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Useful Tools


Rockbox Specific Tools

Name Linux Windows Mac OS Open Source Freeware Notes
Rockbox Simulators   DONE   DONE    
EZWPS   DONE     DONE VB App for WPS file creation
RockboxSync   DONE        
Convert iTunes to Rockbox Database DONE DONE        
Rockbox Font Convertor   DONE   DONE    
Logo Swapper   DONE     DONE  
RB Tools   DONE   DONE   Resizes and copies pictures to your DAP to allow faster browsing with the JPEG plugin and save disk space (Updated 29/12)
RockBox Automatic Update DONE DONE   DONE   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.
r0ckvid   DONE   DONE   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!


Album Art Tools

See here.


Jukebox Synchronization

Name Linux Windows Mac OS Open Source Freeware Notes
Jukebox Synchronizer   DONE     DONE  
Jukebox Manager   DONE     DONE  
ABSync   DONE     DONE  
TreeComp   DONE     DONE  
rsync DONE DONE   DONE    
Unison DONE DONE DONE DONE    
Archos iTunes     DONE DONE    
PyTagDB DONE   DONE DONE    
DSynchronize   DONE     DONE  
Create Synchronicity   DONE   DONE    
AmoK Playlist Copy   DONE     DONE Syncs/transfers songs in playlists.


CD Ripping

Name Linux Windows Mac OS Open Source Freeware Notes
abcde DONE     DONE    
Exact Audio Copy (Cardware)   DONE       Radified Guide to Ripping & Encoding CD Audio
CDex   DONE   DONE    
cdparanoia DONE     DONE    
cdda2wav DONE     DONE    
Audiograbber   DONE     DONE  
dbPowerAmp Music Converter   DONE     DONE  
iTunes-LAME     DONE   DONE  
Grip DONE     DONE    
Max - Mac Audio X     DONE DONE    
foobar2000 DONE (with Wine) DONE DONE (with Wine)   DONE  
BonkEnc   DONE   DONE    
BonkEnc Portable   DONE     DONE  
RubyRipper DONE   DONE DONE    


MP3 Cutting, Splitting, Merging

Name Linux Windows Mac OS Open Source Freeware Notes
Audacity DONE DONE DONE DONE    
mp3DirectCut with WINE DONE     DONE  
MP3Slixer   DONE   DONE    
MusiCutter   DONE     DONE  
MP3Merge   DONE     DONE  
Split MP3   DONE     DONE  
MP3 Splt DONE DONE DONE DONE    
mp3cut DONE     DONE    
mp3Trim   DONE     DONE free version limits file length to approx. 7 minutes
Audion 3     DONE      


MP3 Tagging & Organization

Name Linux Windows Mac OS Open Source Freeware
The GodFather   DONE     DONE
Mp3TagStudio (Shareware)   DONE      
MP3BookHelper   DONE   DONE  
MP3Tag With WINE DONE     DONE
MP3TagTools   DONE   DONE  
Tag&Rename (Shareware)   DONE      
ID3-TagIT   DONE     DONE
MP3 ID3Tag Renamer (Emailware)   DONE      
ID3Browse   DONE     DONE
MediaMonkey Standard   DONE     DONE
Media Tagger   DONE     DONE
EasyTAG DONE DONE DONE DONE  
mp3info DONE     DONE  
mp3getcddb DONE     DONE  
mp3rename DONE     DONE  
MP3 Rage     DONE    
MP3ext (Giftware)   DONE      
MusicBrainz DONE DONE DONE DONE  
foobar2000 DONE (with Wine) DONE DONE (with Wine)   DONE
AudioShell   DONE     DONE
Songbird DONE DONE DONE DONE  
Ex Falso DONE     DONE  
Picard (part of MusicBrainz) DONE DONE DONE DONE  
Puddle Tag DONE     DONE  
Kid3 DONE DONE DONE DONE  


MP3 Repairing & Analyzing

Name Linux Windows Mac OS Open Source Freeware
VBRfix DONE DONE   DONE  
MP3Fixer DONE DONE   DONE  
MP3Utility   DONE     DONE
EncSpot Basic   DONE     DONE
MP3 Gain DONE DONE DONE DONE  
MP3packer   DONE   DONE  
MP3val DONE DONE   DONE  
MP3 Diags DONE DONE DONE DONE  
audiotester   DONE   DONE DONE


MP4 Muxing

Name Linux Windows Mac OS Open Source Freeware Notes
mp4creator DONE DONE DONE DONE    
MP4Muxer   DONE     DONE GUI for mp4creator. Can rip audio from downloaded Youtube files. Demultiplex --> Select audio track --> Rename to new mp4 file --> Play mp4 with Rockbox.


Playlist Tools

Name Linux Windows Mac OS Open Source Freeware Notes
iTunes Export DONE (console version only, requires mono) DONE     DONE  
iPod/iTunes to RockBox Playlist Converter   DONE     DONE  
AmoK Playlist Copy   DONE     DONE Transfers songs in playlists. Converts playlists.
dbm DONE DONE DONE DONE DONE Create playlists of similar music and curate music library.


Disk Utilities

Name Linux Windows Mac OS Open Source Freeware Notes
File Recovery   DONE     DONE  
h2format   DONE     DONE formats FAT32 > 32GB, German docs only
fat32format   DONE   DONE   Formats FAT32 > 32GB, English
Jukebox Utility Disk OS independent DONE    
Swissknife (aka Swisnife)   DONE     DONE  


Audio Tools

Name Linux Windows Mac OS Open Source Freeware Notes
Lame DONE DONE DONE DONE   High quality MP3 encoding
SoX DONE DONE DONE DONE   all sorts of audio manipulation
caudec DONE   DONE DONE   Multiprocess audio transcoding and Replaygain scanning (command line)
foobar2000 DONE (with Wine) DONE DONE (with Wine)   DONE Music player with multithreaded audio transcoding and Replaygain scanning (GUI)


Video Tools

Name Linux Windows Mac OS Open Source Freeware
Jörg's Video Tools   DONE     DONE
GUI Video Conversion Tool   DONE     DONE
Rockbox Video Viewer & Gallery Maker DONE DONE DONE DONE  

For MPEG conversion programs and methods see here.


Font Tools

Name Linux Windows Mac OS Open Source Freeware
Rockbox Font Convertor   DONE   DONE
bdfedit DONE   ? DONE  
FontForge DONE With Cygwin/X11 ? DONE  
Xmbdfed DONE   ? DONE  
Fony   DONE     DONE


Time Synchronization

Name Linux Windows Mac OS Open Source Freeware
IpodTimeSync DONE     DONE  

Other Tools

Name Linux Windows Mac OS Open Source Freeware
RSS Sync ? DONE   DONE  
iCal2Memo DONE DONE DONE DONE  


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. -- JustinHannigan - 2010-11-01


r72 - 25 Sep 2023 - 12:04:37 - SolomonPeachy


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