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These charts compare Rockbox with the original firmwares as shipped by the manufacturers of the digital audio player/recorders. The Rockbox column usually indicates generally available features, but may specify features only available in SVN and daily builds. Numbers in (parentheses) refer to footnotes. Click on the hypertext link to view.
Generic features
| Number of available languages |
24 |
3 |
2 |
17 |
| Speaking Menus Support |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Easy to use User Interface |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Boot Time from Flash (in seconds) |
4 |
8-12 |
13-60 (5) |
4-8 |
| Open source development process |
Yes |
No |
No |
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No or very slooowly |
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| FM Tuner support (FM Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (4) |
Yes |
| FM Tuner playback |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
US/Japan FM bands |
| Supported FM recording file formats |
.MP3 @ (range) bps
.WAV @ (range) bps
.AIFF @ (range) bps
.WV @ (range) bps |
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| FFmpeg recognized codec for FM recording files |
mp3
pcm_s16le
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wv |
Archos=? |
iRiver=? |
pcm_s16le
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e280v2: 24k sample Hz |
| Naming of FM channels |
Yes |
? |
No |
No |
| ID3v1 support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ID3v2 support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Background noise during playback |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Mid-track resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
Sometimes (1) |
| Mid-playlist resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
Sometimes (1) |
| Resumed playlist order |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
Sometimes (1) |
| Playback Battery lifetime (archos target) |
Longer |
Long |
| Playback Battery lifetime (iriver target) |
19-21 hours |
? |
14-16 |
| Playback Battery lifetime (Sansa e2x0) |
19-21 hours |
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| Battery time indicator |
Yes |
No |
No |
Visual Percentage |
| Customizable font (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Customizable screen info when playing songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| USB attach/detach without reboot |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Sometimes (19) |
| Can load another firmware without rebooting |
Yes |
No |
Not really (1) |
No |
| Playlist load speed, songs/sec |
3000 - 4000 |
15 - 20 |
30 - 40 |
| Max number of songs in a playlist |
20 000 |
999 |
999 (2) |
200 |
| Max filename length of song in playlist |
260 |
? |
52 |
| Supports bad path prefixes in playlists |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Automatic Volume Control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Volume triggered recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Pitch control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes (limited) |
No |
| Text File Reader |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (limited) |
No |
| Games (Bitmap LCD) |
8 |
No |
No |
No |
| Games (Player) |
2 |
No |
N/A |
No |
| File Delete |
Yes |
Yes |
Partial (6) |
Yes |
| File Rename |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Playlist Building |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes - only one playlist |
| Recording (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes - Partial/Bad |
| Generates XING VBR header when recording |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A - records CBR only |
N/A - records WAV only |
| High Resolution Volume Control |
Yes, 84 steps |
No |
Yes, 40 steps |
Yes, 30 steps |
| Customizable backlight timeout |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlight-on when charging option |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No - always on when charging |
| Backlight fading (iriver?) |
Yes |
? |
No |
No |
| Supports the XING header |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| Supports the VBRI header |
Partly |
Yes |
? |
| Max number of files in a dir |
10 000 |
999 |
? |
| Adjustable scroll speed |
Yes |
No |
Yes (but badly) |
No |
| Screensaver style demos |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Variable step / accelerating ffwd and rwd |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Visual Progress Bar |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Select/Load configs |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Sleep timer |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ISO8859-1 font support (Player) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
No |
| Queue songs to play next, queue support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (3) |
| Bookmark positions in songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Accurate VBR bitrate display |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| FF/FR with sound |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Skip to next/previous folder |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
N/A |
| Pre-Recording (Recorders) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Video Playback with sound (Recorders) |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
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| MP3 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ASF encapsulated audio |
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| WavPack Lossless Compressed |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
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| ALAC (Apple Lossless) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| FLAC Lossless |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes (20) |
No |
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Yes |
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| .3gp (ETSI) Video |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
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Other features
| Gapless playback |
Yes |
No (8) |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Crossfade |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Voice UI |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| ReplayGain |
Yes |
No |
No |
No (12) |
No |
No |
No |
| Cuesheet support |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Album art support |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Backlight fade-in/fade-out |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Video playback |
Yes (16) |
No |
Yes (11) |
Yes (13) |
No |
Yes (18) |
Yes |
| Picture viewing |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Text viewing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Bookmark support for multiple files |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes (14) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Voice/MIC Recording |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| FM Radio Recording |
Yes (21) |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes (18) |
Yes |
| MP3 Realtime Encoding /record |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| WavPack Realtime Encoding /record |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Proprietary DSP effects |
No |
SRS WOW |
SRS WOW |
No |
SRS WOW |
BBE |
No |
| FF/RW with sound |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
No |
? |
Yes |
| 5 Band Parametric Equalizer |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes (17) |
Yes |
| On The Fly Playlists |
Yes |
No |
Yes (7) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| File Rename |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| File Delete |
Yes |
Yes (6) |
Yes (6) |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Games |
Yes |
No |
Yes (10) |
Yes (15) |
No |
No |
No |
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- Yes, except after removing from PC or total battery failure.
- The iRiver firmware will read playlists larger than 999 songs, but will only actually load the first 999 into memory.
- Only 1 song in queue.
- No recording.
- If database scan is on, and some disk fragmentation, a full H140 (6997 tracks on mine with 4MB free) will take up to around a minute to load. Without DB scan, 20 seconds is normal.
- Functionality limited. Stock iriver firmware can only delete music files while no song is currently playing.
- Limited to 100 tracks (added with the 1.31 firmware).
- The supported 'Gap delete' is something totally different from gapless playback. Gapless playback means to add no pause between the tracks, so that e.g. for a DJ mix split into multiple tracks, the track change is unnoticeable during playback. Gap delete just means cutting silence from the beginning and/or end of the track itself.
- Not low bitrates - less than 96kbps doesn't appear to work.
- The 1.31 firmware has a minesweeper game.
- Stock H3xx firmware is only capable of playing XviD video at 10 fps.
- iPod has soundcheck, which is similar in purpose to Replaygain.
- The iPod 5G (aka "iPod Video") is capable of playing MPEG-4 and H.264 format video using dedicated decoding hardware. Other iPod models can not play video.
- The iPod can do bookmarks for Audible files and audiobooks, but not for other files.
- There are some games available for purchase.
- Currently support MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video streams, see PluginMpegplayer.
- Cowon firmware equalizer is simplified and not fully parametric (only gain is adjustable on an arbitrary non-dB scale).
- iAudio X5/X5L only.
- The stock Sansa firmware is capable of MSC and MTP mode. Sansa requires reboot when in MSC mode, and doesn't when using MTP.
- X5 Notes:The X5 does support FLAC, but not with 48 kHz. And deleting files is possible, but not that easy (switching to USB host mode required).
- Only on target platforms which actually have FM tuner hardware which is supported by Rockbox. See Buyers Guide note #1 for a list of working FM record targets.
- The Rockbox WPS currently supports only cover art. Thus both .m4b chapter and PNG support is lacking. Possibly the Mpegplayer extra could be adapted to play/display .m4b Audiobook files.
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Firmware Feature Comparison Chart
These charts compare Rockbox with the original firmwares as shipped by the manufacturers of the digital audio player/recorders. The Rockbox column usually indicates generally available features, but may specify features only available in SVN and daily builds. Numbers in (parentheses) refer to footnotes. Click on the hypertext link to view.
Generic features
| Number of available languages |
24 |
3 |
2 |
17 |
| Speaking Menus Support |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Easy to use User Interface |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Boot Time from Flash (in seconds) |
4 |
8-12 |
13-60 (5) |
4-8 |
| Open source development process |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
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Yes | |
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| FM Tuner support (FM Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (4) |
Yes |
| FM Tuner playback |
Yes |
Yes |
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.WAV @ (range) bps
.AIFF @ (range) bps
.WV @ (range) bps |
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pcm_s16le
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| Naming of FM channels |
Yes |
? |
No |
No |
| ID3v1 support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ID3v2 support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Background noise during playback |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Mid-track resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
Sometimes (1) |
| Mid-playlist resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
Sometimes (1) |
| Resumed playlist order |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
Sometimes (1) |
| Playback Battery lifetime (archos target) |
Longer |
Long |
| Playback Battery lifetime (iriver target) |
19-21 hours |
? |
14-16 |
| Playback Battery lifetime (Sansa e2x0) |
19-21 hours |
? |
? |
14-16 |
| OGG Playback Battery duration |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Voice Record Battery duration |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| FM Record Battery duration |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Battery time indicator |
Yes |
No |
No |
Visual Percentage |
| Customizable font (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Customizable screen info when playing songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| USB attach/detach without reboot |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Sometimes (19) |
| Can load another firmware without rebooting |
Yes |
No |
Not really (1) |
No |
| Playlist load speed, songs/sec |
3000 - 4000 |
15 - 20 |
30 - 40 |
| Max number of songs in a playlist |
20 000 |
999 |
999 (2) |
200 |
| Max filename length of song in playlist |
260 |
? |
52 |
| Supports bad path prefixes in playlists |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Automatic Volume Control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Volume triggered recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Pitch control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes (limited) |
No |
| Text File Reader |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (limited) |
No |
| Games (Bitmap LCD) |
8 |
No |
No |
No |
| Games (Player) |
2 |
No |
N/A |
No |
| File Delete |
Yes |
Yes |
Partial (6) |
Yes |
| File Rename |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Playlist Building |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes - only one playlist |
| Recording (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes - Partial/Bad |
| Generates XING VBR header when recording |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A - records CBR only |
N/A - records WAV only |
| High Resolution Volume Control |
Yes, 84 steps |
No |
Yes, 40 steps |
Yes, 30 steps |
| Customizable backlight timeout |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlight-on when charging option |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No - always on when charging |
| Backlight fading (iriver?) |
Yes |
? |
No |
No |
| Supports the XING header |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| Supports the VBRI header |
Partly |
Yes |
? |
| Max number of files in a dir |
10 000 |
999 |
? |
| Adjustable scroll speed |
Yes |
No |
Yes (but badly) |
No |
| Screensaver style demos |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Variable step / accelerating ffwd and rwd |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Visual Progress Bar |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Select/Load configs |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Sleep timer |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ISO8859-1 font support (Player) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
No |
| Queue songs to play next, queue support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (3) |
| Bookmark positions in songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Accurate VBR bitrate display |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| FF/FR with sound |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Skip to next/previous folder |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
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These charts compare Rockbox with the original firmwares as shipped by the manufacturers of the digital audio player/recorders. The Rockbox column usually indicates generally available features, but may specify features only available in SVN and daily builds. Numbers in (parentheses) refer to footnotes. Click on the hypertext link to view. |
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| Number of available languages |
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| Speaking Menus Support |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Easy to use User Interface |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Boot Time from Flash (in seconds) |
4 |
8-12 |
13-60 (5) |
4-8 |
| Open source development process |
Yes |
No |
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No |
| Corrects reported bugs |
Yes |
No |
No or slooowly |
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| FM Tuner support (FM Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (4) |
Yes |
| FM Tuner playback |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
US/Japan bands |
| FM record file formats |
.MP3 and .WAV |
Yes |
Yes |
.WAV @ 768k bps |
| Naming of FM channels |
Yes |
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No |
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| ID3v1 support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ID3v2 support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Background noise during playback |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Mid-track resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
Sometimes (1) |
| Mid-playlist resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
Sometimes (1) |
| Resumed playlist order |
Yes |
No |
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| Voice Record Battery duration |
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| FM Record Battery duration |
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| Battery time indicator |
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| Customizable font (Recorder/iriver) |
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No |
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| Customizable screen info when playing songs |
Yes |
No |
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| USB attach/detach without reboot |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Sometimes (19) |
| Can load another firmware without rebooting |
Yes |
No |
Not really (1) |
No |
| Playlist load speed, songs/sec |
3000 - 4000 |
15 - 20 |
30 - 40 |
| Max number of songs in a playlist |
20 000 |
999 |
999 (2) |
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| Max filename length of song in playlist |
260 |
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52 |
| Supports bad path prefixes in playlists |
Yes |
Yes |
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Yes |
No |
No |
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| Corrects reported bugs |
Yes |
No |
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| Automatic Volume Control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Volume triggered recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Pitch control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes (limited) |
No |
| Text File Reader |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (limited) |
No |
| Games (Bitmap LCD) |
8 |
No |
No |
No |
| Games (Player) |
2 |
No |
N/A |
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| File Delete |
Yes |
Yes |
Partial (6) |
Yes |
| File Rename |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Playlist Building |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes - only one playlist |
| Recording (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes - Partial/Bad |
| Generates XING VBR header when recording |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A - records CBR only |
N/A - records WAV only |
| High Resolution Volume Control |
Yes, 84 steps |
No |
Yes, 40 steps |
Yes, 30 steps |
| Customizable backlight timeout |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlight-on when charging option |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No - always on when charging |
| Backlight fading (iriver?) |
Yes |
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No |
No |
| Supports the XING header |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Supports the VBRI header |
Partly |
Yes |
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| Max number of files in a dir |
10 000 |
999 |
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| Adjustable scroll speed |
Yes |
No |
Yes (but badly) |
No |
| Screensaver style demos |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Variable step / accelerating ffwd and rwd |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Visual Progress Bar |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Select/Load configs |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Sleep timer |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ISO8859-1 font support (Player) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
No |
| Queue songs to play next, queue support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (3) |
| Bookmark positions in songs |
Yes |
No |
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| FM Tuner support (FM Recorder/iriver) |
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Yes (4) |
Yes |
| Naming FM channels |
Yes |
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| FF/FR with sound |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Skip to next/previous folder |
Yes |
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Yes |
N/A |
| Pre-Recording (Recorders) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Video Playback with sound (Recorders) |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
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8-12 |
13-60 (5) |
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| Speaking Menus Support |
Yes |
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| On The Fly Playlists |
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| Crossfade |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
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| Voice UI |
Yes |
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No |
No |
No |
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| ReplayGain |
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| Cuesheet support |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
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| Album art support |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Backlight fade-in/fade-out |
Yes |
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Yes |
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| Picture viewing |
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Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Text viewing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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| Bookmark support for multiple files |
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| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Voice/MIC Recording |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| FM Radio Recording |
Yes (21) |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes (18) |
Yes |
| MP3 Realtime Encoding /record |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| WavPack Realtime Encoding /record |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Proprietary DSP effects |
No |
SRS WOW |
SRS WOW |
No |
SRS WOW |
BBE |
No |
| FF/RW with sound |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
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No |
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Yes |
| 5 Band Parametric Equalizer |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes (17) |
Yes |
| On The Fly Playlists |
Yes |
No |
Yes (7) |
Yes |
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| File Rename |
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- Yes, except after removing from PC or total battery failure.
