It’s conventional to launch new software program on April Idiot’s Day, which is after we heard that Rockbox 4.0 has been released. However, on this case, the venerable MP3 firmware truly did replace after a protracted absence. It’s nice to see that good outdated Rockbox remains to be kicking alongside. We first mentioned Rockbox right here at Hackaday approaching 20 years in the past. How time flies. There was an entire ‘scene’ round hacking Private Media Gamers (PMPs), also called “MP3 Gamers”.
We tracked down Rockbox contributor [Solomon Peachy] to ask for some easy recommendation: If somebody desires to put in Rockbox on a private media participant right now, what {hardware} ought to they purchase? [Solomon] referred us to the AIGO EROS Q / EROS K, which is the one suitable {hardware} nonetheless being manufactured and offered. Past that, if you wish to purchase suitable {hardware}, you’ll want to seek out some secondhand someplace, corresponding to eBay. See the Rockbox Wiki for supported {hardware}.
Smartphones and streaming services have subsumed the single-purpose private media participant. Will you place the brand new Rockbox on one thing? Tell us within the feedback.
