Rockbox Rocks
Over the weekend I installed Rockbox on my iPod, and let me just say that I love my iPod again.
I love that I can rate podcasts. I love that I can delete a song right from my iPod. I love that I can play Ogg Vorbis files. I love that I can make dynamic playlists on the fly based on song metadata.
Rockbox is not only functional, it's themeable! :)
There are numberous other features as well. Because it’s an open-source platform, the possibilities really are limitless. You can even play Doom on it, although I don’t know who would really want that. :) Also, it dual boots into the Apple Firmware, so I could easily switch back if I ran into problems.
Lastly, Rockbox was surprisingly super easy to install: there’s a simple wizard that walks you through it. You don’t even need to backup your music. (I still did though, only because I didn’t know it wasn’t necessary.)
Next step: Giving my songs sane filenames instead of Apple’s hidden nosensical hex-based names.
Finally my iPod is being beaten into submission. :)
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Tags: Apple, Consumer Electronics, iPod, Metadata, MP3 Players, Music, Ogg Vorbis, Open Source, Podcasts, Rockbox, Technology
October 6th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
I get Packie’s iPod when he takes off to Hong Kong…. Can’t wait to hook it up with Rockbox!
October 6th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
interesting…..
Show to me sometime when I see you. I’d to actually see it in action.
October 7th, 2008 at 10:26 am
Yes. Rockbox absolutely rocks. I’ve been using it on my iAudio X5L for quite a while (that’s right, folks, it’s not just for the stinkin’ iPod.).
October 17th, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Jordy, to which model of ipod did you install?
October 17th, 2008 at 8:26 pm
My iPod is an old Video 30 gig.