- The iRiver firmware will read playlists larger than 999 songs, but will only actually load the first 999 into memory.
- Only 1 song in queue.
- No recording.
- If database scan is on, and some disk fragmentation, a full H140 (6997 tracks on mine with 4MB free) will take up to around a minute to load. Without DB scan, 20 seconds is normal.
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- Functionality limited. Stock iriver firmware can only delete music files while no song is currently playing.
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- Limited to 100 tracks (added with the 1.31 firmware).
- The supported 'Gap delete' is something totally different from gapless playback. Gapless playback means to add no pause between the tracks, so that e.g. for a DJ mix split into multiple tracks, the track change is unnoticeable during playback. Gap delete just means cutting silence from the beginning and/or end of the track itself.
- Not low bitrates - less than 96kbps doesn't appear to work.
- The 1.31 firmware has a minesweeper game.
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- iPod has soundcheck, which is similar in purpose to Replaygain.
- The iPod 5G (aka "iPod Video") is capable of playing MPEG-4 and H.264 format video using dedicated decoding hardware. Other iPod models can not play video.
- The iPod can do bookmarks for Audible files and audiobooks, but not for other files.
- There are some games available for purchase.
- Currently support MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video streams, see PluginMpegplayer.
- Cowon firmware equalizer is simplified and not fully parametric (only gain is adjustable on an arbitrary non-dB scale).
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- The stock Sansa firmware is capable of MSC and MTP mode. Sansa requires reboot when in MSC mode, and doesn't when using MTP.
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- X5 Notes:The X5 does support FLAC, but not with 48 kHz. And deleting files is possible, but not that easy (switching to USB host mode required).
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Firmware Feature Comparison Chart
These charts compare Rockbox with the original firmwares as shipped by the manufacturers of the players. The Rockbox column may specify features only available in SVN and daily builds.
Generic features
| ID3v1 support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ID3v2 support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Background noise during playback |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Mid-track resume |
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| Battery lifetime (archos) |
Longer |
Long |
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| Battery lifetime (iriver) |
19-21 hours |
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14-16 |
| Battery time indicator |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Customizable font (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Customizable screen info when playing songs |
Yes |
No |
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| USB attach/detach without reboot |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Sometimes (19) |
| Can load another firmware without rebooting |
Yes |
No |
Not really (1) |
No |
| Playlist load speed, songs/sec |
3000 - 4000 |
15 - 20 |
30 - 40 |
| Max number of songs in a playlist |
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| Max filename length of song in playlist |
260 |
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52 |
| Supports bad path prefixes in playlists |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Open source development process |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Corrects reported bugs |
Yes |
No |
No or slooowly |
| Automatic Volume Control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Volume triggered recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Pitch control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes (limited) |
No |
| Text File Reader |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (limited) |
No |
| Games (Bitmap LCD) |
8 |
No |
No |
No |
| Games (Player) |
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No |
N/A |
No |
| File Delete |
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| Playlist Building |
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| Generates XING VBR header when recording |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A - records CBR only |
N/A - records WAV only |
| High Resolution Volume Control |
Yes, 84 steps |
No |
Yes, 40 steps |
Yes, 30 steps |
| Customizable backlight timeout |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlight-on when charging option |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No - always on when charging |
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Yes |
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Partly |
Yes |
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| Max number of files in a dir |
10 000 |
999 |
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| Adjustable scroll speed |
Yes |
No |
Yes (but badly) |
No |
| Screensaver style demos |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Variable step / accelerating ffwd and rwd |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Visual Progress Bar |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Select/Load configs |
Yes |
No |
No |
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Yes |
| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ISO8859-1 font support (Player) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
No |
| Queue songs to play next, queue support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (3) |
| Bookmark positions in songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Number of available languages |
24 |
3 |
2 |
17 |
| Accurate VBR bitrate display |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| FM Tuner support (FM Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (4) |
Yes |
| Naming FM channels |
Yes |
? |
No |
No |
| FF/FR with sound |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Skip to next/previous folder |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
N/A |
| Pre-Recording (Recorders) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Video Playback with sound (Recorders) |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Boot Time from Flash (in seconds) |
4 |
8-12 |
13-60 (5) |
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| Speaking Menus Support |
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Firmware Feature Comparison Chart
These charts compare Rockbox with the original firmwares as shipped by the manufacturers of the players. The Rockbox column may specify features only available in SVN and daily builds.
Generic features
| ID3v1 support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ID3v2 support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Background noise during playback |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Mid-track resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Mid-playlist resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Resumed playlist order |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Battery lifetime (archos) |
Longer |
Long |
? |
? |
| Battery lifetime (iriver) |
19-21 hours |
? |
14-16 |
| Battery time indicator |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Customizable font (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Customizable screen info when playing songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| USB attach/detach without reboot |
Yes |
No |
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Yes |
No |
Not really (1) |
No |
| Playlist load speed, songs/sec |
3000 - 4000 |
15 - 20 |
30 - 40 |
| Max number of songs in a playlist |
20 000 |
999 |
999 (2) |
| Max filename length of song in playlist |
260 |
? |
52 |
| Supports bad path prefixes in playlists |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Open source development process |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Corrects reported bugs |
Yes |
No |
No or slooowly |
| Automatic Volume Control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Volume triggered recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Pitch control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes (limited) |
No |
| Text File Reader |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (limited) |
No |
| Games (Bitmap LCD) |
8 |
No |
No |
No |
| Games (Player) |
2 |
No |
N/A |
No |
| File Delete |
Yes |
Yes |
Partial (6) |
No |
| File Rename |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Playlist Building |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Recording (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Generates XING VBR header when recording |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A - records CBR only |
N/A - records WAV only |
| High Resolution Volume Control |
Yes, 84 steps |
No |
Yes, 40 steps |
Yes, 30 steps |
| Customizable backlight timeout |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlight-on when charging option |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No - always on when charging |
| Backlight fading (iriver?) |
Yes |
? |
No |
| Supports the XING header |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| Supports the VBRI header |
Partly |
Yes |
? |
| Max number of files in a dir |
10 000 |
999 |
? |
| Adjustable scroll speed |
Yes |
No |
Yes (but badly) |
No |
| Screensaver style demos |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Variable step / accelerating ffwd and rwd |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Visual Progress Bar |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Select/Load configs |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Sleep timer |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Easy User Interface |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ISO8859-1 font support (Player) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
No |
| Queue songs to play next, queue support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (3) |
| Bookmark positions in songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Number of available languages |
24 |
3 |
2 |
17 |
| Accurate VBR bitrate display |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| FM Tuner support (FM Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (4) |
Yes |
| Naming FM channels |
Yes |
? |
No |
No |
| FF/FR with sound |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Skip to next/previous folder |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
N/A |
| Pre-Recording (Recorders) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Video Playback with sound (Recorders) |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Boot Time from Flash (in seconds) |
4 |
8-12 |
13-60 (5) |
4-8 |
| Speaking Menus Support |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Gapless playback |
Yes |
No (8) |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| MP3 Decoding |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| MP3 Realtime Encoding |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| OGG/Vorbis Decoding |
Yes |
Yes (9) |
Yes (9) |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| FLAC Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| WavPack Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| WavPack Realtime Encoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| AC3(A/52) Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| AAC/MP4 Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| ALAC (Apple Lossless) Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
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| Yes (19) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Proprietary DSP effects |
No |
SRS WOW |
SRS WOW |
No |
SRS WOW |
BBE |
No |
| FF/RW with sound |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
? |
? |
Yes |
| 5 Band Parametric Equalizer |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes (17) |
Yes |
| On The Fly Playlists |
Yes |
No |
Yes (7) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Radio Recording |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes (18) |
Yes |
| Crossfade |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Voice UI |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| ReplayGain |
Yes |
No |
No |
No (12) |
No |
No |
No |
| Cuesheet support |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
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| Album art support |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
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| Backlight fade-in/fade-out |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Video playback |
Yes (16) |
No |
Yes (11) |
Yes (13) |
No |
Yes (18) |
Yes |
| Picture viewing |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Text viewing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Bookmark support for multiple files |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes (14) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| File Rename |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| File Delete |
Yes |
Yes (6) |
Yes (6) |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Games |
Yes |
No |
Yes (10) |
Yes (15) |
No |
No |
No |
Wrong facts? Feel free to edit this page.
- Yes, except after removing from PC or total battery failure.
- The iRiver firmware will read playlists larger than 999 songs, but will only actually load the first 999 into memory.
- Only 1 song in queue.
- No recording.
- If database scan is on, and some disk fragmentation, a full H140 (6997 tracks on mine with 4MB free) will take up to around a minute to load. Without DB scan, 20 seconds is normal.
- Limited, iriver can delete only music files and when there is no song played at the moment.
- Limited to 100 tracks (added with the 1.31 firmware).
- The supported 'Gap delete' is something totally different from gapless playback. Gapless playback means to add no pause between the tracks, so that e.g. for a DJ mix split into multiple tracks, the track change is unnoticeable during playback. Gap delete just means cutting silence from the beginning and/or end of the track itself.
- Not low bitrates - less than 96kbps doesn't appear to work.
- The 1.31 firmware has a minesweeper game.
- The stock H3xx firmware is capable of playing XviD video at 10 fps only.
- iPod has soundcheck, which is similar in purpose to Replaygain.
- The iPod 5G (aka "iPod Video") is capable of playing MPEG-4 and H.264 format video using dedicated decoding hardware. Other iPod models can not play video.
- The iPod can do bookmarks for Audible files and audiobooks, but not for other files.
- There are some games available for purchase.
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- Currently support MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video streams, see PluginMpegplayer.
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- Cowon firmware equalizer is simplified and not fully parametric (only gain is adjustable on an arbitrary non-dB scale).
- X5/X5L only.
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| ID3v1 support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ID3v2 support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Background noise during playback |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Mid-track resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Mid-playlist resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Resumed playlist order |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Battery lifetime (archos) |
Longer |
Long |
? |
? |
| Battery lifetime (iriver) |
19-21 hours |
? |
14-16 |
| Battery time indicator |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Customizable font (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Customizable screen info when playing songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| USB attach/detach without reboot |
Yes |
No |
Yes | |
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| Can load another firmware without rebooting |
Yes |
No |
Not really (1) |
No |
| Playlist load speed, songs/sec |
3000 - 4000 |
15 - 20 |
30 - 40 |
| Max number of songs in a playlist |
20 000 |
999 |
999 (2) |
| Max filename length of song in playlist |
260 |
? |
52 |
| Supports bad path prefixes in playlists |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Open source development process |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Corrects reported bugs |
Yes |
No |
No or slooowly |
| Automatic Volume Control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Volume triggered recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Pitch control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes (limited) |
No |
| Text File Reader |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (limited) |
No |
| Games (Bitmap LCD) |
8 |
No |
No |
No |
| Games (Player) |
2 |
No |
N/A |
No |
| File Delete |
Yes |
Yes |
Partial (6) |
No |
| File Rename |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Playlist Building |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Recording (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Generates XING VBR header when recording |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A - records CBR only |
N/A - records WAV only |
| High Resolution Volume Control |
Yes, 84 steps |
No |
Yes, 40 steps |
Yes, 30 steps |
| Customizable backlight timeout |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlight-on when charging option |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No - always on when charging |
| Backlight fading (iriver?) |
Yes |
? |
No |
| Supports the XING header |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| Supports the VBRI header |
Partly |
Yes |
? |
| Max number of files in a dir |
10 000 |
999 |
? |
| Adjustable scroll speed |
Yes |
No |
Yes (but badly) |
No |
| Screensaver style demos |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Variable step / accelerating ffwd and rwd |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Visual Progress Bar |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Select/Load configs |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Sleep timer |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Easy User Interface |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ISO8859-1 font support (Player) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
No |
| Queue songs to play next, queue support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (3) |
| Bookmark positions in songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Number of available languages |
24 |
3 |
2 |
17 |
| Accurate VBR bitrate display |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| FM Tuner support (FM Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (4) |
Yes |
| Naming FM channels |
Yes |
? |
No |
No |
| FF/FR with sound |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Skip to next/previous folder |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
N/A |
| Pre-Recording (Recorders) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Video Playback with sound (Recorders) |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
| Boot Time from Flash (in seconds) |
4 |
8-12 |
13-60 (5) |
4-8 |
| Speaking Menus Support |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
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| Gapless playback |
Yes |
No (8) |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| MP3 Decoding |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| MP3 Realtime Encoding |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| OGG/Vorbis Decoding |
Yes |
Yes (9) |
Yes (9) |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| FLAC Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| WavPack Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| WavPack Realtime Encoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| AC3(A/52) Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| AAC/MP4 Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| ALAC (Apple Lossless) Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
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| Yes (19) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Proprietary DSP effects |
No |
SRS WOW |
SRS WOW |
No |
SRS WOW |
BBE |
No |
| FF/RW with sound |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
? |
? |
Yes |
| 5 Band Parametric Equalizer |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes (17) |
Yes |
| On The Fly Playlists |
Yes |
No |
Yes (7) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Radio Recording |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes (18) |
Yes |
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| Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Voice UI |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| ReplayGain |
Yes |
No |
No |
No (12) |
No |
No |
No |
| Cuesheet support |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Backlight fade-in/fade-out |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| Video playback |
Yes (16) |
No |
Yes (11) |
Yes (13) |
No |
Yes (18) |
Yes |
| Picture viewing |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Text viewing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Bookmark support for multiple files |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes (14) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| File Rename |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| File Delete |
Yes |
Yes (6) |
Yes (6) |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Games |
Yes |
No |
Yes (10) |
Yes (15) |
No |
No |
No |
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Wrong facts? Feel free to edit this page.
- Yes, except after removing from PC or total battery failure.
- The iRiver firmware will read playlists larger than 999 songs, but will only actually load the first 999 into memory.
- Only 1 song in queue.
- No recording.
- If database scan is on, and some disk fragmentation, a full H140 (6997 tracks on mine with 4MB free) will take up to around a minute to load. Without DB scan, 20 seconds is normal.
- Limited, iriver can delete only music files and when there is no song played at the moment.
- Limited to 100 tracks (added with the 1.31 firmware).
- The supported 'Gap delete' is something totally different from gapless playback. Gapless playback means to add no pause between the tracks, so that e.g. for a DJ mix split into multiple tracks, the track change is unnoticeable during playback. Gap delete just means cutting silence from the beginning and/or end of the track itself.
- Not low bitrates - less than 96kbps doesn't appear to work.
- The 1.31 firmware has a minesweeper game.
- The stock H3xx firmware is capable of playing XviD video at 10 fps only.
- iPod has soundcheck, which is similar in purpose to Replaygain.
- The iPod 5G (aka "iPod Video") is capable of playing MPEG-4 and H.264 format video using dedicated decoding hardware. Other iPod models can not play video.
- The iPod can do bookmarks for Audible files and audiobooks, but not for other files.
- There are some games available for purchase.
- Video playback in Rockbox is still in early stages, see PluginMpegplayer.
- Cowon firmware equalizer is simplified and not fully parametric (only gain is adjustable on an arbitrary non-dB scale).
- X5/X5L only.
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- Very early stages, no seeking yet (see WMA).
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- Very early stages, no seeking yet (see SoundCodecWMA).
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- The stock Sansa firmware is capable of MSC and MTP mode. Sansa requires reboot when in MSC mode, and doesn't when using MTP.
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Firmware Feature Comparison Chart
This chart compares Rockbox with the original firmwares as shipped by the manufacturers of the players. The Rockbox column may specify features only available in SVN and daily builds.
Generic
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| ID3v1 support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | |
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| | |
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| Background noise during playback |
No |
Yes |
No | |
|
>
> | |
| |
| Mid-track resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Mid-playlist resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Resumed playlist order |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Battery lifetime (archos) |
Longer |
Long |
? | |
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>
> | |
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| Battery lifetime (iriver) |
19-21 hours |
? |
14-16 |
| Battery time indicator |
Yes |
No |
No | |
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> | |
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| Customizable font (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
No |
No | |
|
>
> | |
| |
| Customizable screen info when playing songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| USB attach/detach without reboot |
Yes |
No |
Yes | |
|
>
> | |
| |
| Can load another firmware without rebooting |
Yes |
No |
Not really (1) | |
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| Playlist load speed, songs/sec |
3000 - 4000 |
15 - 20 |
30 - 40 |
| Max number of songs in a playlist |
20 000 |
999 |
999 (2) |
| Max filename length of song in playlist |
260 |
? |
52 |
| Supports bad path prefixes in playlists |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Open source development process |
Yes |
No |
No | |
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| Corrects reported bugs |
Yes |
No |
No or slooowly |
| Automatic Volume Control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No | |
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| Volume triggered recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes | |
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| Pitch control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes (limited) | |
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| Games (Bitmap LCD) |
8 |
No |
No | |
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| File Delete |
Yes |
Yes |
Partial (6) | |
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| Playlist Building |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Recording (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | |
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| Generates XING VBR header when recording |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A - records CBR only | |
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| High Resolution Volume Control |
Yes, 84 steps |
No |
Yes, 40 steps | |
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>
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| Customizable backlight timeout |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | |
|
>
> | |
| |
| Backlight-on when charging option |
Yes |
No |
Yes | |
|
>
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| No - always on when charging | |
| |
| Backlight fading (iriver?) |
Yes |
? |
No |
| Supports the XING header |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| Supports the VBRI header |
Partly |
Yes |
? |
| Max number of files in a dir |
10 000 |
999 |
? |
| Adjustable scroll speed |
Yes |
No | |
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>
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| Screensaver style demos |
Yes |
No |
No | |
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| Variable step / accelerating ffwd and rwd |
Yes | |
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| No |
No |
| Visual Progress Bar |
Yes |
No |
Yes | |
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| Easy User Interface |
Yes |
No |
No | |
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| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes | |
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| ISO8859-1 font support (Player) |
Yes |
No |
N/A | |
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| Queue songs to play next, queue support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (3) |
| Bookmark positions in songs |
Yes |
No |
No | |
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| Number of available languages |
24 |
3 |
2 | |
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| Accurate VBR bitrate display |
Yes | |
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| FM Tuner support (FM Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (4) | |
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| Naming FM channels |
Yes |
? |
No | |
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>
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| Skip to next/previous folder |
Yes |
? |
Yes | |
|
>
> | |
| |
| Pre-Recording (Recorders) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Video Playback with sound (Recorders) |
Yes |
No |
No | |
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| Boot Time from Flash (in seconds) |
4 | |
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>
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| Speaking Menus Support |
Yes |
No |
No | |
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>
> | |
| |
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>
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| Gapless playback |
Yes |
No (8) |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
| MP3 Decoding |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | |
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| MP3 Realtime Encoding |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes | |
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| OGG/Vorbis Decoding |
Yes |
Yes (9) |
Yes (9) |
No |
No |
Yes | |
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| FLAC Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes | |
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| WavPack Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No | |
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| WavPack Realtime Encoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No | |
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| AC3(A/52) Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No | |
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| AAC/MP4 Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No | |
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Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No | |
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No |
SRS WOW |
SRS WOW |
No |
SRS WOW |
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| FF/RW with sound |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
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? | |
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| 5 Band Parametric Equalizer |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes (17) | |
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| On The Fly Playlists |
Yes |
No |
Yes (7) |
Yes |
No |
Yes | |
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| Radio Recording |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes (18) | |
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| Crossfade & Crossfeed |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No | |
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| Voice UI |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No | |
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| ReplayGain |
Yes |
No |
No |
No (12) |
No |
No | |
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| Cuesheet support |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
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| Backlight fade-in/fade-out |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No | |
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| Picture viewing |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | |
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| Text viewing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes | |
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| Bookmark support for multiple files |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes (14) |
Yes |
Yes | |
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| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | |
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| File Rename |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No | |
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| File Delete |
Yes |
Yes (6) |
Yes (6) |
No |
Yes |
No | |
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- Yes, except after removing from PC or total battery failure.
- The iRiver firmware will read playlists larger than 999 songs, but will only actually load the first 999 into memory.
- Only 1 song in queue.
- No recording.
- If database scan is on, and some disk fragmentation, a full H140 (6997 tracks on mine with 4MB free) will take up to around a minute to load. Without DB scan, 20 seconds is normal.
- Limited, iriver can delete only music files and when there is no song played at the moment.
- Limited to 100 tracks (added with the 1.31 firmware).
- The supported 'Gap delete' is something totally different from gapless playback. Gapless playback means to add no pause between the tracks, so that e.g. for a DJ mix split into multiple tracks, the track change is unnoticeable during playback. Gap delete just means cutting silence from the beginning and/or end of the track itself.
- Not low bitrates - less than 96kbps doesn't appear to work.
- The 1.31 firmware has a minesweeper game.
- The stock H3xx firmware is capable of playing XviD video at 10 fps only.
- iPod has soundcheck, which is similar in purpose to Replaygain.
- The iPod 5G (aka "iPod Video") is capable of playing MPEG-4 and H.264 format video using dedicated decoding hardware. Other iPod models can not play video.
- The iPod can do bookmarks for Audible files and audiobooks, but not for other files.
- There are some games available for purchase.
- Video playback in Rockbox is still in early stages, see PluginMpegplayer.
- Cowon firmware equalizer is simplified and not fully parametric (only gain is adjustable on an arbitrary non-dB scale).
- X5/X5L only.
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Firmware Feature Comparison Chart
This chart compares Rockbox with the original firmwares as shipped by the manufacturers of the players. The Rockbox column may specify features only available in SVN and daily builds.
