[Strings]

Rockbox was a god send when I first got it.

Funnily enough my first build was corrupt and the playback feature didnt work. But I was on holiday by then... so I was still happy to just use Rockbox to make OTF playlists.

Once they get a custom EQ sorted out and perhaps a nice screensaver function... I will never get rid of my H-140

 

[Bittergourd]

Quote:

Originally Posted by wanderman yes. Karma has better headphone out and overall cleaner signal. H120 sounds pretty much the same but the signal has a slight bit of noise. But this is a thread about rockbox...

Sorry - did not mean to be OT.
If someone thinks it's inappropriate to the thread please PM me and I'll deal with it.

 

[gloco]

Ok, i followed the directions from the mystic river site and i installed the rockbox firmware...it would be nice if i noticed a difference!

It (the menu system) looks exactly the same to me as if i had the iriver firmware on it only. Did i miss something here?

 

[gloco]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sweet Spot Most definitely due to a buggy build I'm sure. This is NOT a problem, and even navigating from folder to folder is blazing fast, instantaneous, because of the dir. cache it uses. You turn on the cache , reboot, and it scans everything one time only, and after that, it's all wonderful. ROCKbox is amazing man. seriously. You owe it to yourself to try it. You can also get more info about it and how to do stuff etc at MisticRiver There's a section dedicated to ROCKbox, and lots of helpful people should you get confused. Also, see my signature here, or on MR for very easy instructions on how to get started with ROCKbox.

Dude, i owe you one for the noob walk thru...that worked perfectly. I knew something was off. Thanks again!

 

[v3n]

tried it on my h140 and prefer the standard

Cant do without Tru-Bass on my UM2

 

[Strings]

That sort of thing will get implemented soon enough. But when I do miss some of the EQ settings I just quickly boot up the old firmware.

 

[wanderman]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Strings That sort of thing will get implemented soon enough. But when I do miss some of the EQ settings I just quickly boot up the old firmware.

trubass will never implemented because that is that propritetary srs labs thing. But gapless and crossfading are more important to me then eq. Especially otf playlisting.

 

[Strings]

I know specific SRS can never be implemented, but they will be able to put in very similar features. For all we know, a more customisable bass feature.

 

[breez]

I wonder what kind of EQ it will be? I hope for a fully customizable parametric one

 

[Strings]

Pretty sure all the users of RockBox wouldnt settle for anything less

 

[Febs]

Quote:

Originally Posted by breez I wonder what kind of EQ it will be? I hope for a fully customizable parametric one

That is in fact what has been discussed.

 

[slwiser]

Remember though that with Rockbox and the iRiver iHP-120 or 140 that you either have the optical out (which is what I desire and use) or the line out (which is required if you use those additional features such as EQ). I think these features and the use of the optical out are mutually exclusive.

I use Rockbox for its FLAC lossless ability and optical out features.

 

[jjcha]

Hmm,

I tried to install Rockbox into my iHP140, but the firmware doesn't seem to want to upgrade. I have the most current iRiver firmware, v1.6, already installed. When I try to install either the Rockbox modified firmware or even the original iRiver firmware again, when I hit "upgrade firmware" nothing happens. Maybe it's because the upgrade file is the same version as currently installed?

Any thoughts? Actually, can someone confirm that the optical out still works with the Rockbox installed?

Best,

-Jason

 

[Strings]

This is a guide I recently found which helped my mate get it installed perfectly. Just follow it step by step and you will be fine.

http://www.misticriver.net/showpost....1&postcount=24

And yep, the optical out works perfectly with Rockbox.

 

[jjcha]

Thanks. I think it was the version issue. I found v1.65 on the iRiver global site - they didn't have it on iRiver Americas. Anyway, I was able to upgrade and get Rockbox working.

FLAC and gapless is nice! Not being able to view Japanese text (my files are 1/2 in Japanese...) any more isn't...

Guess there's a patch I'm gonna have to figure out to get Japanese working with Rockbox. Another issue is that dBpowerAMP, the program I'm using to convert my Apple Lossless to FLAC doesn't appear to like Japanese characters either... hmm....

Best,

-Jason