From: Jacob Rau <jacob.rau_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:04:12 -0400

Cons:
-No video--yet
-No Audible books--probably will never happen
-No DRM'd files from iTunes--probably will never happen
-Will not read the iTunes database
-More complicated interface than Apple's UI
-USB support is flaky--will be fixed as soon as the USB stuff is
reverse-engineered

Pros:
-Can play MP3, OGG Vorbis and FLAC well if they are at a low enough bitrate
-Has voice menus (I have never used them myself, but we have blind users
now)
-It's open-source! If it's broken, you have the means to fix it! Also, we
can write our own plugins for different things.

I'm sure I've missed a bunch and this will start a huge debate + flood of
emails, but these are the pros and cons from my point of view.

Jake

On 7/12/06, will <lomaswilliam_at_googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> hi
>
> what can and cant, the IPod version of rockbox do now
> regards, will
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jonas H" <rasher_at_rasher.dk>
> To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 8:15 PM
> Subject: Re: Battery level on Ipods.
>
>
> > Woody Anna Dresner wrote:
> >
> >> I'm not sure what CVS means. As for daily builds, I look at the CVS
> >> history on the main Rockbox.org page to see whether it looks like
> >> anything likely to improve iPod performance has been done lately. If
> >> so, I install the latest daily build. If not, I don't. Of course, I'm
> >> no expert, so it may be that I don't always guess correctly about
> >> whether improvements have been made, but I do my best. Good luck.
> >
> > CVS builds are builds that include the very latest changes to the
> > Rockbox source. A daily build is simply a CVS build, built on a fixed
> > point of the day each day.
> >
> > The only reason to use a CVS build is if you know that something has
> > been added or fixed after the last daily build was created. Or if you
> > simply want all the latest, and can't wait until the next daily build is
> > done.
> >
> > --
> > Jonas H
> > rasher(at)rasher(dot)dk
>
Received on 2006-07-12