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---+!! Useful Tools

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---++ Rockbox Specific Tools

| *Name* | *Linux* | *Windows* | *Mac OS* | *Open Source* | *Freeware* | *Notes* |
| [[http://rasher.dk/rockbox/simulator/][Rockbox Simulators]]  | |  %Y%  | |  %Y%  |   | |
| EZWPS   | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | VB App for WPS file creation  |
| RockboxSync | |  %Y%  | | | | |
| [[ConvertiTunesDBtoTagCache][Convert iTunes to Rockbox Database]] |  %Y%  |  %Y%  | | | | |
| [[RockboxFontConvertor][Rockbox Font Convertor]]  | |  %Y%  | |  %Y%  |  | |
| [[LogoSwapper][Logo Swapper]]  | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://createsoftware.users.sourceforge.net/index.php?ref=software&id=rbtools][RB Tools]]  | |  %Y%  | |  %Y%  |  | Resizes and copies pictures to your DAP to allow faster browsing with the JPEG plugin and save disk space (Updated 29/12)  |
| <a target="_self" href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/autorock/" title="Rockbox Automatic Upgrade">RockBox Automatic Update</a>   |  %Y%  |  %Y%  | |  %Y%  |  | With one 'click' you are updated to the latest current build of Rockbox! Runs right off the players internal memory, and requires no admin rights.  Supports all Players, and come with a 'Universal' version to support future platforms.  |
| <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/rockbox-makevid/files/" title="R0ckVid">r0ckvid</a>| |  %Y%  | |  %Y%  |   | A command line tool that uses FFmpeg for windows to convert videos for rockbox. with just a few key presses you can convert many different videos formats for your rockbox media player.  It come pre-setup, and includes support for 16:9 widescreen!  |

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---++ Album Art Tools

See [[http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/AlbumArt#Useful_tools][here]].

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---++ Jukebox Synchronization

| *Name* | *Linux* | *Windows* | *Mac OS* | *Open Source* | *Freeware* | *Notes* |
| [[http://www.cflashsoft.com/jbsynch.htm Jukebox Synchronizer]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://users.skynet.be/bk260007/ Jukebox Manager]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://www.uwe-freese.de/absync_english/index.html ABSync]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://www.xs4all.nl/~lploeger/TreeComp3.htm TreeComp]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://samba.anu.edu.au/rsync/ rsync]] |  %Y%  |  %Y%  | |  %Y%  | | |
| [[http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ Unison]] |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  | | |
| [[http://cvs.litux.org/cvs/ArchosiTunes/ Archos iTunes]] | | |  %Y%  |  %Y%  | | |
| PyTagDB |  %Y%  | |  %Y%  |  %Y%  | | |
| [[http://dimio.altervista.org/eng/ DSynchronize]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://synchronicity.sourceforge.net Create Synchronicity]] | |  %Y%  | |  %Y%  | | |
| [[http://www.amok.am/en/freeware/amok_playlist_copy/][AmoK Playlist Copy]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | Syncs/transfers songs in playlists.  |

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---++ CD Ripping

| *Name* | *Linux* | *Windows* | *Mac OS* | *Open Source* | *Freeware* | *Notes* |
| [[http://www.hispalinux.es/~data/abcde.php abcde]] |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | | |
| [[http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ Exact Audio Copy]] (Cardware)  | |  %Y%  | | | | [[http://mp3.radified.com/ Radified Guide to Ripping & Encoding CD Audio]]|
| [[http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/ CDex]] | |  %Y%  | |  %Y%  | | |
| [[http://www.xiph.org/paranoia/index.html cdparanoia]] |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | | |
| [[ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/cdrecord/ cdda2wav]] |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | | |
| [[http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/ Audiograbber]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://www.dbpoweramp.com/ dbPowerAmp Music Converter]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://lame.sourceforge.net/ Lame]] |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  | | |
| [[http://blacktree.com/apps/iTunes-LAME/ iTunes-LAME]] | | |  %Y%  | |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://www.nostatic.org/grip/ Grip]] |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  |  | |
| [[http://sbooth.org/max/ Max - Mac Audio X]] | | |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |    | |
| [[http://www.foobar2000.org/ foobar2000]] | |  %Y%  | | |   | |
| [[http://www.bonkenc.org/ BonkEnc]] | |  %Y%  | |  %Y%  |   | |
| [[http://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/bonkenc_portable BonkEnc Portable]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | |

