mccourtyboy

Hi All, sorry aint bin online but comp probs have been the bain of my life lately, anyhoo the guys down at the pcb place were very helpful, i am currently trying to make a dummy bin file for testing, i must admit this is much harder than i thought it would be but i will crack on and keep you updated.

Indeed this is an attempt to port the rockbox firmware to the hd5, i apologise for neglecting to mention it specifically in my first post,to be honest i didnt even think many people would answer my post as there seems to be very little interest in the rockbox forum on starting a project like this. And regarding how serious i am, i have successfully broken my old walkman this weekend (another second hand unit is winging its way to me as we speak). and i will keep on breaking them(within reason) to get the info i need. The info you posted has been a big help thanks f1rick. I am off to speak to a couple of guys who work for a Printed Circuit Board Manufacturer just down the road from me in a couple of days and we are gonna have a bash at figuring out the boards in my broken walkman, what the. hell it cant get any more broke. Ill let you guys know if we have any joy

I really need to find out the chip model numbers and find more specific datasheets. the service manual is not in depth enough. I am searching, im waiting on a new hd5 from ebay so when it comes i will be prepared to take apart my old one to get a better overview.

Hi all, Anyone who isnt scared to take apart their hd5 please respond. If you would like to contribute any information to this project please post it, scans of PCBs service manuals anything, i am currently researching the chipset so if anyone out there has anything they would like to share please let me know. I need any and all info people have ie datasheets. Thanks.

Yes linux support should be possible, sorry for the late reply, been exhibiting for the last week

hi, the reason for the questions regarding the file system, im just weighing up the options. i have written firmware for some of my hardware, routers modems cell phones etc. so i thought i would have a bash at both options, if im defeated with the firmware ill have a bash at trying to tweak the file transfer speed and maybe help you out by sharing the load. thanks for the comments, where can i get your source, i have gym source already(again i think i could take this futher but i will look at firmware first)

sounds ominous, but thanks for the support ill keep you guys posted, and ill start a new thread when ive got my head around the whole thing

Hi otiasj, I am looking to begin work on researching the hd5 firmware in preparation for a port of the Rockbox firmware. I was wondering if you could help me out with any information regarding the encoding/decoding of tracks. Also is anyone else working on this already that you know of that i may be able to speak to/contribute?

Hi, This is my fisrst post although ive been following this thread for a while now. I have the following problem. Backed up OMGAUDIO OK and created new OMGAUDIO folder with blank 04CNTINF.dat I have decodekey.dat in the GYM directory on my player. I also have mp3fm installed on the player with DVid.dat. tracks seemed to transfer ok in winamp but whenever i try to play them on my hd5 through headphones i get the following error "Mismatch in system files" Am i doing anything wrong or have i just missed something???