Rockbox
Sign in to saveRockbox is a free and open-source software replacement for the OEM firmware in various forms of digital audio players (DAPs) with an original kernel. It offers an alternative to the player's operating system, in many cases without removing the original firmware, which provides a plug-in architecture for adding various enhancements and functions. Enhancements include personal digital assistant (PDA) functions, applications, utilities, and games. Rockbox can also retrofit video playback functions on players first released in mid-2000. Rockbox includes a voice-driven user-interface suitable for o
Key facts
- OS.name
- Rockbox
- OS.logo
- Rockbox Logo.svg
- OS.logo_size
- 200px
- OS.logo_alt
- Rockbox Logo
- OS.screenshot
- Rockbox screen.png
- OS.caption
- Main menu using default theme
- OS.screenshot_size
- 220px
- OS.developer
- The Rockbox Project
- OS.source model
- Open source
- OS.latest release version
- 4.0
- OS.latest preview version
- Daily
- OS.marketing target
- Firmware replacement for digital audio players
- OS.programmed in
- C, assembly language
- OS.supported platforms
- Digital audio players, various
- OS.ui
- GUI
- OS.license
- GNU GPLv2 or later
via Wikipedia infobox
~14 min read
Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- History
- Future
- Customization
- Features
- Target status
- Codecs
- Lossy formats
- Lossless formats
- Uncompressed formats
- Miscellaneous formats
- Rockbox features
- Plug-ins
- Retired ports
- Stable and functional ports
- Unstable ports
- Architecture
- Rockbox Utility
- See also
- References
- External links
Rockbox is a free and open-source software replacement for the OEM firmware in various forms of digital audio players (DAPs) with an original kernel. It offers an alternative to the player's operating system, in many cases without removing the original firmware, which provides a plug-in architecture for adding various enhancements and functions. Enhancements include personal digital assistant (PDA) functions, applications, utilities, and games. Rockbox can also retrofit video playback functions on players first released in mid-2000. Rockbox includes a voice-driven user-interface suitable for operation by visually impaired users.
Rockbox runs on a wide variety of devices with very different hardware abilities: from early Archos players with 1-bit character cell-based displays, to modern players with high resolution color displays, digital optical audio hardware and advanced recording abilities.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rockbox” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.