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| Posted by | Rui Marinho |
| Posted on | 08/06/06 16:54 |
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Originally planned to be released on 1st May, Rockbox v3.0 was delayed until June, but the final release date is yet to be announced. The Core Team is currently deciding what to do,
since iRiver H300 is being a huge headache for them. According to
Wiki page on the Rockbox page, here is the summary for the 3.0 version:
Supported Platforms
The functionality below should work (or be unimplementable) on all targets below.
* Archos Player, Recorder, Recorder v2, Recorder FM, Ondio
* iRiver H1xx, H3xx
Release critical features
The freeze will be extended if necessary until the following are fully implemented/
* Core functionality (everything that worked in Rockbox 2.5) (Please report missing functionality for supported platforms in the bug tracker.)
* iRiver power consumption issues
* Disable Tag DB / runtime DB and replace with tagcache (runtime DB / song ratings not included in this release)
* Software codec / EQ
* Remote support for iRiver
* All WPS/UI functionality currently in CVS
* Voice Support
Other goals for release
* No open bugs on supported platforms
* Manual 3.0
* Bootloader release
* Doom plugin
* Light (striped down themes, fonts, WPSes. etc) and full zip files available for download
* Support for platform specific versions of themes
Rockbox 3.1 - codename Fireworks
Approximate release date: November 2006
Supported Platforms
* Archos Player, Recorder, Recorder v2, Recorder FM, Ondio
* iRiver H1xx, H3xx
* iPod 2g, 4g, 5g, Nano, Mini 1/2g
* iAudio X5
Proposed new features:
* Runtime DB
* Album art
* Viewports in WPS
* One image file WPSes (using tar files)
* Platform independent architecture improvements to facilitate porting to new platforms
o New /platform directory containing heirarchical structure of platform specific code to reduce #ifdef usage and code duplication
o Platform specific #defines in /firmware replaced by inline functions included from the /platform heirarchy
o Keymappings for applications to be based upon platform independent functions (eg next item, last item, up in heirarchy etc.) which are defined in a single platform specific file. No #ifdef KEYPAD_* statements to remain.
o All #ifdefs in /apps to be function specific (eg HAS_RTC, HAS_RECORD, HAS_MENU_BAR) rather than hardware specific
Rockbox v3.0 is considered to be the biggest step since v1.0, which should represent a mark of stability and quality in the jukebox firmware area. This is why the core developers are deciding the best way to deliver it. Most people are waiting for v3.0 to be released to install it on their jukeboxes and they are aware of this fact. CD Freaks wishes a continuation of good work on the Rockbox development and would like to thank all contributors/developers for their great work on this amazing software!
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