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PokemonNoGotoday at 11:47 AM1 replyview on HN

>which would basically defeat the point of building on Rockbox firmware.

What is the point of bulding on Rockbox firmware? I love Rockbox myself too so the answer can be "fun" and that is all right.


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tsirytoday at 12:27 PM

Honestly, mostly for fun and love of Rockbox, I've wanted it on my desktop since 2010 and nobody else was going to build it :) That said, Rockbox does bring real things: a battle-tested DSP chain (crossfeed, EQ, replaygain, dithering), gapless playback that actually works everywhere, codec coverage most players have given up on (Musepack, WavPack, ...). It's a lot of mature work to throw away.