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as directories unless you have installed a third party program that handles com-
pressed files. For other operating systems this may vary. If the
.zip
file for-
mat is not recognised on your computer you can find a program to handle them
at
http://www.info-zip.org/
or
http://sevenzip.sf.net/
, both of which can be down-
loaded and used free of charge.
Text editor.
As you will see in the following chapters, Rockbox is highly configurable.
In addition to saving configurations, Rockbox also allows you to create customised
configuration files. If you would like to edit custom configuration files on your
computer, you will need a text editor like Windows’ “Wordpad”.
2.3. Installing Rockbox
2.3.1. Automated Installation
To automatically install Rockbox, download the official installer and housekeeping tool
R
OCKBOX
U
TILITY
. It allows you to:
•
Automatically install all needed components for using Rockbox (“Small Installa-
tion”)
•
Automatically install all suggested components (“Full Installation”)
•
Selectively install optional components
•
Install additional themes
•
Install voice files and generate talk clips
•
Uninstall all components you installed using Rockbox Utility
Prebuilt binaries for Windows, Linux and MacOS X are available at the
Z
RockboxUtility
wiki page.
Warning:
When first starting R
OCKBOX
U
TILITY
run “Autodetect”, found in the con-
!
figuration dialog (File
→
Configure). Autodetection can detect most player types. If
autodetection fails or is unable to detect the mountpoint, make sure to enter the correct
values. The mountpoint indicates the location of the player in your filesystem. On Win-
dows, this is the drive letter the player gets assigned, on other systems this is a path in
the filesystem.
Note:
Rockbox Utility currently lacks some guiding messages. Please have a look at the
b
manual installation instructions if you are stuck during installation.
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OCKBOX MANUAL
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