Comments for daniel.haxx.se http://daniel.haxx.se/blog Technology is life Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:57:39 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 Comment on The Rockbox future is an app by Mouser X http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2010/02/15/the-rockbox-future-is-an-app/comment-page-1/#comment-1942 Mouser X Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:57:39 +0000 http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/?p=1594#comment-1942 I use Rockbox because it supports the audio formats I listen to. What other software (excluding Windows/Linux based programs - ex. Winamp or Foobar2000) can play back ADXs, NSFs, SPCs, etc., without using multiple applications? Seriously, the thing Rockbox has going for it, that I have yet to see from any other player, is its extensibility. So, at least for the time being, I am quite confident that Rockbox has a place in today's world, and will for the foreseeable future. Mouser X over and out. I use Rockbox because it supports the audio formats I listen to. What other software (excluding Windows/Linux based programs – ex. Winamp or Foobar2000) can play back ADXs, NSFs, SPCs, etc., without using multiple applications? Seriously, the thing Rockbox has going for it, that I have yet to see from any other player, is its extensibility. So, at least for the time being, I am quite confident that Rockbox has a place in today’s world, and will for the foreseeable future. Mouser X over and out.

]]> Comment on two competitors or one united by Ant Bryan http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2010/03/04/two-competitors-or-one-united/comment-page-1/#comment-1935 Ant Bryan Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:19:05 +0000 http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/?p=1540#comment-1935 Interesting topic! Look at Gecko/KHTML/Webkit. KHTML developers didn't improve Gecko, they made something that is at least more popular on some platforms (especially mobile). But it also powers Chrome, Safari, & others on the desktop, along with many phones. I was annoyed at first at all the resources that were put into Chrome, that could've been used to improve Firefox. At the same time, I think the competition is good. Things were stagnating a bit. Interesting topic!

Look at Gecko/KHTML/Webkit. KHTML developers didn’t improve Gecko, they made something that is at least more popular on some platforms (especially mobile). But it also powers Chrome, Safari, & others on the desktop, along with many phones. I was annoyed at first at all the resources that were put into Chrome, that could’ve been used to improve Firefox. At the same time, I think the competition is good. Things were stagnating a bit.

]]> Comment on 140 foss hackers by Jeremiah http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2010/02/25/140-foss-hackers/comment-page-1/#comment-1927 Jeremiah Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:04:19 +0000 http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/?p=1611#comment-1927 Sorry I missed it. The Gothenburg crew will show up at the next one! Sorry I missed it. The Gothenburg crew will show up at the next one!

]]> Comment on 140 foss hackers by daniel http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2010/02/25/140-foss-hackers/comment-page-1/#comment-1923 daniel Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:18:18 +0000 http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/?p=1611#comment-1923 Thanks Göran, it's now also available in a flash movie here: http://blip.tv/file/3276835 Thanks Göran, it’s now also available in a flash movie here: http://blip.tv/file/3276835

]]> Comment on 140 foss hackers by Göran Krampe http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2010/02/25/140-foss-hackers/comment-page-1/#comment-1922 Göran Krampe Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:45:56 +0000 http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/?p=1611#comment-1922 The curl presentation movie is now available: http://foss-sthlm.krampe.se/curl.avi regards, Göran The curl presentation movie is now available:

http://foss-sthlm.krampe.se/curl.avi

regards, Göran

]]> Comment on The Rockbox future is an app by Alex http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2010/02/15/the-rockbox-future-is-an-app/comment-page-1/#comment-1914 Alex Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:28:08 +0000 http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/?p=1594#comment-1914 I have to agree, I think Rockbox will still have a place as an app even when stand-alone DAPs are fazed-out in exchange for more capable multi-tasking devices, it offers much more than most of the music players many of these kinds of devices are shipped with, such as an extremely customizable interface (you don't get *that* with most music player apps) that can be made to show us only the information we want or information many music player apps don't display, as well as many more audio codecs than most music player apps can handle. I have to agree, I think Rockbox will still have a place as an app even when stand-alone DAPs are fazed-out in exchange for more capable multi-tasking devices, it offers much more than most of the music players many of these kinds of devices are shipped with, such as an extremely customizable interface (you don’t get *that* with most music player apps) that can be made to show us only the information we want or information many music player apps don’t display, as well as many more audio codecs than most music player apps can handle.

]]> Comment on The Rockbox future is an app by Riffer http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2010/02/15/the-rockbox-future-is-an-app/comment-page-1/#comment-1911 Riffer Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:15:53 +0000 http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/?p=1594#comment-1911 And really no phone or program on a phone can really play audio books as rockbox. And really no phone or program on a phone can really play audio books as rockbox.

]]> Comment on The Rockbox future is an app by Johannn http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2010/02/15/the-rockbox-future-is-an-app/comment-page-1/#comment-1910 Johannn Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:31:56 +0000 http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/?p=1594#comment-1910 @casainho, I do! Damm, I love gapless playback, Meta-Database, Vorbis and so on... and no phone gives me what I need... @casainho,

I do! Damm, I love gapless playback, Meta-Database, Vorbis and so on… and no phone gives me what I need…

]]> Comment on The Rockbox future is an app by casainho http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2010/02/15/the-rockbox-future-is-an-app/comment-page-1/#comment-1908 casainho Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:31:16 +0000 http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/?p=1594#comment-1908 @Johannn and @Adam: a few of the main points with Rockbox as opposed to the alternatives – as I see this – include: * superior focus on quality playback: gapless, equalizer, cross-fade, cross-feed, good playlist handling, multi-codec etc --> this is not important for most of users of such devices. Do you really believe that people interested in audio will buy such device for listening or record audio? * highly optimized codecs – I’m convinced neither Maemo nor Android are close to the same codec performance that the rockbox codecs do. Better performance means better battery life. --> again, I don't think users will be worried to much about battery life on such devices that should have already big battery life. I think Rockbox will be dead soon, because no one will need it. I think that is no sense for it on such devices, since they have already multicodec, visual impared help, etc functionalities like the ones you are looking for (networking). On the other side, recent advances on tecnhology makes possible for us to print at home our own plastic enclosures, as I did for Mini2440: http://lyre.sourceforge.net/?q=content/my-first-3d-print-mini2440-enclosure My dream is to use new tecnhologies to make a simple and cheap player/recorder, just for audio. If anyone want video or games, then go with Rockbox as an app on Android or anything else. I wish I could build a board using cheap ARM Cortex M3, with external 4MB RAM and small and cheap color LCD. Then I could also print at home my enclosure for it and have a full portable DAP running Rockbox at my hands :-) @Johannn and @Adam: a few of the main points with Rockbox as opposed to the alternatives – as I see this – include:

* superior focus on quality playback: gapless, equalizer, cross-fade, cross-feed, good playlist handling, multi-codec etc

–> this is not important for most of users of such devices. Do you really believe that people interested in audio will buy such device for listening or record audio?

* highly optimized codecs – I’m convinced neither Maemo nor Android are close to the same codec performance that the rockbox codecs do. Better performance means better battery life.

–> again, I don’t think users will be worried to much about battery life on such devices that should have already big battery life.

I think Rockbox will be dead soon, because no one will need it. I think that is no sense for it on such devices, since they have already multicodec, visual impared help, etc functionalities like the ones you are looking for (networking).

On the other side, recent advances on tecnhology makes possible for us to print at home our own plastic enclosures, as I did for Mini2440: http://lyre.sourceforge.net/?q=content/my-first-3d-print-mini2440-enclosure

My dream is to use new tecnhologies to make a simple and cheap player/recorder, just for audio. If anyone want video or games, then go with Rockbox as an app on Android or anything else.

I wish I could build a board using cheap ARM Cortex M3, with external 4MB RAM and small and cheap color LCD. Then I could also print at home my enclosure for it and have a full portable DAP running Rockbox at my hands :-)

]]> Comment on The Rockbox future is an app by Martin http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2010/02/15/the-rockbox-future-is-an-app/comment-page-1/#comment-1905 Martin Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:46:54 +0000 http://daniel.haxx.se/blog/?p=1594#comment-1905 Beside smartphones, there are other linux gadges which might be interesting for a rockbox app. A while ago I played around with a tweaked simulator build on a Logitech Squeezebox Controller. It turned out to be rather slow, especially the screen output through the SDL was disappointing. So, for such devices it would probably be better to directly access /dev/fb, /dev/audio, /dev/input rather than using the SDL. Maybe this can be taken into account when defining the concept of raaa. Beside smartphones, there are other linux gadges which might be interesting for a rockbox app. A while ago I played around with a tweaked simulator build on a Logitech Squeezebox Controller. It turned out to be rather slow, especially the screen output through the SDL was disappointing. So, for such devices it would probably be better to directly access /dev/fb, /dev/audio, /dev/input rather than using the SDL. Maybe this can be taken into account when defining the concept of raaa.

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