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Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / March 2008Rockbox and Macs/iPods?
Anyone able to provide more detailed advice and counsel, or pointers to same, for potential use of Rockbox technology on iPods (or any other brands of portable audio players) in conjunction with Macs? <http://www.rockbox.org/> > Anyone able to provide more detailed advice and counsel, or pointers to > same, for potential use of Rockbox technology on iPods (or any other > brands of portable audio players) in conjunction with Macs? > > <http://www.rockbox.org/> Well, I would try it on a cheap used ipod first to see if you like it.. > > Anyone able to provide more detailed advice and counsel, or pointers to > > same, for potential use of Rockbox technology on iPods (or any other [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Well, I would try it on a cheap used ipod first to see if you like it.. How difficult or tricky is it to install this, on the iPod and on the Mac? >> > Anyone able to provide more detailed advice and counsel, or pointers >> > to same, for potential use of Rockbox technology on iPods (or any [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >> >> Well, I would try it on a cheap used ipod first to see if you like it.. You risk no damage to the ipod, worst case scenario you screw the boot partition over on the ipod and have to run the ipod updater. It's dual- boot as well, so long as you don't have a 6g classic or anything newer then the 1g nano it'll run. > How difficult or tricky is it to install this, on the iPod and on the > Mac? Its a 30 second install, if that. You risk no damage to the ipod either, worst case scenario you screw the boot partition over on the ipod and have to run the ipod updater. There may be ONE issue. If your ipod just happens to be hfsplus (mac formatted), rockbox will not work on it.. my 4g ipod is this way, ipodlinux runs on it, but not rockbox. You'll want it to be fat32 in order to put rockbox on. You'll know if it is if windows can read it. Here's the two major install steps: 1. run a script that modifies the bootloader in the ipod to dual boot between rockbox and ipodos. 2. unpack rockbox.zip onto the ipod That's it... then just hold menu and select on the ipod until it reboots and make sure the hold switch is off. It'll reboot into rockbox. That should help you. Joe >>>> Anyone able to provide more detailed advice and counsel, or pointers >>>> to same, for potential use of Rockbox technology on iPods (or any [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > > Joe Just started looking into this, like, 5 minutes ago. About that drive format. I did just reformat (LONG story) and suspect it's HFS+ (will check when I get to work). What format does Rockbox expect? I assume the original but that is? HFS? Would appreciate any clues. Thanks,  SignatureTim lance_1012@hotmail.com >>>>> Anyone able to provide more detailed advice and counsel, or pointers >>>>> to same, for potential use of Rockbox technology on iPods (or any [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > > Thanks, Rockbox needs FAT32, they never wrote a HFS+ driver for it. I know for a fact OSX can format either FS. I think since the 5g ipod was released Apple now ships out its ipods in FAT32 format by default. There used to be different packaging for the mac ipod vs. the windows ipod. Joe >>>>>> Anyone able to provide more detailed advice and counsel, or pointers >>>>>> to same, for potential use of Rockbox technology on iPods (or any [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] > > Joe Thanks. Something to play with on my 2nd Generation iPod. SignatureTim lance_1012@hotmail.com > Rockbox needs FAT32, they never wrote a HFS+ driver for it. I know for a > fact OSX can format either FS. > > I think since the 5g ipod was released Apple now ships out its ipods in > FAT32 format by default. There used to be different packaging for the > mac ipod vs. the windows ipod. No. The iPod was formatted FAT32 if your initial connection of it was to a windows machine, otherwise it was (left) HFS+. However, I don't know abut the newer iPods, they may well be FAT32. My 3G is HFS+ since I was able to use it to install Tiger onto a CD-only G3 iMac and Leopard onto my G4 iBook. SignatureWe will fight for Bovine Freedom and hold our large heads highWe will run free with the Buffalo or die >> Rockbox needs FAT32, they never wrote a HFS+ driver for it. I know for >> a fact OSX can format either FS. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > 3G is HFS+ since I was able to use it to install Tiger onto a CD-only G3 > iMac and Leopard onto my G4 iBook. You didn't read well enough, I said since the 5G. Maybe I was wrong about the separate packaging, but I do know that my 4g was hfs+ from the factory and again when it was replaced on warranty. I kept it that way and wrote the ipodlinux hfs+ guide, I had issues with garbled files on FAT32, but on HFS+ I did not have the same. Finally the OSX filesystem tools were ported to linux and everything's good now. Joe >>> Rockbox needs FAT32, they never wrote a HFS+ driver for it. I know for >>> a fact OSX can format either FS. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> 3G is HFS+ since I was able to use it to install Tiger onto a CD-only G3 >> iMac and Leopard onto my G4 iBook. > You didn't read well enough, I said since the 5G. Actually, YOU didn't read well enough since I was responding to your 'separate packaging' which as far a I know never happened. Since I was around a lot of iPods from 1G to 4G. I have a 5G, but I've never checked its formatting. Let me look now. Nope, my 5G ipod is HFS+ (journaled) I don't have a 5.5G or an iTouch, so I can't check those. Signature"You're an elf and you're going to wear panties like an elf." -- David Sedaris, Santaland Diaries >>>> Rockbox needs FAT32, they never wrote a HFS+ driver for it. I know >>>> for a fact OSX can format either FS. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > I don't have a 5.5G or an iTouch, so I can't check those. Hey hey hey, didn't mean to come off harsh. I may have been wrong on the packaging, I will try to see if anyone has the older boxes (I may have the 4g box still around, I know the 5g says mac+pc)... The only other packaging difference I remember is the 4g HP branded ipods, which I also used to have. I'm pretty sure those came FAT32 formatted. I don't remember separate packaging at all for the 2g, and I really didn't pay attention to the 3g (I HATE touch buttons). Never dealt with 1g, always wanted to get a scrap one and revive it. The 5.5g ipod has a weird drive layout which prevents it from being correctly mac formatted in linux... I don't know if the tools have been rewritten yet to correct for the large sector size, but I've still yet to see a factory hfs+-formatted. I find it interesting though that yours is journaled, which suggests it was formatted at home. I highly doubt Apple would ship mac formatted ipods with journaling enabled, on a portable volume like that it just adds storage overhead and slows performance negligibly. This is just speculation however, they might actually do it, it can't really hurt anything else. Joe |
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