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authorBjörn Stenberg <bjorn@haxx.se>2002-03-28 13:25:25 +0000
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Rockbox FAQ
+$id:$
+
Q. What is a FAQ?
-A. A rare small animal of the specius 'Textius Electronicus'. It is know for
- its helpful attitude and vicious misspellings.
+A. A rare small animal of the species 'Textius Electronicus'. It is known for
+ its' helpful attitude and vicious misspellings.
Q. What is Rockbox, what is it's purpose?
A. The purpose of this project is to write an Open Source replacement
@@ -16,8 +18,8 @@ A. Start by reading up on the information about the jukeboxes on our web page.
Q. Okay, so how do I submist a patch?
A. Run: "diff -u oldfile newfile" against the file(s) you have changed. Then
mail the output to any member of the development team and we will take it
- under consideration. (Please remember that not all submissions are
- accpeted.)
+ under consideration. (Please remember that all submissions are not
+ automatically accepted.)
Q. I want to join the development team, but don't have a SourceForge account,
what should I do?
@@ -39,22 +41,25 @@ A. http://www.sourceforge.net
Q. Can the changes or the software that Rockbox suggests or offers
possibly damage my Archos Player?
A. All firmware mods that are presented are still highly experimental.
- Try them at your own risk. We offer no garuntee that this software, or the
+ Try them at your own risk. We offer no guarantee that this software, or the
hardware modifications we show, will not damage your player or void your
- warentee.
+ warranty.
That said, we have not been able to damage any of our units by modifying
only the firmware. You can accidentally password protect your harddisk,
- but there are ways around that.
+ but there are ways around that. (See below.)
Q. I want to see what the inside of my player looks like, but I would really
- like to avoid voiding my warentee. Is there anything you can suggest?
+ like to avoid voiding my warranty. Is there anything you can suggest?
A. We have a collection of photos of both the player and recorder. Look at
http://bjorn.haxx.se/rockbox/internals/
Q. What exactly are you trying to achieve with this line of development?
(A.K.A. whats your purpose for being here?)
-A. Well, some of the ideas that have been presented/discussed for the future
- that we would like to see would include (in no particular order):
+A. Firstly, we wouldn't start something like this if we didn't simply enjoy
+ it profusely. This is great fun!
+ Secondly, we feel the firmware is lacking some features and contain a
+ number of annoying bugs that we want to fix.
+ Some ideas would include (in no particular order):
- No pause between songs
- Mid-song resume
- Mid-playlist resume
@@ -67,8 +72,6 @@ A. Well, some of the ideas that have been presented/discussed for the future
- REAL random
- Multi song queue
- Faster scroll speed
- - Archos Recorder support. Most of the hardware is the same,
- but the display and some other things differ.
- More cool features with the wire remote control (including
controlling your Archos from your car radio (req hw mod))
- Support playing of other files types (ie: Ogg Vorbis support)
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@ A. Well, some of the ideas that have been presented/discussed for the future
the list.
Q. I tried one of your firmware files and now I can't access my harddisk!
- When I turn on the jukebox, it says:
+ When I turn on my jukebox, it says:
Part. Error
Pls Chck HD