kill a customer"

*uh thats michael palin.. Tongue Out

PerfectPhase
"This is not war, this is pest control!" - Dalek to Cyberman

In reply to jamie

#Sep 30th, 2008 @ 1:53 PM

Tread carefully!! It's a complete replacement firmware, so no, will never be on the app store!

I only have a 1st gen iPod nano, so no video support for me.