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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: an Archos questionRe: an Archos question
From: Melissa Tucker <melissatucker4_at_mindspring.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 05:40:13 -0500 You said "the Archos Jukebox 5000, 6000, Studio, Recorder, FM Recorder, Recorder V2 and Ondio MP3 players." Is there a website or something I can read on about the differences of these models? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bluechip" <csbluechip_at_gmail.com> To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2005 5:13 PM Subject: Re: an Archos question > >>I'm a totally blind user and was looking around for rates on the Archos >>products so I can put Rockbox on one. I'm really looking for one that has >>more than 40gb to store my OTR collection on. I was wondering which >>players/recorders are more accessible with Rockbox and maybe which ones I >>should avoid for this purpose. Once I get one, or if I do get one, is it >>very difficult to install Rockbox? > > rockbox.org - line 1: "Rockbox is an Open Source replacement firmware for > the Archos Jukebox 5000, 6000, Studio, Recorder, FM Recorder, Recorder V2 > and Ondio MP3 players." > > It also supports a couple of the iriver platforms namely 100 and 300 > series players (not the H10 ...yet) ...also work has just started on an > iPod port - don't hold your breath. > > I guess: http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/BlindFAQ would be > worth a read for you. > > The only unit which cannot have a larger HDD in it is the hp100 which has > a single platter drive to make it smaller. The others will take a 100MB > laptop drive quite happily - pick one with low power consumption - RPM is > utterly irrelevant. > > On the Archos, installation is as simple as copying over some files - As a > blind user you will also need to get a voice pack and set that up too - I > can only guess it is outlined by blind people for blind people in the > above mentioned blind-faq :) > > Good luck, > > Bluechip Received on 2005-11-13 Page was last modified "Mon Nov 16 10:57:21 2020" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |