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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: updating firmwareRe: updating firmware
From: Dominik Riebeling <dominik.riebeling_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 22:12:39 +0200 On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 9:15 PM, William Porteous <awesomecomputergeek9001_at_gmail.com> wrote: > if you don't want to update you don't have to, but it is recommended. Why is updating recommended? And who recommends updating? It's not like Rockbox is a networked software where bugs can be exploited by 3rd parties without you noticing. However, since newer Rockbox versions usually also fix bugs it's in general a good idea to update. I wouldn't call that "recommended" though. As for the original question: you will likely be unable to keep using your voice file, because the strings voiced are likely to have changed. However, this is not much of a problem because you can regenerate the voice file using Rockbox Utility (this obviously requires you to have said voice present on your PC, which I assume). Rockbox Utility had bugs when creating voice files using SAPI voices on Windows, but these are fixed with the latest release of Rockbox Utility. Furthermore, if you want to play absolutely safe you can simply make a copy of your installation before updating. This is a simple as copying the folder ".rockbox" on the player to some other place and restoring it when needed. Rockbox Utility can also create a backup (it will put the files in a zip archive on your player), though there is no support for restoring such a backup (but that's as simple as extracting the archive to the root of your player, which is pretty much the same as manually installing a Rockbox build). - Dominik ------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: http://cool.haxx.se/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rockbox FAQ: http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/GeneralFAQ Etiquette: http://www.rockbox.org/mail/etiquette.html Received on 2012-03-30 Page was last modified "Mon Nov 16 10:57:21 2020" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |