Template:Rockbox firmware
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This template is intended to be transcluded into articles about portable players, which are supported by Rockbox firmware. It automatically adds the article into Category:Digital audio players.
Parameter models should be set to the list of player models related to the article. Default value of this model too may not be suitable for all cases. For example in SanDisk Sansa article it's suitable to use this template as follows:
{{Rockbox firmware |models=c200, e200 and e200R series of Sansa players}}
If you are going to change this template, try to keep it short and neutral.
Alternative firmware
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For more details on this topic, see Rockbox.
Rockbox is an free and open source firmware, released under the GPL license. Among others, it supports this model too. Features included are:
- support of over 15 audio codecs, including Ogg and FLAC
- support of Replay Gain (volume normalization), gapless playback and Last.fm
- MPEG video playback support
- many games, including Sudoku, solitaire, Pac-Man and Doom
- customizable graphical interface through themes
- installable plugins: clock, calendar, dictionary, text and image viewer, and screensavers
- multilingual (more than 30 languages supported)
- narration of interface, useful for the visually impaired
The above features are subject to the platform limitations. Rockbox may lack some features of the official firmware (for example support for DRM-covered music) and may considerably change the player interface. Depending on the manufacturer and reseller, usage of Rockbox may actually void player warranty.
