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What
is gl.tterBOX? |
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| A: |
gl.tterBOX
is my heavily
customised version of Rockbox (an
open-source firmware replacement for
certain portable audio players /
recorders). It contains many
stylistic, visual and functional
additions I designed & coded to
please myself - some are specific to my
own player (the iRiver H1x0 series), but
many apply to others.
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| Q: |
Why
don't you contribute your changes to the
main Rockbox project? |
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| A: |
Because
they won't accept them.
Technically speaking, Rockbox is a great
project - the same can't be said for the
admins' policy on code
contributions. In a nutshell, the
Rockbox maintainers refuse contributions
from anonymous / pseudononymous
sources. If they ever decide to
revisit this policy I'll consider
submitting some of my changes. |
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| Q: |
What
audio players / recorders is this
targetted at? |
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| A: |
It
should work on all targets that Rockbox
supports. Some of the best
features are iRiver H1x0 specific as
that's the player I've got, and as it
supports some things other players don't
(eg. backlight fading or optical output
switching). Also the playback
screen design (WPS) is currently H1X0
only (but could be extended). |
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| Q: |
Will
usable firmwares and/or code ever be
released? |
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| A: |
Undecided
- for now these pages are informational
only. Keep checking back, or
contact me (gl.tter [at] r-i-l [dot]
net)
if you want to get involved. |
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| Q: |
Are
you interested in contributions? |
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| A: |
Maybe.
I don't have enough time (or the
desire) to create and maintain an offical
'fork' (competing project), but check out
my current wish-list if you fancy
collaborating on a particular feature. |
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