{"id":51,"date":"2008-10-06T15:37:24","date_gmt":"2008-10-06T14:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wvw.constantvzw.org\/?p=51"},"modified":"2008-10-06T15:51:57","modified_gmt":"2008-10-06T14:51:57","slug":"rocbox-actually-rocks-or-how-to-change-the-firmware-on-your-audioplayer-to-free-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wvw.constantvzw.org\/rocbox-actually-rocks-or-how-to-change-the-firmware-on-your-audioplayer-to-free-software\/","title":{"rendered":"Rocbox actually rocks – or how to change the firmware on your audioplayer to Free Software"},"content":{"rendered":"
A couple of years I ago, I bought a Iriver H340, a sound hard disc recorder for Constant, because the minidiscs were getting old and after some time, you really get sick of digitalizing the 567.273 minidiscs.<\/p>\n
I was really not pleased about this machine, because you could for example, not easily change the sound input levels. You could also only record 80 minutes and then the recording stopped. All kinds of annoying glitches you would not expect. The machine (‘s software!) was dictating what you could do with it, and not the other way around.<\/p>\n
After some moping about, and grumbling, I decided to try to put Rockbox<\/a> on the recorder, because, hey, it could not get any worse! Rockbox is software, firmware, an “operating system” for sound devices from for example Apple, Archos, Cowon, iriver, Olympus, SanDisk, Toshiba. <\/p>\n I must say, that it took me a whole afternoon to install Rockbox, but I have not regretted it a minute since. All this to announce that Rockbox 3.0 is out and installing it has never been so simple.
\nIt is fantastic.
\nThe menu’s are better, more intuitive, the choices are ample, it is flexible, coherent and transparent. The recorder works the way I – or someone else wants it to work and all previous annoyances are gone (quite special to realize that these were all due to software).
\nFor people with a player from the fruit firm, Rockbox annihilates the necessity of iTunes, which I for many a reason consider to be a good thing.<\/p>\n
\nGo check it out<\/a> and download the installer here<\/a>!<\/p>\n