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---++ MP3 Cutting, Splitting, Merging

| *Name* | *Linux* | *Windows* | *Mac OS* | *Open Source* | *Freeware* | *Notes* |
| [[http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Audacity]]  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |   | |
| [[http://www.mpesch3.de mp3DirectCut]] | with WINE |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://hem.bredband.net/isrmat/mp3page.htm MP3Slixer]] | |  %Y%  | |  %Y%  | | |
| [[http://musicutter.szm.sk/ MusiCutter]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://mp3merge.netfirms.com/ MP3Merge]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://www24.brinkster.com/tanyk/index.html][Split MP3]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/ MP3 Splt]] |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  | | |
| [[http://search.cpan.org/~jv/mp3cut/ mp3cut]] |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | | |
| [[http://www.logiccell.com/~mp3trim/ mp3Trim]]  | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | free version limits file length to approx. 7 minutes |
| [[http://www.panic.com/audion/ Audion 3]] | | |  %Y%  | | | |

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---++ MP3 Tagging & Organization

| *Name* | *Linux* | *Windows* | *Mac OS* | *Open Source* | *Freeware* |
| [[http://www.jtclipper.eu/thegodfather/ The GodFather]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  |
| [[http://www.magnusbrading.com/mp3ts/ Mp3TagStudio]] (Shareware) | |  %Y%  | | | |
| [[http://mp3bookhelper.sourceforge.net/ MP3BookHelper]] | |  %Y%  | |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://www.mp3tag.de/en/index.html MP3Tag]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  |
| [[http://massid3lib.sourceforge.net/ MP3TagTools]] | |  %Y%  | |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm Tag&Rename]] (Shareware) | |  %Y%  | | | |
| [[http://www.id3-tagit.de/english/index.htm ID3-TagIT]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  |
| [[http://mp3renamer.de/start_frame.html MP3 ID3Tag Renamer]] (Emailware) | |  %Y%  | | | |
| [[http://shanebrinkmandavis.com/homepage/ID3Browse/index.html ID3Browse]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  |
| [[http://www.mediamonkey.com/ MediaMonkey Standard]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  |
| [[http://www.volny.cz/media-tagger/eng/index.html Media Tagger]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  |
| [[http://easytag.sourceforge.net/ EasyTAG]] |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://search.cpan.org/~jv/mp3info/ mp3info]] |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://search.cpan.org/~jv/mp3getcddb/ mp3getcddb]] |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://search.cpan.org/~jv/mp3rename/ mp3rename]] |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://www.chaoticsoftware.com/ProductPages/MP3Rage.html MP3 Rage]] | | |  %Y%  | | |
| [[http://www.mutschler.de/mp3ext MP3ext]] (Giftware) | |  %Y%  | | | |
| [[http://musicbrainz.org/ MusicBrainz]] |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  |
| [[http://www.foobar2000.org/ foobar2000]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  |
| [[http://www.softpointer.com/AudioShell.htm AudioShell]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  |
| [[http://www.songbirdnest.com Songbird]] |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  |
| [[http://www.sacredchao.net/quodlibet Ex Falso]] |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://musicbrainz.org/doc/MusicBrainz_Picard Picard]] (part of !MusicBrainz)  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |   |

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---++ MP3 Repairing & Analyzing

| *Name* | *Linux* | *Windows* | *Mac OS* | *Open Source* | *Freeware* |
| [[http://home.gna.org/vbrfix/ VBRfix]] |  %Y%  |  %Y%  | |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://hem.bredband.net/isrmat/mp3page.htm MP3Fixer]] |  %Y%  |  %Y%  | |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://www.oocities.org/mp3utility/ MP3Utility]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  |
| [[http://www.guerillasoft.nstemp.com/EncSpot2/index.html EncSpot Basic]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  |
| [[http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/index.php MP3 Gain]] |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=32379&st=0&p=282289][MP3packer]] | |  %Y%  | |  %Y%  |    |
| [[http://mp3val.sourceforge.net/][MP3val]]  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  | |  %Y%  |   |