Generic
| ID3v1 support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ID3v2 support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Background noise during playback |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Mid-track resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Mid-playlist resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Resumed playlist order |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Battery lifetime (archos) |
Longer |
Long |
? |
| Battery lifetime (iriver) |
19-21 hours |
? |
14-16 |
| Battery time indicator |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Customizable font (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Customizable screen info when playing songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| USB attach/detach without reboot |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Can load another firmware without rebooting |
Yes |
No |
Not really (1) |
| Playlist load speed, songs/sec |
3000 - 4000 |
15 - 20 |
30 - 40 |
| Max number of songs in a playlist |
20 000 |
999 |
999 (2) |
| Max filename length of song in playlist |
260 |
? |
52 |
| Supports bad path prefixes in playlists |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Open source development process |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Corrects reported bugs |
Yes |
No |
No or slooowly |
| Automatic Volume Control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Volume triggered recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Pitch control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes (limited) |
| Text File Reader |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (limited) |
| Games (Bitmap LCD) |
8 |
No |
No |
| Games (Player) |
2 |
No |
N/A |
| File Delete |
Yes |
Yes |
Partial (6) |
| File Rename |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Playlist Building |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Recording (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Generates XING VBR header when recording |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A - records CBR only |
| High Resolution Volume Control |
Yes, 84 steps |
No |
Yes, 40 steps |
| Customizable backlight timeout |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlight-on when charging option |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Backlight fading (iriver?) |
Yes |
? |
No |
| Supports the XING header |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| Supports the VBRI header |
Partly |
Yes |
? |
| Max number of files in a dir |
10 000 |
999 |
? |
| Adjustable scroll speed |
Yes |
No |
Yes (but badly) |
| Screensaver style demos |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Variable step / accelerating ffwd and rwd |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Visual Progress Bar |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Select/Load configs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Sleep timer |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Easy User Interface |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ISO8859-1 font support (Player) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| Queue songs to play next, queue support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (3) |
| Bookmark positions in songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Number of available languages |
24 |
3 |
2 |
| Accurate VBR bitrate display |
Yes |
No |
No |
| FM Tuner support (FM Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (4) |
| Naming FM channels |
Yes |
? |
No |
| FF/FR with sound |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Skip to next/previous folder |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
| Pre-Recording (Recorders) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Video Playback with sound (Recorders) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Boot Time from Flash (in seconds) |
4 |
8-12 |
13-60 (5) |
| Speaking Menus Support |
Yes |
No |
No |
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| Gapless playback |
Yes |
No (8) |
No |
Yes |
No | |
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| MP3 Decoding |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | |
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| MP3 Realtime Encoding |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | |
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| Yes |
| OGG/Vorbis Decoding |
Yes |
Yes (9) |
Yes (9) |
No |
No | |
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| FLAC Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No | |
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| WavPack Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes | |
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| WavPack Realtime Encoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
No | |
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| AC3(A/52) Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No | |
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| AAC/MP4 Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No | |
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| ALAC (Apple Lossless) Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
No | |
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| WMA Decoding |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes | |
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| Proprietary DSP ("SRS WOW"/"BBE") effects | |
| | |
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| 5 Band Parametric Equalizer |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No | |
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| On The Fly Playlists |
Yes |
No |
Yes (7) |
Yes |
No | |
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| Radio Recording |
Yes |
No |
Yes | |
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| Crossfade & Crossfeed |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No | |
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| ReplayGain |
Yes |
No |
No |
No (12) |
No | |
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| Backlight fade-in/fade-out |
Yes |
No |
No | |
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| Picture viewing |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | |
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| Text viewing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No | |
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| Bookmark support for multiple files |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes (14) |
Yes | |
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| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | |
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| File Rename |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No | |
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| File Delete |
Yes |
Yes (6) |
Yes (6) |
No |
Yes | |
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Wrong facts? Feel free to edit this page.
- Yes, except after removing from PC or total battery failure.
- The iRiver firmware will read playlists larger than 999 songs, but will only actually load the first 999 into memory.
- Only 1 song in queue.
- No recording.
- If database scan is on, and some disk fragmentation, a full H140 (6997 tracks on mine with 4MB free) will take up to around a minute to load. Without DB scan, 20 seconds is normal.
- Limited, iriver can delete only music files and when there is no song played at the moment.
- Limited to 100 tracks (added with the 1.31 firmware).
- The supported 'Gap delete' is something totally different from gapless playback. Gapless playback means to add no pause between the tracks, so that e.g. for a DJ mix split into multiple tracks, the track change is unnoticeable during playback. Gap delete just means cutting silence from the beginning and/or end of the track itself.
- Not low bitrates - less than 96kbps doesn't appear to work.
- The 1.31 firmware has a minesweeper game.
- The stock H3xx firmware is capable of playing XviD video at 10 fps only.
- iPod has soundcheck, which is similar in purpose to Replaygain.
- The iPod 5G (aka "iPod Video") is capable of playing MPEG-4 and H.264 format video using dedicated decoding hardware. Other iPod models can not play video.
- The iPod can do bookmarks for Audible files and audiobooks, but not for other files.
- There are some games available for purchase.
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- Video playback in Rockbox is still in early stages, see PluginMpegplayer.
- Cowon firmware equalizer is simplified and not fully parametric (only gain is adjustable on an arbitrary non-dB scale).
- X5/X5L only.
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Firmware Feature Comparison Chart
This chart compares Rockbox with the original firmwares as shipped by the manufacturers of the players. The Rockbox column may specify features only available in SVN and daily builds.
Generic
| ID3v1 support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ID3v2 support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Background noise during playback |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Mid-track resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Mid-playlist resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Resumed playlist order |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Battery lifetime (archos) |
Longer |
Long |
? |
| Battery lifetime (iriver) |
19-21 hours |
? |
14-16 |
| Battery time indicator |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Customizable font (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Customizable screen info when playing songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| USB attach/detach without reboot |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Can load another firmware without rebooting |
Yes |
No |
Not really (1) |
| Playlist load speed, songs/sec |
3000 - 4000 |
15 - 20 |
30 - 40 |
| Max number of songs in a playlist |
20 000 |
999 |
999 (2) |
| Max filename length of song in playlist |
260 |
? |
52 |
| Supports bad path prefixes in playlists |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Open source development process |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Corrects reported bugs |
Yes |
No |
No or slooowly |
| Automatic Volume Control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Volume triggered recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Pitch control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes (limited) |
| Text File Reader |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (limited) |
| Games (Bitmap LCD) |
8 |
No |
No |
| Games (Player) |
2 |
No |
N/A |
| File Delete |
Yes |
Yes |
Partial (6) |
| File Rename |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Playlist Building |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Recording (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Generates XING VBR header when recording |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A - records CBR only |
| High Resolution Volume Control |
Yes, 84 steps |
No |
Yes, 40 steps |
| Customizable backlight timeout |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlight-on when charging option |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Backlight fading (iriver?) |
Yes |
? |
No |
| Supports the XING header |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| Supports the VBRI header |
Partly |
Yes |
? |
| Max number of files in a dir |
10 000 |
999 |
? |
| Adjustable scroll speed |
Yes |
No |
Yes (but badly) |
| Screensaver style demos |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Variable step / accelerating ffwd and rwd |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Visual Progress Bar |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Select/Load configs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Sleep timer |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Easy User Interface |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ISO8859-1 font support (Player) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| Queue songs to play next, queue support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (3) |
| Bookmark positions in songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Number of available languages |
24 |
3 |
2 |
| Accurate VBR bitrate display |
Yes |
No |
No |
| FM Tuner support (FM Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (4) |
| Naming FM channels |
Yes |
? |
No |
| FF/FR with sound |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Skip to next/previous folder |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
| Pre-Recording (Recorders) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Video Playback with sound (Recorders) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Boot Time from Flash (in seconds) |
4 |
8-12 |
13-60 (5) |
| Speaking Menus Support |
Yes |
No |
No |
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| WavPack Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No | |
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| WavPack Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No | |
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| WavPack Realtime Encoding |
Yes |
No |
No | |
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| WavPack Realtime Encoding |
Yes |
No |
No | |
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| AC3(A/52) Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No | |
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| AC3(A/52) Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No | |
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| AAC/MP4 Decoding |
Yes (7) |
No |
No | |
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| AAC/MP4 Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No | |
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| ALAC (Apple Lossless) Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No | |
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| ALAC (Apple Lossless) Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No | |
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| On The Fly Playlists |
Yes |
No |
No | |
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| On The Fly Playlists |
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No |
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Yes |
No |
Yes | |
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Yes |
No |
Yes | |
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| Crossfade & Crossfeed |
Yes |
No |
No | |
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Yes |
No |
No | |
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Yes |
No |
No | |
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Yes |
No |
No | |
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No |
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No |
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Yes |
| Text viewing |
Yes | |
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No |
Yes |
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Yes |
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| Yes |
Yes |
| MP3 Realtime Encoding |
No |
Yes |
| OGG/Vorbis Decoding |
Yes |
No |
| FLAC Decoding |
Yes |
No |
| WavPack Decoding |
Yes |
No |
| WavPack Encoding |
Yes |
No |
| AC3(A/52) Decoding |
Yes |
No |
| AAC/MP4 Decoding |
Yes (7) |
No |
| WMA Decoding |
No |
Yes |
| 5 Band Parametric Equalizer | |
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| On The Fly Playlists |
Yes |
No |
| Crossfade & Crossfeed |
Yes |
No |
| Voice UI |
Yes |
No |
| ReplayGain |
Yes |
No (12) |
| Video playback |
Yes |
No (13) |
| Picture viewing |
Yes |
Yes |
| Text viewing |
Yes |
No |
| Bookmark support for multiple files |
Yes |
Yes (14) |
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- Yes, except after removing from PC or total battery failure.
- The iRiver firmware will read playlists larger than 999 songs, but will only actually load the first 999 into memory.
- Only 1 song in queue.
- No recording.
- If database scan is on, and some disk fragmentation, a full H140 (6997 tracks on mine with 4MB free) will take up to around a minute to load. Without DB scan, 20 seconds is normal.
- Limited, iriver can delete only music files and when there is no song played at the moment.
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- AAC decoding is implemented but has not yet been optimised to achieve realtime playback in most instances. The current decoder can play realtime on iPod devices for bitrates <= 128 kbps.
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- Limited to 100 tracks (added with the 1.31 firmware).
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- The supported 'Gap delete' is something totally different from gapless playback. Gapless playback means to add no pause between the tracks, so that e.g. for a DJ mix split into multiple tracks, the track change is unnoticeable during playback. Gap delete just means cutting silence from the beginning and/or end of the track itself.
- Not low bitrates - less than 96kbps doesn't appear to work.
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- Rockbox includes a non-realtime MP3 encoding plugin.
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- The 1.31 firmware has a minesweeper game.
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- The stock H3xx firmware is capable of playing XviD video at 10 fps only.
- iPod has soundcheck, which is similar in purpose to Replaygain.
- The iPod 5G (aka "iPod Video") is capable of playing MPEG-4 and H.264 format video using dedicated decoding hardware. Other iPod models can not play video.
- The iPod can do bookmarks for Audible files and audiobooks, but not for other files.
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- There are some games available for purchase.
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Firmware Feature Comparison Chart |
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Generic
| ID3v1 support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ID3v2 support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Background noise during playback | |
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| Mid-track resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Mid-playlist resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Resumed playlist order |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Battery lifetime (archos) |
Longer |
Long |
? |
| Battery lifetime (iriver) |
19-21 hours |
? |
14-16 |
| Battery time indicator |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Customizable font (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Customizable screen info when playing songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| USB attach/detach without reboot |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Can load another firmware without rebooting |
Yes |
No |
Not really (1) |
| Playlist load speed, songs/sec |
3000 - 4000 |
15 - 20 |
30 - 40 |
| Max number of songs in a playlist |
20 000 |
999 |
999 (2) |
| Max filename length of song in playlist |
260 |
? |
52 |
| Supports bad path prefixes in playlists |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Open source development process |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Corrects reported bugs |
Yes |
No |
No or slooowly |
| Automatic Volume Control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Volume triggered recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Pitch control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes (limited) |
| Text File Reader |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (limited) |
| Games (Bitmap LCD) |
8 |
No |
No |
| Games (Player) |
2 |
No |
N/A |
| File Delete |
Yes |
Yes |
Partial (6) |
| File Rename |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Playlist Building |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Recording (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Generates XING VBR header when recording |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A - records CBR only |
| High Resolution Volume Control |
Yes, 84 steps |
No |
Yes, 40 steps |
| Customizable backlight timeout |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlight-on when charging option |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Backlight fading (iriver?) |
Yes |
? |
No |
| Supports the XING header |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| Supports the VBRI header |
Partly |
Yes |
? |
| Max number of files in a dir |
10 000 |
999 |
? |
| Adjustable scroll speed |
Yes |
No |
Yes (but badly) |
| Screensaver style demos |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Variable step / accelerating ffwd and rwd |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Visual Progress Bar |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Select/Load configs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Sleep timer |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Easy User Interface |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ISO8859-1 font support (Player) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| Queue songs to play next, queue support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (3) |
| Bookmark positions in songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Number of available languages |
24 |
3 |
2 |
| Accurate VBR bitrate display |
Yes |
No |
No |
| FM Tuner support (FM Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (4) |
| Naming FM channels |
Yes |
? |
No |
| FF/FR with sound |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Skip to next/previous folder |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
| Pre-Recording (Recorders) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Video Playback with sound (Recorders) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Boot Time from Flash (in seconds) |
4 |
8-12 |
13-60 (5) |
| Speaking Menus Support |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Gapless playback |
Yes |
No (8) |
No |
| MP3 Decoding |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| MP3 Realtime Encoding |
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| Yes |
Yes |
| OGG/Vorbis Decoding |
Yes |
Yes (9) |
Yes (9) |
| FLAC Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
| WavPack Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
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| WavPack Realtime Encoding | |
| |
| Yes |
No |
No |
| AC3(A/52) Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
| AAC/MP4 Decoding |
Yes (7) |
No |
No |
| ALAC (Apple Lossless) Decoding |
Yes |
No |
No |
| WMA Decoding |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| SRS WOW effects |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| 5 Band Parametric Equalizer |
Yes |
No |
No |
| On The Fly Playlists |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Radio Recording |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Crossfade & Crossfeed |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Voice UI |
Yes |
No |
No |
| ReplayGain |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Backlight fade-in/fade-out |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Video playback |
No |
No |
Yes (11) |
| Picture viewing |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Text viewing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Apple
| Gapless playback |
Yes |
No |
| MP3 Decoding |
Yes |
Yes |
| MP3 Realtime Encoding |
No |
Yes |
| OGG/Vorbis Decoding |
Yes |
No |
| FLAC Decoding |
Yes |
No |
| WavPack Decoding |
Yes |
No |
| WavPack Encoding |
Yes |
No |
| AC3(A/52) Decoding |
Yes |
No |
| AAC/MP4 Decoding |
Yes (7) |
Yes |
| ALAC (Apple Lossless) Decoding |
Yes |
Yes |
| WMA Decoding |
No |
No |
| 5 Band Parametric Equalizer |
Yes |
No |
| On The Fly Playlists |
Yes |
Yes |
| Crossfade & Crossfeed |
Yes |
No |
| Voice UI |
Yes |
No |
| ReplayGain |
Yes |
No (12) |
| Video playback |
No |
Yes (13) |
| Picture viewing |
Yes |
Yes |
| Text viewing |
Yes |
Yes |
| Bookmark support for multiple files |
Yes |
Yes (14) |
|
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Toshiba |
| | |
|
>
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| Gapless playback |
Yes |
No |
| MP3 Decoding |
Yes |
Yes |
| MP3 Realtime Encoding |
No |
Yes |
| OGG/Vorbis Decoding |
Yes |
No |
| FLAC Decoding |
Yes |
No |
| WavPack Decoding |
Yes |
No |
| WavPack Encoding |
Yes |
No |
| AC3(A/52) Decoding |
Yes |
No |
| AAC/MP4 Decoding |
Yes (7) |
No |
| WMA Decoding |
No |
Yes |
| 5 Band Parametric Equalizer |
Yes |
No |
| On The Fly Playlists |
Yes |
No |
| Crossfade & Crossfeed |
Yes |
No |
| Voice UI |
Yes |
No |
| ReplayGain |
Yes |
No (12) |
| Video playback |
Yes |
No (13) |
| Picture viewing |
Yes |
Yes |
| Text viewing |
Yes |
No |
| Bookmark support for multiple files |
Yes |
Yes (14) |
|
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Wrong facts? Feel free to edit this page. |
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- Yes, except after removing from PC or total battery failure.
- The iRiver firmware will read playlists larger than 999 songs, but will only actually load the first 999 into memory.
- Only 1 song in queue.
- No recording.
- If database scan is on, and some disk fragmentation, a full H140 (6997 tracks on mine with 4MB free) will take up to around a minute to load. Without DB scan, 20 seconds is normal.
- Limited, iriver can delete only music files and when there is no song played at the moment.
- AAC decoding is implemented but has not yet been optimised to achieve realtime playback in most instances. The current decoder can play realtime on iPod devices for bitrates <= 128 kbps.
- The supported 'Gap delete' is something totally different from gapless playback. Gapless playback means to add no pause between the tracks, so that e.g. for a DJ mix split into multiple tracks, the track change is unnoticeable during playback. Gap delete just means cutting silence from the beginning and/or end of the track itself.
- Not low bitrates - less than 96kbps doesn't appear to work.
- Rockbox includes a non-realtime MP3 encoding plugin.
- The stock H3xx firmware is capable of playing XviD video at 10 fps only.
- iPod has soundcheck, which is similar in purpose to Replaygain.
- The iPod 5G (aka "iPod Video") is capable of playing MPEG-4 and H.264 format video using dedicated decoding hardware. Other iPod models can not play video.
- The iPod can do bookmarks for Audible files and audiobooks, but not for other files.
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>
> |
- Yes, except after removing from PC or total battery failure.
- The iRiver firmware will read playlists larger than 999 songs, but will only actually load the first 999 into memory.
- Only 1 song in queue.
- No recording.
- If database scan is on, and some disk fragmentation, a full H140 (6997 tracks on mine with 4MB free) will take up to around a minute to load. Without DB scan, 20 seconds is normal.
- Limited, iriver can delete only music files and when there is no song played at the moment.
- AAC decoding is implemented but has not yet been optimised to achieve realtime playback in most instances. The current decoder can play realtime on iPod devices for bitrates <= 128 kbps.
- The supported 'Gap delete' is something totally different from gapless playback. Gapless playback means to add no pause between the tracks, so that e.g. for a DJ mix split into multiple tracks, the track change is unnoticeable during playback. Gap delete just means cutting silence from the beginning and/or end of the track itself.
- Not low bitrates - less than 96kbps doesn't appear to work.
- Rockbox includes a non-realtime MP3 encoding plugin.
- The stock H3xx firmware is capable of playing XviD video at 10 fps only.
- iPod has soundcheck, which is similar in purpose to Replaygain.
- The iPod 5G (aka "iPod Video") is capable of playing MPEG-4 and H.264 format video using dedicated decoding hardware. Other iPod models can not play video.
- The iPod can do bookmarks for Audible files and audiobooks, but not for other files.
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Firmware Feature Comparison Chart
This chart compares Rockbox with the original firmwares as shipped by the manufacturers of the players. The Rockbox column may specify features only available in CVS and daily builds.
Generic
| ID3v1 support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ID3v2 support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Background noise during playback | |
|
<
< | |
>
> | |
| |
| Mid-track resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Mid-playlist resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Resumed playlist order |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
|
|
<
< |
| Battery lifetime |
12-14 hours | |
>
> |
| Battery lifetime (archos) |
Longer | |
| | |
|
<
< | |
>
> | |
|
<
< | |
| |
|
|
>
> |
| Battery lifetime (iriver) |
19-21 hours |
? |
14-16 |
|
| |
|
| Battery time indicator |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Customizable font (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Customizable screen info when playing songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| USB attach/detach without reboot |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Can load another firmware without rebooting |
Yes |
No |
Not really (1) |
| Playlist load speed, songs/sec |
3000 - 4000 |
15 - 20 |
30 - 40 |
| Max number of songs in a playlist |
20 000 |
999 |
999 (2) |
| Max filename length of song in playlist |
260 |
? |
52 |
| Supports bad path prefixes in playlists |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Open source development process |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Corrects reported bugs |
Yes |
No |
No or slooowly |
| Automatic Volume Control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Volume triggered recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Pitch control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes (limited) |
| Text File Reader |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (limited) |
| Games (Bitmap LCD) |
8 |
No |
No |
| Games (Player) |
2 |
No |
N/A |
| File Delete |
Yes |
Yes |
Partial (6) |
| File Rename |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Playlist Building |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Recording (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Generates XING VBR header when recording |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A - records CBR only |
| High Resolution Volume Control |
Yes, 84 steps |
No |
Yes, 40 steps |
| Customizable backlight timeout |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlight-on when charging option |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Backlight fading (iriver?) |
Yes |
? |
No |
| Supports the XING header |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| Supports the VBRI header |
Partly |
Yes |
? |
| Max number of files in a dir |
10 000 |
999 |
? |
| Adjustable scroll speed |
Yes |
No |
Yes (but badly) |
| Screensaver style demos |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Variable step / accelerating ffwd and rwd |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Visual Progress Bar |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Select/Load configs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Sleep timer |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Easy User Interface |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ISO8859-1 font support (Player) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| Queue songs to play next, queue support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (3) |
| Bookmark positions in songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Number of available languages |
24 |
3 |
2 |
| Accurate VBR bitrate display |
Yes |
No |
No |
| FM Tuner support (FM Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (4) |
| Naming FM channels |
Yes |
? |
No |
| FF/FR with sound |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Skip to next/previous folder |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
| Pre-Recording (Recorders) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Video Playback with sound (Recorders) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Boot Time from Flash (in seconds) |
4 |
8-12 |
13-60 (5) |
| Speaking Menus Support |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Gapless playback |
Yes |
No |
| MP3 Decoding |
Yes |
Yes |
| MP3 Realtime Encoding |
No |
Yes |
| OGG/Vorbis Decoding |
Yes |
No |
| FLAC Decoding |
Yes |
No |
| WavPack Decoding |
Yes |
No |
| WavPack Encoding |
Yes |
No |
| AC3(A/52) Decoding |
Yes |
No |
| AAC/MP4 Decoding |
|
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>
> | |
| |
| Yes |
| ALAC (Apple Lossless) Decoding |
Yes |
Yes |
| WMA Decoding |
No |
No |
| 5 Band Parametric Equalizer |
Yes |
No |
| On The Fly Playlists |
Yes |
Yes |
| Crossfade & Crossfeed |
Yes |
No |
| Voice UI |
Yes |
No |
| ReplayGain |
Yes | |
|
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>
> | |
| |
|
|
<
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>
> | |
| | |
|
<
< | |
>
> | |
| |
| Picture viewing |
Yes |
Yes |
| Text viewing |
Yes |
Yes |
| Bookmark support for multiple files |
Yes | |
|
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>
> | |
| |
Wrong facts? Feel free to edit this page.
- Yes, except after removing from PC or total battery failure.
- The iRiver firmware will read playlists larger than 999 songs, but will only actually load the first 999 into memory.
- Only 1 song in queue.
- No recording.
- If database scan is on, and some disk fragmentation, a full H140 (6997 tracks on mine with 4MB free) will take up to around a minute to load. Without DB scan, 20 seconds is normal.
- Limited, iriver can delete only music files and when there is no song played at the moment.
|
|
<
< |
- AAC decoding is implemented but has not yet been optimised to achieve realtime playback on iriver targets.
|
>
> |
- AAC decoding is implemented but has not yet been optimised to achieve realtime playback in most instances. The current decoder can play realtime on iPod devices for bitrates <= 128 kbps.
|
| |
- The supported 'Gap delete' is something totally different from gapless playback. Gapless playback means to add no pause between the tracks, so that e.g. for a DJ mix split into multiple tracks, the track change is unnoticeable during playback. Gap delete just means cutting silence from the beginning and/or end of the track itself.
- Not low bitrates - less than 96kbps doesn't appear to work.
- Rockbox includes a non-realtime MP3 encoding plugin.
|
|
<
< |
- Only a very specific format.
- iPod has soundcheck, which is similar to Replaygain.
- Rockbox AAC support is incomplete and not yet as compatable as stock.
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>
> |
- The stock H3xx firmware is capable of playing XviD video at 10 fps only.
- iPod has soundcheck, which is similar in purpose to Replaygain.
- The iPod 5G (aka "iPod Video") is capable of playing MPEG-4 and H.264 format video using dedicated decoding hardware. Other iPod models can not play video.
|
|
>
> |
- The iPod can do bookmarks for Audible files and audiobooks, but not for other files.
|
| |
|
| |
Firmware Feature Comparison Chart
This chart compares Rockbox with the original firmwares as shipped by the manufacturers of the players. The Rockbox column may specify features only available in CVS and daily builds.
Generic
| ID3v1 support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ID3v2 support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Background noise during playback |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Mid-track resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Mid-playlist resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Resumed playlist order |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Battery lifetime |
12-14 hours |
Long |
12-14 hours |
| Battery time indicator |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Customizable font (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Customizable screen info when playing songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| USB attach/detach without reboot |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Can load another firmware without rebooting |
Yes |
No |
Not really (1) |
| Playlist load speed, songs/sec |
3000 - 4000 |
15 - 20 |
30 - 40 |
| Max number of songs in a playlist |
20 000 |
999 |
999 (2) |
| Max filename length of song in playlist |
260 |
? |
52 |
| Supports bad path prefixes in playlists |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Open source development process |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Corrects reported bugs |
Yes |
No |
No or slooowly |
| Automatic Volume Control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Volume triggered recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Pitch control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes (limited) |
| Text File Reader |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (limited) |
| Games (Bitmap LCD) |
8 |
No |
No |
| Games (Player) |
2 |
No |
N/A |
| File Delete |
Yes |
Yes |
Partial (6) |
| File Rename |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Playlist Building |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Recording (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Generates XING VBR header when recording |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A - records CBR only |
| High Resolution Volume Control |
Yes, 84 steps |
No |
Yes, 40 steps |
| Customizable backlight timeout |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlight-on when charging option |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Backlight fading (iriver?) |
Yes |
? |
No |
| Supports the XING header |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| Supports the VBRI header |
Partly |
Yes |
? |
| Max number of files in a dir |
10 000 |
999 |
? |
| Adjustable scroll speed |
Yes |
No |
Yes (but badly) |
| Screensaver style demos |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Variable step / accelerating ffwd and rwd |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Visual Progress Bar |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Select/Load configs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Sleep timer |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Easy User Interface |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ISO8859-1 font support (Player) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| Queue songs to play next, queue support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (3) |
| Bookmark positions in songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Number of available languages |
24 |
3 |
2 |
| Accurate VBR bitrate display |
Yes |
No |
No |
| FM Tuner support (FM Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (4) |
| Naming FM channels |
Yes |
? |
No |
| FF/FR with sound |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Skip to next/previous folder |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
| Pre-Recording (Recorders) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Video Playback with sound (Recorders) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Boot Time from Flash (in seconds) |
4 |
8-12 |
13-60 (5) |
| Speaking Menus Support |
Yes |
No |
No |
iriver
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<
< |
| iriver h1x0 stock firmware | |
>
> |
| iriver H1x0 stock firmware | |
|
>
> |
| iriver H3x0 stock firmware | |
| |
|
|
<
< |
| Gapless Music Playback |
Yes (LAME MP3 & OGG) |
No (See (8) about 'Gap delete') | |
>
> |
| Gapless playback |
Yes |
No (8) | |
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No (Not yet?) | |
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| 5 Band Parametric Equalizer |
Yes |
No |
No |
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Yes |
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| Yes (H100 series only) |
No | |
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| Video viewing |
No |
No |
Yes (11) |
| Picture viewing |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Text viewing |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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- Yes, except after removing from PC or total battery failure.
- The iRiver firmware will read playlists larger than 999 songs, but will only actually load the first 999 into memory.
- Only 1 song in queue.
- No recording.
- If database scan is on, and some disk fragmentation, a full H140 (6997 tracks on mine with 4MB free) will take up to around a minute to load. Without DB scan, 20 seconds is normal.
- Limited, iriver can delete only music files and when there is no song played at the moment.
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- The supported 'Gap delete' is something totally different from gapless playback. Gapless playback means to add no pause between the tracks, so that e.g. for a DJ mix split into multiple tracks, the track change is unnoticeable during playback. Gap delete just means cutting silence from the beginning and/or end of the track itself.
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- Only a very specific format.
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Firmware Feature Comparison Chart
This chart compares Rockbox with the original firmwares as shipped by the manufacturers of the players. The Rockbox column may specify features only available in CVS and daily builds.
Generic
| ID3v1 support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ID3v2 support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Background noise during playback |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Mid-track resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Mid-playlist resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Resumed playlist order |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Battery lifetime |
12-14 hours |
Long | |
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| Battery time indicator |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Customizable font (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Customizable screen info when playing songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| USB attach/detach without reboot |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Can load another firmware without rebooting |
Yes |
No |
Not really (1) |
| Playlist load speed, songs/sec |
3000 - 4000 |
15 - 20 |
30 - 40 |
| Max number of songs in a playlist |
20 000 |
999 | |
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| Max filename length of song in playlist |
260 |
? |
52 |
| Supports bad path prefixes in playlists |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Open source development process |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Corrects reported bugs |
Yes |
No |
No or slooowly |
| Automatic Volume Control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Volume triggered recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Pitch control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes (limited) |
| Text File Reader |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (limited) |
| Games (Bitmap LCD) |
8 |
No |
No |
| Games (Player) |
2 |
No |
N/A |
| File Delete |
Yes |
Yes |
Partial (6) |
| File Rename |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Playlist Building |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Recording (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Generates XING VBR header when recording |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A - records CBR only |
| High Resolution Volume Control |
Yes, 84 steps |
No |
Yes, 40 steps |
| Customizable backlight timeout |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlight-on when charging option |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Backlight fading (iriver?) |
Yes |
? |
No |
| Supports the XING header |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| Supports the VBRI header |
Partly |
Yes |
? |
| Max number of files in a dir |
10 000 |
999 |
? |
| Adjustable scroll speed |
Yes |
No |
Yes (but badly) |
| Screensaver style demos |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Variable step / accelerating ffwd and rwd |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Visual Progress Bar |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Select/Load configs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Sleep timer |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Easy User Interface |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ISO8859-1 font support (Player) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| Queue songs to play next, queue support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (3) |
| Bookmark positions in songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Number of available languages |
24 |
3 |
2 |
| Accurate VBR bitrate display |
Yes |
No |
No |
| FM Tuner support (FM Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (4) |
| Naming FM channels |
Yes |
? |
No |
| FF/FR with sound |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Skip to next/previous folder |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
| Pre-Recording (Recorders) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Video Playback with sound (Recorders) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Boot Time from Flash (in seconds) |
4 |
8-12 |
13-60 (5) |
| Speaking Menus Support |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Gapless Music Playback |
Yes (LAME MP3 & OGG) |
No (See (8) about 'Gap delete') |
| MP3 Decoding support |
Yes |
Yes |
| MP3 Encoding support |
No (Not yet?) |
Yes |
| OGG/Vorbis Decoding support |
Yes |
Yes (but not low bitrates - less than 96kbps doesn't appear to work) |
| FLAC Decoding support |
Yes |
No |
| WavPack Decoding support |
Yes |
No |
| WavPack Encoding support |
Yes |
No |
| AC3(A/52) Decoding support |
Yes |
No |
| AAC/MP4 Decoding support |
Almost (7) |
No |
| ALAC (Apple Lossless) Decoding support |
Yes |
No |
| WMA Decoding support |
No |
Yes |
| SRS WOW effects |
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| Yes |
| On The Fly Playlists |
Yes |
No |
| Records Radio |
Yes |
No |
| Crossfading |
Yes |
No |
| Voice UI |
Yes |
No |
| ReplayGain support |
Yes |
No |
| Nice and customisable backlight fade-in/fade-out | |
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- Yes, except after removing from PC or total battery failure.
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- Having created a playlist of all the songs on it (5000 or so at the time), it worked, but took over 5 minutes to load it. The iriver stock firmware only supports 9999 songs on the devices, so that is probably also the max playlist size.
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- The iRiver firmware will read playlists larger than 999 songs, but will only actually load the first 999 into memory.
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- Only 1 song in queue.
- No recording.
- If database scan is on, and some disk fragmentation, a full H140 (6997 tracks on mine with 4MB free) will take up to around a minute to load. Without DB scan, 20 seconds is normal.
- Limited, iriver can delete only music files and when there is no song played at the moment.
- AAC decoding is implemented but has not yet been optimised to achieve realtime playback.
- The supported 'Gap delete' is something totally different from gapless playback. Gapless playback means to add no pause between the tracks, so that e.g. for a DJ mix split into multiple tracks, the track change is unnoticeable during playback. Gap delete just means cutting silence from the beginning and/or end of the track itself.
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- Rockbox now has it's own Equalizer.
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Firmware Feature Comparison Chart
This chart compares Rockbox with the original firmwares as shipped by the manufacturers of the players. The Rockbox column may specify features only available in CVS and daily builds.
Generic
| ID3v1 support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ID3v2 support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Background noise during playback |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Mid-track resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Mid-playlist resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Resumed playlist order |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Battery lifetime | |
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| Battery time indicator |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Customizable font (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Customizable screen info when playing songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| USB attach/detach without reboot |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Can load another firmware without rebooting |
Yes |
No |
Not really (1) |
| Playlist load speed, songs/sec |
3000 - 4000 |
15 - 20 |
30 - 40 |
| Max number of songs in a playlist |
20 000 |
999 |
Probably 9999 (2) |
| Max filename length of song in playlist |
260 |
? |
52 |
| Supports bad path prefixes in playlists |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Open source development process |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Corrects reported bugs |
Yes |
No |
No or slooowly |
| Automatic Volume Control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Volume triggered recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Pitch control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes (limited) |
| Text File Reader |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (limited) |
| Games (Bitmap LCD) |
8 |
No |
No |
| Games (Player) |
2 |
No |
N/A |
| File Delete |
Yes |
Yes |
Partial (6) |
| File Rename |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Playlist Building |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Recording (Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Generates XING VBR header when recording |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A - records CBR only |
| High Resolution Volume Control | |
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| No |
Yes, 40 steps |
| Customizable backlight timeout |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlight-on when charging option |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Backlight fading (iriver?) |
Yes |
? |
No |
| Supports the XING header |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| Supports the VBRI header |
Partly |
Yes |
? |
| Max number of files in a dir |
10 000 |
999 |
? |
| Adjustable scroll speed |
Yes |
No |
Yes (but badly) |
| Screensaver style demos |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Variable step / accelerating ffwd and rwd |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Visual Progress Bar |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Select/Load configs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Sleep timer |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Easy User Interface |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ISO8859-1 font support (Player) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| Queue songs to play next, queue support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (3) |
| Bookmark positions in songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Number of available languages |
24 |
3 |
2 |
| Accurate VBR bitrate display |
Yes |
No |
No |
| FM Tuner support (FM Recorder/iriver) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (4) |
| Naming FM channels |
Yes |
? |
No |
| FF/FR with sound |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Skip to next/previous folder |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
| Pre-Recording (Recorders) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Video Playback with sound (Recorders) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Boot Time from Flash (in seconds) |
4 |
8-12 |
13-60 (5) |
| Speaking Menus Support |
Yes |
No |
No |
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Firmware Feature Comparison Chart
This chart compares Rockbox with the original firmwares as shipped by the manufacturers of the players. The Rockbox column may specify features only available in CVS and daily builds.
