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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Help pleaseRe: Help please
From: Rocker <rocker_at_shaw.ca>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 21:39:56 -0700 Sweet! ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Covici" <covici_at_ccs.covici.com> To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 7:55 PM Subject: Re: Help please > I am testing a talkbox patch against the cvs of a couple of days > ago -- I hope things don't change so fast that I can't keep up! If I > can I will try to support some talk in menues as well as the folder > stuff, still working on it -- whatever happened to the person who > started this one? > > > on Sun, 26 Oct 2003 21:52:32 -0800 (PST) "Michael O'Quinn" <michael_at_oquinn.info> wrote: > > > On Sun, 26 Oct 2003, Rocker wrote: > > > >> Hello, > >> > >> I tried looking on the rockbox site and user manual. I just bought an > >> Archos 20 gb FM recorder/voice recorder. I am blind so please bare with > >> me. I would like to try the rockbox firmware because of the talkbox > >> patch. Well here is my question. > >> > >> What is the latest stable version of rockbox & how do I install it onto > >> my Archos? does the talkbox patch have to be installed after installing > >> the firmware? > >> > >> Sorry for the trouble but I am new to this technology. I catch on fast > >> though. > >> > >> Cheers and thanks for all your help > >> > >> rocker > > > > The latest OFFICIAL stable version is 2.0, but that's pretty out of date. > > Usually, the latest daily build is just as stable (or even more so, since > > bugs are often fixed) with just a slight chance of getting a real nasty > > lemon. But if that happens, just go back a few days, or wait a few days > > and down the latest again. Those kind of bugs tend to get fixed pretty > > fast around here. (Kudos to the developers!) > > > > Talkbox has never been integrated into the mainline code. I think the > > developer submitted a patch, but it's never been included. I don't know > > what the latest version of talk box is -- does anyone else recall? I > > think I may have downloaded and installed it (I spent an evening making > > all the little Sound-Bite files it needs) but since it was never included > > in the main tree, I kind of last interest. (Hint, Hint.) > > > > If no one else remembers where to download the Talkbox binaries, I can > > send you a copy of mine. No wait, that won't work since I have a player, > > that the FM Recorder version is different. > > > > If you want to apply the patches yourself, you will need to create a > > Rockbox development environment. It's not terribly difficult if you've > > ever done any programming, but it does take some time. Look on the > > documentation page under "Howtos" just after "For hackers". > > > > Good luck! > > Michael > > -- > John Covici > covici_at_ccs.covici.com Received on 2003-10-28 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |