On this day, 22 years ago, the #Rockbox project started, co-founded by me. We wrote an open source firmware for mp3 players. On its 10 year anniversary 2011, I wrote this:
https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2011/12/07/ten-years-of-rockbox/
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Harsh Shandilya
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in reply to Harsh Shandilya • • •petur 🔵😶
in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •fond memories...
as I wrote before, this triggered so many things: I switched to linux, I discovered open source, and I changed my professional career back to embedded
and last but not least, the friendships!
thanks for starting it and nurturing the welcoming community! Will never forget!
episodeiv
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in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •when we had get-togethers of #rockbox hackers, we did these (silly) towers of devices that could run Rockbox. Look at this beautiful example featuring 78 mp3 players.
More photos here: https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/TowerOfRockbox.html
TowerOfRockbox < Main < Wiki
www.rockbox.orgThomas Steen Rasmussen
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in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •Maybe not, BUT IT WORKED! And any time someone in my car would dial up music they got the Jolly Roger instead of the Apple UI and it was glorious.
Peter Lyons (he)
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in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •The original 2MB buffer chip was already a bit small for 128Kbps MP3 and a HDD, but definitely too small for 320Kbps MP3 ripped from my CD 😢
Every time I played music, I remember thinking "when will the HDD die from all the power cycles ?" 😅
With a Compact Flash and IDE adapter, there is no spin-up time so it's not that bad.
@focusaurus
keef
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in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •Wow, I had one of those iAudio players.
It was an absolute brick, but it worked nicely. Had no idea about this project, and now I wish I'd kept the thing.
André Bering
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in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •Thank you! I think rockbox was my first introduction to running my own firmware on a device I owned. One of the SanDisk MP3 players.
It's a step backwards that we can't buy any old electronics and find a community writing better firmware for it. Too many products, too much firmware to rewrite?
junkman
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in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •i'm a huge fan. i'm one of the people who have a dedicated music player. i keep it in my shirt pocket. as such it's a requirement all my shirts have a left pocket, even my tshirts, which is my uniform nowadays.
i currently have 15 or more devices running rockbox.
if it isn't running rockbox, it aint going in my shirt pocket!
Nicholas Boyd Isacsson
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in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •while we're here, i'll plug an idea i've had for a while now. feel free to roll your eyes or ban me.
i conceived of a means to listen to audiobooks while i'm not fully paying attention.
i split the audio into 5-10 minute clips and repeat them until i feel like i 'got' that clip and then move to the next one.
this way i can listen to something while otherwise distracted and still get the story.
i'd love RB to have a 'loop x minutes' function so this is built in to THE best player!
Jack Coates 🐀
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in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •Herr Uke
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in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •My two Recorder 20 are still in good shape and so is the Clip + !
https://boitam.eu/@VoronoV/108279413727255662
https://boitam.eu/@VoronoV/109956344802541240
#RockboxRules 😘😘
IXI
in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •You made my experience with my Cowon 5XL in 2009 so much more enjoyable.
A sleek design with a great cover view that was sadly lacking in the stock ROM and so many nifty features to top it off.
I'm still using mine to this day!
Thank you for your tremendous work.
FSMaxB
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in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •My gateway to open source, and to making my MPIO HD300 even more incredible.
Thanks for one of the coolest firmwares ever!
#Rockbox
Antacon
in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •Jeremy Nickurak
in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •I miss my 3 rockbox devices -- I've had iRiver (little IFP unit), iAudio (X5), and Sandisk (E280)
The latter 2 I even still have! Sadly only the Sandisk actually works well. I do occasionally think about reviving it -- in a few ways it's a better experience than anything on a smartphone.
☃
in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •Daniel Smith
in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •My first (and only, because smartphones) MP3 player was a SanDisk Sansa Fuse, and I ran Rockbox on it. I don’t recall whether I was after any specific features vs. the vendor software, or if it was just because I was starting to get interested in Linux and FOSS.
Anyways, thanks for making that possible 🙂
Gianf:) :elementary:
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