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---++ MP4 Muxing

| *Name* | *Linux* | *Windows* | *Mac OS* | *Open Source* | *Freeware* | *Notes* |
| [[http://mp4creator.sourceforge.net/ mp4creator]]  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |   | |
| [[http://www.dvbportal.de/projects/mp4muxer/ MP4Muxer]]  | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | GUI for mp4creator. Can rip audio from [[http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/25105][downloaded Youtube files]]. Demultiplex --> Select audio track --> Rename to new mp4 file --> Play mp4 with Rockbox.  |

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---++ Playlist Tools

| *Name* | *Linux* | *Windows* | *Mac OS* | *Open Source* | *Freeware* | *Notes* |
| [[http://www.ericdaugherty.com/dev/itunesexport/][iTunes Export]]  | %Y% (console version only, requires mono) |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://vcardenasblog.blogspot.com/2007/12/ipod-to-rockbox-playlist-converter.html][iPod/iTunes to RockBox Playlist Converter]]  | |  %Y%  | | | %Y%  | |
| [[http://www.amok.am/en/freeware/amok_playlist_copy/][AmoK Playlist Copy]]  | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | Transfers songs in playlists.  Converts playlists.  |
| [[http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~davison/software/dbm/dbm.html][dbm]]   |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  | Create playlists of similar music and curate music library.  |

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---++ Disk Utilities

| *Name* | *Linux* | *Windows* | *Mac OS* | *Open Source* | *Freeware* | *Notes* |
| [[http://www.pcinspector.de/download.htm#file_recovery File Recovery]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | |
| [[ftp://ftp.heise.de/pub/ct/ctsi/h2format.zip h2format]]  | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | formats FAT32 &gt; 32GB, German docs only  |
| [[http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?fat32format.htm][fat32format]]  | |  %Y%  | |  %Y%  |  | Formats FAT32 &gt; 32GB, English  |
| [[http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jstewart228368/lud Jukebox Utility Disk]] |  OS independent  |||  %Y%  | | |
| [[http://www.compuapps.com/Download/swissknife/swissknife.htm Swissknife (aka Swisnife)]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | |

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---++ Video Tools

| *Name* | *Linux* | *Windows* | *Mac OS* | *Open Source* | *Freeware* |
| [[http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/viewfile/Main/VideoDirectShow?rev=1.1;filename=RvfMux.zip][Jörg's Video Tools]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  |
| [[http://home.ripway.com/2004-2/66978/RockVideoRelease.zip GUI Video Conversion Tool]] | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  |
| [[http://merkisoft.ch/rockbox/ Rockbox Video Viewer & Gallery Maker]] |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  |  %Y%  | |

For MPEG conversion programs and methods see [[http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/PluginMpegplayer#How_To_Encode_Files][here]].

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---++ Font Tools

| *Name* | *Linux* | *Windows* | *Mac OS* | *Open Source* | *Freeware* |
| [[RockboxFontConvertor][Rockbox Font Convertor]]  | |  %Y%  | |  %Y%  |  <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco, monospace; color: #7a4707;"><span style="white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span>  |
| [[http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~fine/Tech/bdfedit.html bdfedit]] |  %Y%  | |  ?  |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/ FontForge]] |  %Y%  |  With Cygwin/X11  |  ?  |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://linux.maruhn.com/sec/xmbdfed.html Xmbdfed]] |  %Y%  | |  ?  |  %Y%  | |
| [[http://hukka.furtopia.org/projects/fony Fony]]  | |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  |

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---++ Time Synchronization
| *Name* | *Linux* | *Windows* | *Mac OS* | *Open Source* | *Freeware* |
| IpodTimeSync |  %Y%  | | |  %Y%  | |
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---++ Other Tools
| *Name* | *Linux* | *Windows* | *Mac OS* | *Open Source* | *Freeware* |
| [[http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/RSS_Sync RSS Sync]] |  ?  |  %Y%  | |  %Y%  |   |
| [[http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/ICal2Memo iCal2Memo]] |  %Y%   |  %Y%  | %Y%  |  %Y%  |  |
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There was some inconsistency between items being tagged as freeware versus open source. For the purposes of this page, freeware refers to proprietary software that has a license allowing free re-distribution of the binary but without access to the source and/or lacking a permissive distribution license of the source.

Most open source software listed here does provide free binaries (instead of just the source). If this is not the case for a particular program then a note can be made. -- Main.JustinHannigan - 2010-11-01

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r64 - 09 Aug 2012 - 22:22:45 - IainCheyne
Parents: DocsIndex