New question 68, and a few corrections
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its helpful attitude and vicious misspellings.
Q2. Okay, fine, what is _this_ FAQ?
-A2. This FAQ is for questions (that we have answers too) that have been asked
+A2. This FAQ is for questions (that we have answers to) that have been asked
repeatedly either in emails or on IRC.
Q3. What is Rockbox? What is it's purpose?
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Q18. You mention supporting Ogg Vorbis and other file types on your list of
ideas. What is the status on that?
-A18. Pessimist's Answer: At the current time we belive this is not very likely
- The Micronas chip (MAS3507) decoder in the archos does not natively
- support decoding and there is very little program space in the player to
- implement it ourselves. The alternative would be to write a software
- decoder as part of the RockBox firmware. However, as much as we love
- our players, the computing power of the Archos (SH1 microcontroller) is
- not fully sufficent for this need.
+A18. Pessimist's Answer: At the current time we believe this is not very
+ likely. The Micronas chip (MAS3507) decoder in the archos does not
+ natively support decoding and there is very little program space in the
+ player to implement it ourselves. The alternative would be to write a
+ software decoder as part of the RockBox firmware. However, as much as we
+ love our players, the computing power of the Archos (SH1 microcontroller)
+ is not fully sufficent for this need.
Optimist's Answer: We can play any format if only we can write code for
the DSP to decode it. The MAS 3507 (and 3587) are generic DSPs that
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http://rockbox.haxx.se/lang
Q42: Why can't I use other languages on the Player?
-A42: See the answer to question 45.
+A42: See the answer to question 45.
Q43: Does Rockbox support other fonts/character sets?
A43: Yuppers. See the next question.
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please make the mp3 file available for one of the developers to try out.
- The 300-byte limit is subject to be removed in a future version
+ (Actually, it is already removed in post-1.4 versions)
Q53: Where exactly did the name 'Rockbox' come from?
A53: Well you can follow the full line of emails at
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leader vetoed the winning name and chose Rockbox instead.
http://rockbox.haxx.se/mail/archive/rockbox-archive-2002-01/0134.shtml
- There you have it. Recommeded by users, decision by dictator.
+ There you have it. Recommended by users, decision by dictator.
Q54: Why is there a limit of 400 files in a directory?
A54: We have answered this question numerous times. It is mentioned in the
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the Finder, then name the folder.
Q67: Will Rockbox work on an of Archos' other units? (FM player, Multimedia)
-A67: Unfortunately, RockBox will not likely support any units other then
+A67: Unfortunately, RockBox will not likely support any units other than
those that we do currently support.
+
+Q68: I copied the rockbox MOD/AJZ file to the root, removed the jukebox
+ safely and rebooted. But Rockbox still didn't load. What is wrong?
+ I am running Windows.
+A68: The old MOD/AJZ was not entirely deleted from the disk. It is still
+ there, and the boot loader finds that one instead of the new file. Here's
+ what you can do:
+
+ o Download and install Directory Snoop (version 4.03 in november 2002)
+ from http://www.briggsoft.com/dsnoop.htm
+ It's shareware, the trial version can be used 25 times.
+
+ Directory Snoop can display true drive contents by bypassing the
+ operating system and reading the raw drive sectors directly.
+
+ o Plug the Jukebox in the PC as usual and power on
+ o Launch Directory snoop
+ o Click on the Jukebox drive letter in the [select drive] field in the
+ toolbar. The content of the jukebox harddrive appears in the main
+ window. Files which appear in red color don't seem to be present on the
+ harddrive, but they still here.
+
+ o Simply select the appropriate files (red color) and purge them
+ (Purge button). Of course, don't erase the new archos.mod file and the
+ .rockbox directory :)
+ o Safely remove (Windows unmount device function) the Jukebox.
+ Power it up and ...voila... Rockbox is there!
+
+ (Thanks to Olivier Rafidison for this info)