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Improve your iPod with Rockbox - TechAmok
Improve your iPod with Rockbox - [gadgets] 06:56 AM EDT - May,06 2006 - post a comment Rockbox started as a
reverse engineered alternative firmware for certain Archos MP3 player/recorders
-- now Rockbox varieties support machines from Archos, iRiver, iAudio, and
Apple. What Rockbox provides for iPod users is an alternative operating system
for several models of iPod. It works with the two most recent generations of
(full-sized) iPod, as well as with the nano and Mini varieties.
James Kim of CNET News has posted his Rockbox impressions:
In its current state, the Rockbox interface is utilitarian, graphically
sparse, and reminiscent of a command-line system, and it lacks the flash of
modern commercial MP3 players. But where it comes up short in pizzazz, it more
than compensates in options and settings, many of which would make the default
iPod jealous. Using RockPod is fun, and though it doesn't benefit from a
seamless iTunes relationship (you can, however, manually transfer songs within
iTunes) and is missing a few familiar features that make the iPod so popular
with the masses, I personally dig it--enough to use it exclusively for a while.
Some of the Rockbox's key features are Karma-like: OGG and FLAC support, as
well as gapless playback (dance mixes on a standard iPod are anything but
seamless). You also get crossfading options, fade in/out, a user-definable
antiskip buffer, and much more--all on a spartan interface that's simply not as
pretty as the iPod's. But the Rockbox is fairly easy to use, considering all the
extra features you get.
You get photo playback--no thumbnail grid views--but you can zoom in and tweak
slide-show settings. File/folder organization is completely customizable, and
you can browse by ID3 tag data. Rockbox even offers a choice of playback screen
skins (again user-customizable and created); some include dancing graphics
(a.k.a. DancePuff Duo), while others show a battery meter with the actual time
remaining. The Rockbox GUI is exceptionally customizable as you can see in these
beautiful 5G iPod example themes. Incidentally, the iPod's battery life takes a
serious hit when using Rockbox, but this is a known issue that will be remedied
by the time Rockbox for iPod officially launches later this year. There's
playlist creation, bookmarking, and a library of plug-ins ranging from games and
a calculator to a very cool oscilloscope. But most of all, it offers a hard-core
control over audio playback.
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