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Enable Japanese tags in Rockbox

Jan 14

Posted by mcfang in Portables | No Comments

Note that these instructions enable the display of Japanese in your Database and Now Playing screens when you have files with Japanese ID3 tags. It will not change the language of your device and your menus will remain in their default language.

Set the Default Codepage to Japanese

Settings > General Settings > Display > Default Codepage > Japanese

Clear the Database to reload all tags from files

Database > Initialize now

Reboot after Initialize finishes in order to incorporate the database changes.

And finally, remember to set a font with Japanese character support:

Settings > Theme Settings > Font > *Sazanami-Mincho

*or any Rockbox fonts that support Japanese.

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Rockbox 3

Dec 10

Posted by mcfang in Portables, Software | No Comments

Rockbox – the Open Source Jukebox Firmware – has finally released a “stable” release with Rockbox Version 3.0.

Rockbox solved all the annoyances I had with the Original Sansa firmware. The only major feature outstanding form Rockbox is USB support for disk access and charging (currently have to boot into the OF for USB access). But there are people already working on this feature in Rockbox and a full implementation can’t be far away.

Update 2009-04-27:
Sometime around Rockbox 3.2 the USB support was enabled! This means Rockbox and now connect as a USB disk and Charge battery, all without booting into the OF! It was worth the wait.

References

The Rockbox Sansa e200 port

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Wishlist for the Sansa Portable Audio

Apr 26

Posted by mcfang in Portables, Software | No Comments

I love my Sandisk Sansa portable audio device, but after a few months I have noticed there are plenty of things I would love to have more control over:

  • customise the scroll speed of titles
  • remember volume when restart
  • multilanguage font
  • always show the clock
  • allow user to browse files (rather than just the database)
  • allow user to delete files
  • custom user themes (background image, etc)
  • usb charging mode (so you can listen while you recharge)
  • assign names to radio presets

Update 2008-12-10: I have since discovered RockBox! Replacing the software with a stable RockBox port for the Sansa this has solved EVERY SINGLE ISSUE I had with the Sansa’s original firmware.

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