Generic
| ID3v1 support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ID3v2 support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Background noise during playback |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Mid-track resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Mid-playlist resume |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Resumed playlist order |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Battery lifetime |
Longer |
Long |
Long |
| Battery time indicator |
Yes |
No |
No |
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| Customizable font (Recorder) | |
>
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| Customizable font (Recorder/iriver) | |
| |
| Yes |
No |
No |
| Customizable screen info when playing songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| USB attach/detach without reboot |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Can load another firmware without rebooting |
Yes |
No |
Not really (1) |
| Playlist load speed, songs/sec |
3000 - 4000 |
15 - 20 |
30 - 40 |
| Max number of songs in a playlist | |
|
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| 20 000 |
999 |
Probably 9999 (2) |
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|
>
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| Max filename length of song in playlist |
260 |
? |
52 |
|
| |
| Supports bad path prefixes in playlists |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Open source development process |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Corrects reported bugs |
Yes |
No |
No or slooowly |
| Automatic Volume Control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Volume triggered recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Pitch control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes (limited) |
| Text File Reader |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (limited) |
| Games (Bitmap LCD) |
8 |
No |
No |
| Games (Player) |
2 |
No |
N/A |
| File Delete |
Yes |
Yes |
Partial (6) |
| File Rename |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Playlist Building |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
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| Recording (Recorder/iriver) | |
| |
| Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Generates XING VBR header when recording |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A - records CBR only |
| High Resolution Volume Control |
Yes, 100 steps |
No |
Yes, 40 steps |
| Customizable backlight timeout |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlight-on when charging option |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
|
>
> |
| Backlight fading (iriver?) |
Yes |
? |
No |
|
| |
| Supports the XING header |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| Supports the VBRI header |
Partly |
Yes |
? |
| Max number of files in a dir |
10 000 |
999 |
? |
| Adjustable scroll speed |
Yes |
No |
Yes (but badly) |
| Screensaver style demos |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Variable step / accelerating ffwd and rwd |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Visual Progress Bar |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Select/Load configs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Sleep timer |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Easy User Interface |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ISO8859-1 font support (Player) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| Queue songs to play next, queue support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (3) |
| Bookmark positions in songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Number of available languages |
24 |
3 |
2 |
| Accurate VBR bitrate display |
Yes |
No |
No |
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| FM Tuner support (FM Recorder) | |
>
> |
| FM Tuner support (FM Recorder/iriver) | |
| |
| Yes |
Yes |
Yes (4) |
| Naming FM channels |
Yes |
? |
No |
| FF/FR with sound |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Skip to next/previous folder |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
| Pre-Recording (Recorders) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Video Playback with sound (Recorders) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Boot Time from Flash (in seconds) |
4 |
8-12 |
13-60 (5) |
| Speaking Menus Support |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Gapless Music Playback |
Yes (LAME MP3 & OGG) |
No (Has "Gap Delete" which doesnt work.) |
| MP3 Decoding support |
Yes |
Yes |
| MP3 Encoding support |
No (Not yet?) |
Yes |
|
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>
> |
| OGG/Vorbis Decoding support | |
| |
| Yes |
Yes (but not low bitrates - less than 96kbps doesn't appear to work) |
| FLAC Decoding support |
Yes |
No |
| WavPack Decoding support |
Yes |
No |
| WavPack Encoding support |
Yes |
No |
| AC3(A/52) Decoding support |
Yes |
No |
| AAC/MP4 Decoding support | |
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| ALAC (Apple Lossless) Decoding support |
Yes |
No |
| WMA Decoding support |
No |
Yes |
| SRS WOW effects |
No |
Yes |
| On The Fly Playlists |
Yes |
No |
| Records Radio |
Yes |
No |
| Crossfading |
Yes |
No |
| Voice UI |
Yes |
No |
| ReplayGain support |
Yes |
No |
| Nice and customisable backlight fade-in/fade-out |
Yes |
No |
Wrong facts? Feel free to edit this page. |
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- Yes, except after removing from PC or total battery failure
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>
> |
- Yes, except after removing from PC or total battery failure.
|
| |
- Having created a playlist of all the songs on it (5000 or so at the time), it worked, but took over 5 minutes to load it. The iriver stock firmware only supports 9999 songs on the devices, so that is probably also the max playlist size.
|
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- Only 1 song in queue
- No recording
- If database scan is on, and some disk fragmentation, a full H140 (6997 tracks on mine with 4MiB free) will take up to around a minute to load. Without DB scan, 20 seconds is normal.
|
>
> |
- Only 1 song in queue.
- No recording.
- If database scan is on, and some disk fragmentation, a full H140 (6997 tracks on mine with 4MB free) will take up to around a minute to load. Without DB scan, 20 seconds is normal.
|
| |
- Limited, iriver can delete only music files and when there is no song played at the moment.
|
|
>
> |
- AAC decoding is implemented but has not yet been optimised to achieve realtime playback.
|
| |
|
| |
Firmware Feature Comparison Chart
This chart compares Rockbox with the original firmwares as shipped by the manufacturers of the players. The Rockbox column may specify features only available in CVS and daily builds.
Generic
| ID3v1 support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ID3v2 support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Background noise during playback |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Mid-track resume |
Yes |
No | |
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>
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| Mid-playlist resume |
Yes |
No | |
|
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>
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| Resumed playlist order |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Battery lifetime |
Longer |
Long |
Long |
| Battery time indicator |
Yes |
No | |
|
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>
> | |
| |
| Customizable font (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Customizable screen info when playing songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| USB attach/detach without reboot |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Can load another firmware without rebooting |
Yes |
No | |
|
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>
> | |
|
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| Playlist load speed, songs/sec |
3000 - 4000 |
15 - 20 |
30 - 40 |
| Max number of songs in a playlist |
20 000 |
999 | |
|
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>
> | |
| |
|
| Supports bad path prefixes in playlists |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Open source development process |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Corrects reported bugs |
Yes |
No |
No or slooowly |
| Automatic Volume Control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Volume triggered recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Pitch control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes (limited) |
| Text File Reader |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (limited) |
| Games (Bitmap LCD) |
8 |
No |
No |
| Games (Player) |
2 |
No |
N/A |
| File Delete |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| File Rename |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Playlist Building |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Generates XING VBR header when recording |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A - records CBR only |
| High Resolution Volume Control |
Yes, 100 steps |
No |
Yes, 40 steps |
| Customizable backlight timeout |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlight-on when charging option |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Supports the XING header |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| Supports the VBRI header |
Partly |
Yes |
? |
| Max number of files in a dir |
10 000 |
999 |
? |
| Adjustable scroll speed |
Yes |
No |
Yes (but badly) |
| Screensaver style demos |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Variable step / accelerating ffwd and rwd |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Visual Progress Bar |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Select/Load configs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Sleep timer |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Easy User Interface |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ISO8859-1 font support (Player) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| Queue songs to play next, queue support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (3) |
| Bookmark positions in songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Number of available languages |
24 |
3 |
2 |
| Accurate VBR bitrate display |
Yes |
No |
No |
| FM Tuner support (FM Recorder) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (4) |
| Naming FM channels |
Yes |
? |
No |
| FF/FR with sound |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Pre-Recording (Recorders) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Video Playback with sound (Recorders) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Boot Time from Flash (in seconds) |
4 |
8-12 |
13-60 (5) |
| Speaking Menus Support |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Gapless Music Playback |
Yes (LAME MP3 & OGG) |
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| No (Has "Gap Delete" which doesnt work.) | |
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| MP3 Decoding support |
Yes |
Yes |
| MP3 Encoding support | |
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| Yes |
| OGG Decoding support |
Yes | |
|
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>
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| Yes (but not low bitrates - less than 96kbps doesn't appear to work) | |
| |
| FLAC Decoding support |
Yes |
No |
| WavPack Decoding support |
Yes |
No |
| WavPack Encoding support |
Yes |
No |
| AC3(A/52) Decoding support |
Yes |
No |
| AAC/MP4 Decoding support |
No |
No |
|
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| ALAC (Apple Loseless) Decoding support |
Working, but not in CVS | |
>
> |
| ALAC (Apple Lossless) Decoding support |
Yes | |
| |
| No |
| WMA Decoding support |
No |
Yes |
|
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| |
| On The Fly Playlists |
Yes |
No |
| Records Radio |
Yes |
No |
| Crossfading |
Yes |
No |
| Voice UI |
Yes |
No |
| ReplayGain support |
Yes |
No |
Wrong facts? Feel free to edit this page.
- Yes, except after removing from PC or total battery failure
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- Having created a playlist of all the songs on it (5000 or so at the time), it worked, but took over 5 minutes to load it!
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- Having created a playlist of all the songs on it (5000 or so at the time), it worked, but took over 5 minutes to load it. The iriver stock firmware only supports 9999 songs on the devices, so that is probably also the max playlist size.
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- Only 1 song in queue
- No recording
- If database scan is on, and some disk fragmentation, a full H140 (6997 tracks on mine with 4MiB free) will take up to around a minute to load. Without DB scan, 20 seconds is normal.
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Firmware Feature Comparison Chart
This chart compares Rockbox with the original firmwares as shipped by the manufacturers of the players. The Rockbox column may specify features only available in CVS and daily builds.
Generic
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| Archos firmware |
iriver h1x0 firmware | |
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| ID3v1 support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ID3v2 support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Background noise during playback |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Mid-track resume |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Mid-playlist resume |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Resumed playlist order |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Battery lifetime |
Longer |
Long |
Long |
| Battery time indicator |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Customizable font (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Customizable screen info when playing songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| USB attach/detach without reboot |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Can load another firmware without rebooting |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Playlist load speed, songs/sec |
3000 - 4000 |
15 - 20 |
30 - 40 |
| Max number of songs in a playlist |
20 000 |
999 |
Low (2) |
| Supports bad path prefixes in playlists |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Open source development process |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Corrects reported bugs |
Yes |
No | |
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>
> | |
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| Automatic Volume Control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Volume triggered recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Pitch control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes (limited) |
| Text File Reader |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (limited) |
| Games (Bitmap LCD) |
8 |
No |
No |
| Games (Player) |
2 |
No |
N/A |
| File Delete |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| File Rename |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Playlist Building |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Generates XING VBR header when recording |
Yes |
Yes | |
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>
> | |
| |
|
| High Resolution Volume Control |
Yes, 100 steps |
No |
Yes, 40 steps |
| Customizable backlight timeout |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlight-on when charging option |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Supports the XING header |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| Supports the VBRI header |
Partly |
Yes |
? |
| Max number of files in a dir |
10 000 |
999 |
? |
| Adjustable scroll speed |
Yes |
No |
Yes (but badly) |
| Screensaver style demos |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Variable step / accelerating ffwd and rwd |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Visual Progress Bar |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Select/Load configs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Sleep timer |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Easy User Interface |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ISO8859-1 font support (Player) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| Queue songs to play next, queue support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (3) |
| Bookmark positions in songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Number of available languages |
24 |
3 |
2 |
| Accurate VBR bitrate display |
Yes |
No |
No |
| FM Tuner support (FM Recorder) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (4) |
| Naming FM channels |
Yes |
? |
No |
| FF/FR with sound |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Pre-Recording (Recorders) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Video Playback with sound (Recorders) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Boot Time from Flash (in seconds) |
4 |
8-12 |
13-60 (5) |
| Speaking Menus Support |
Yes |
No |
No |
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Firmware Feature Comparison Chart |
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Generic |
| |
| ID3v1 support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ID3v2 support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Background noise during playback |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Mid-track resume |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Mid-playlist resume |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Resumed playlist order |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Battery lifetime |
Longer |
Long |
Long |
| Battery time indicator |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Customizable font (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Customizable screen info when playing songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| USB attach/detach without reboot |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Can load another firmware without rebooting |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Playlist load speed, songs/sec |
3000 - 4000 |
15 - 20 |
30 - 40 |
| Max number of songs in a playlist |
20 000 |
999 |
Low (2) |
| Supports bad path prefixes in playlists |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Open source development process |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Corrects reported bugs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Automatic Volume Control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Volume triggered recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Pitch control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes (limited) |
| Text File Reader |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (limited) |
| Games (Bitmap LCD) |
8 |
No |
No |
| Games (Player) |
2 |
No |
N/A |
| File Delete |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| File Rename |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Playlist Building |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Generates XING VBR header when recording |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| High Resolution Volume Control |
Yes, 100 steps |
No |
Yes, 40 steps |
| Customizable backlight timeout |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlight-on when charging option |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Supports the XING header |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| Supports the VBRI header |
Partly |
Yes |
? |
| Max number of files in a dir |
10 000 |
999 |
? |
| Adjustable scroll speed |
Yes |
No |
Yes (but badly) |
| Screensaver style demos |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Variable step / accelerating ffwd and rwd |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Visual Progress Bar |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Select/Load configs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Sleep timer |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Easy User Interface |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ISO8859-1 font support (Player) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| Queue songs to play next, queue support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (3) |
| Bookmark positions in songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Number of available languages |
24 |
3 |
2 |
| Accurate VBR bitrate display |
Yes |
No |
No |
| FM Tuner support (FM Recorder) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (4) |
| Naming FM channels |
Yes |
? |
No |
| FF/FR with sound |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Pre-Recording (Recorders) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Video Playback with sound (Recorders) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Boot Time from Flash (in seconds) |
4 |
8-12 |
13-60 (5) |
| Speaking Menus Support |
Yes |
No |
No |
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iriver specific |
>
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iriver |
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| Gapless Music Playback |
Yes |
No |
|
|
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< | |
>
> | |
| | |
|
>
> |
| WavPack Decoding support |
Yes |
No |
| WavPack Encoding support |
Yes |
No |
| AC3(A/52) Decoding support |
Yes |
No |
| ALAC (Apple Loseless) Decoding support |
Working, but not in CVS |
No |
|
| |
| On The Fly Playlists |
Yes |
No |
| Records Radio |
Yes |
No |
| Crossfading |
Yes |
No |
Wrong facts? Feel free to edit this page. |
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< |
- Yes, except after removing from PC or total battery failure
- Having created a playlist of all the songs on it (5000 or so at the time), it worked, but took over 5 minutes to load it!
- Only 1 song in queue
- No recording
- If database scan is on, and some disk fragmentation, a full H140 (6997 tracks on mine with 4MiB free) will take up to around a minute to load. Without DB scan, 20 seconds is normal.
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>
> |
- Yes, except after removing from PC or total battery failure
- Having created a playlist of all the songs on it (5000 or so at the time), it worked, but took over 5 minutes to load it!
- Only 1 song in queue
- No recording
- If database scan is on, and some disk fragmentation, a full H140 (6997 tracks on mine with 4MiB free) will take up to around a minute to load. Without DB scan, 20 seconds is normal.
|
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| |
Firmware Feature Comparison Chart
This chart compares Rockbox with the original firmwares as shipped by the manufacturers of the players. The Rockbox column may specify features only available in CVS and daily builds.
| ID3v1 support |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ID3v2 support |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Background noise during playback |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Mid-track resume |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Mid-playlist resume |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Resumed playlist order |
Yes |
No |
Sometimes (1) |
| Battery lifetime |
Longer |
Long |
Long |
| Battery time indicator |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Customizable font (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Customizable screen info when playing songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| USB attach/detach without reboot |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Can load another firmware without rebooting |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Playlist load speed, songs/sec |
3000 - 4000 |
15 - 20 |
30 - 40 |
| Max number of songs in a playlist |
20 000 |
999 |
Low (2) |
| Supports bad path prefixes in playlists |
Yes |
Yes | |
|
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< | |
>
> | |
| |
|
|
<
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| Open source/development process | |
>
> |
| Open source development process | |
| |
| Yes |
No |
No |
| Corrects reported bugs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Automatic Volume Control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
|
>
> |
| Volume triggered recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
| |
| Pitch control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes (limited) |
| Text File Reader |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (limited) |
| Games (Bitmap LCD) |
8 |
No |
No |
| Games (Player) |
2 |
No |
N/A |
| File Delete |
Yes |
Yes | |
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>
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| File Rename |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Playlist Building |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Generates XING VBR header when recording |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| High Resolution Volume Control | |
|
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< | |
>
> | |
| | |
|
<
< | |
>
> | |
| |
|
|
<
< |
| Deep discharge option (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
|
| |
| Customizable backlight timeout |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlight-on when charging option |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
|
|
<
< |
| Queue function |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes | |
| |
| Supports the XING header |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| Supports the VBRI header |
Partly |
Yes |
? |
| Max number of files in a dir |
10 000 |
999 |
? |
| Adjustable scroll speed |
Yes |
No |
Yes (but badly) |
| Screensaver style demos |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Variable step / accelerating ffwd and rwd |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Visual Progress Bar |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Select/Load configs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Sleep timer |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Easy User Interface |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ISO8859-1 font support (Player) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
|
|
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< | |
>
> |
| Queue songs to play next, queue support | |
| |
| Yes |
Yes |
Yes (3) |
| Bookmark positions in songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Number of available languages |
24 |
3 |
2 |
| Accurate VBR bitrate display |
Yes |
No |
No |
| FM Tuner support (FM Recorder) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (4) |
| Naming FM channels |
Yes |
? |
No |
| FF/FR with sound |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Pre-Recording (Recorders) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Video Playback with sound (Recorders) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Boot Time from Flash (in seconds) |
4 |
8-12 |
13-60 (5) |
| Speaking Menus Support |
Yes |
No |
No |
|
|
>
> |
iriver specific
| Gapless Music Playback |
Yes |
No |
| FLAC support |
Yes |
No |
| On The Fly Playlists |
Yes |
No |
| Records Radio |
Yes |
No |
| Crossfading |
Yes |
No |
|
| |
Wrong facts? Feel free to edit this page.
- Yes, except after removing from PC or total battery failure
- Having created a playlist of all the songs on it (5000 or so at the time), it worked, but took over 5 minutes to load it!
- Only 1 song in queue
- No recording
|
|
<
< |
- If database scan is on, and some disk fragmentation, a full H140 (6997 tracks on mine with 4MiB free) will take up to around a minute to load. Without DB scan, 20 seconds is normal.
|
>
> |
- If database scan is on, and some disk fragmentation, a full H140 (6997 tracks on mine with 4MiB free) will take up to around a minute to load. Without DB scan, 20 seconds is normal.
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Firmware Feature Comparison Chart
This chart compares Rockbox with the original firmwares as shipped by the manufacturers of the players. The Rockbox column may specify features only available in CVS and daily builds.
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>
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>
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| Background noise during playback |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Mid-track resume |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Mid-playlist resume |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Resumed playlist order |
Yes |
No | |
|
<
< | |
>
> | |
| |
| Battery lifetime |
Longer |
Long |
Long |
| Battery time indicator |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Customizable font (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Customizable screen info when playing songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| USB attach/detach without reboot |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Can load another firmware without rebooting |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Playlist load speed, songs/sec |
3000 - 4000 |
15 - 20 |
30 - 40 |
| Max number of songs in a playlist |
20 000 |
999 | |
|
<
< | |
>
> | |
| |
| Supports bad path prefixes in playlists |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Open source/development process |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Corrects reported bugs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Automatic Volume Control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Pitch control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
Yes (limited) |
| Text File Reader |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes (limited) |
| Games (Bitmap LCD) |
8 |
No |
No |
| Games (Player) |
2 |
No |
N/A |
| File Delete |
Yes |
Yes |
Files only |
| File Rename |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Playlist Building |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Generates XING VBR header when recording |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
| High Resolution Volume Control |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Deep discharge option (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| Customizable backlight timeout |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlight-on when charging option |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Queue function |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Supports the XING header |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| Supports the VBRI header |
Partly |
Yes |
? |
| Max number of files in a dir |
10 000 |
999 |
? |
| Adjustable scroll speed |
Yes |
No | |
|
<
< | |
>
> | |
| |
| Screensaver style demos |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Variable step / accelerating ffwd and rwd |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Visual Progress Bar |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Select/Load configs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Sleep timer |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Easy User Interface |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ISO8859-1 font support (Player) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| Queue songs to play next |
Yes |
Yes | |
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< | |
>
> | |
| |
| Bookmark positions in songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Number of available languages |
24 |
3 |
2 |
| Accurate VBR bitrate display |
Yes |
No |
No |
| FM Tuner support (FM Recorder) |
Yes |
Yes | |
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>
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| No |
| FF/FR with sound |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Pre-Recording (Recorders) |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Video Playback with sound (Recorders) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Boot Time from Flash (in seconds) |
4 | |
|
<
< | |
>
> | |
| |
| Speaking Menus Support |
Yes |
No |
No |
Wrong facts? Feel free to edit this page. |
|
<
< |
- Only 1 song in queue
- No recording
|
>
> |
- Yes, except after removing from PC or total battery failure
- Having created a playlist of all the songs on it (5000 or so at the time), it worked, but took over 5 minutes to load it!
|
|
>
> |
- Only 1 song in queue
- No recording
- If database scan is on, and some disk fragmentation, a full H140 (6997 tracks on mine with 4MiB free) will take up to around a minute to load. Without DB scan, 20 seconds is normal.
|
| | |
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Firmware Feature Comparison Chart
This chart compares Rockbox with the original firmwares as shipped by the manufacturers of the players. The Rockbox column may specify features only available in CVS and daily builds. |
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|
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<
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|
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| ID3v1 and ID3v2 support |
Yes |
ID3v1 |
Yes |
| Background noise during playback |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Mid-track resume |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Mid-playlist resume |
Yes |
No | |
|
<
< | |
>
> | |
| |
| Resumed playlist order |
Yes |
No |
? |
| Battery lifetime |
Longer |
Long |
Long |
| Battery time indicator |
Yes |
No | |
|
<
< | |
>
> | |
| |
| Customizable font (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Customizable screen info when playing songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| USB attach/detach without reboot |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Can load another firmware without rebooting |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Playlist load speed, songs/sec |
3000 - 4000 |
15 - 20 |
30 - 40 |
| Max number of songs in a playlist |
20 000 |
999 |
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| Supports bad path prefixes in playlists |
Yes |
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Yes |
No |
No |
| Corrects reported bugs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Automatic Volume Control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Pitch control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No | |
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8 |
No |
No |
| Games (Player) |
2 |
No |
N/A |
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| Playlist Building |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Generates XING VBR header when recording |
Yes |
Yes |
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| High Resolution Volume Control |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Deep discharge option (Recorder) |
Yes |
No | |
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| Customizable backlight timeout |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlight-on when charging option |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Queue function |
Yes |
Yes | |
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Yes |
Yes |
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| Supports the VBRI header |
Partly |
Yes |
? |
| Max number of files in a dir |
10 000 |
999 |
? |
| Adjustable scroll speed |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Screensaver style demos (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Variable step / accelerating ffwd and rwd |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Visual Progress Bar |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Select/Load configs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Sleep timer |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Easy User Interface |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ISO8859-1 font support (Player) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| Queue songs to play next |
Yes |
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Yes |
No |
No |
| Number of available languages |
24 |
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Yes |
No |
No |
| FM Tuner support (FM Recorder) |
Yes |
Yes | |
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| Pre-Recording (Recorders) |
Yes |
Yes |
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| Video Playback with sound (Recorders) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Boot Time from Flash (in seconds) |
4 |
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Yes |
No |
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Firmware Feature Comparison Chart
This chart compares Rockbox with the original firmwares as shipped by the manufacturers of the players. The Rockbox column may specify features only available in CVS and daily builds.
| ID3v1 and ID3v2 support |
Yes |
ID3v1 |
Yes |
| Background noise during playback |
No |
Yes |
No |
| Mid-track resume |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Mid-playlist resume |
Yes |
No | |
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Yes |
No |
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| Battery lifetime |
Longer |
Long |
Long |
| Battery time indicator |
Yes |
No | |
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| Customizable font (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Customizable screen info when playing songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| USB attach/detach without reboot |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Can load another firmware without rebooting |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Playlist load speed, songs/sec |
3000 - 4000 |
15 - 20 |
30 - 40 |
| Max number of songs in a playlist |
20 000 |
999 |
? |
| Supports bad path prefixes in playlists |
Yes |
Yes | |
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| Open source/development process |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Corrects reported bugs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Automatic Volume Control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Pitch control (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Text File Reader |
Yes |
Yes | |
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| Games (Recorder) |
8 |
No |
No |
| Games (Player) |
2 |
No |
N/A |
| File Delete & Rename |
Yes |
Yes | |
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| Playlist Building |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| Recording (Recorder) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Generates XING VBR header when recording |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| High Resolution Volume Control |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Deep discharge option (Recorder) |
Yes |
No | |
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| Customizable backlight timeout |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Backlight-on when charging option |
Yes |
No | |
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| Supports the XING header |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| Supports the VBRI header |
Partly |
Yes |
? |
| Max number of files in a dir |
10 000 |
999 |
? |
| Adjustable scroll speed |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Screensaver style demos (Recorder) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Variable step / accelerating ffwd and rwd |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Visual Progress Bar |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Select/Load configs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Sleep timer |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
| Easy User Interface |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Remote Control Controllable |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ISO8859-1 font support (Player) |
Yes |
No |
N/A |
| Queue songs to play next |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| Bookmark positions in songs |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Number of available languages |
24 |
3 | |
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| Accurate VBR bitrate display |
Yes |
No |
No |
| FM Tuner support (FM Recorder) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
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? |
No |
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| Pre-Recording (Recorders) |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
| Video Playback with sound (Recorders) |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Boot Time from Flash (in seconds) |
4 |
12 | |
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| Speaking Menus Support |
Yes |
No |
No |
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