Rockbox Project (M6)

roelandb · 02-29-2008

this is extremely exciting news, i hope he will receive his m6 soon so he can start working on it!
oh, can you tell us what version of the m6 he got? becouse the firmware is different for tp/sp/sl i hope sp, becouse i think most of us(including me) have that.
but i think (and hope) once 1 of them is working the others will follow shortly after.

tlogin00 · 02-29-2008

Time will tell...

Asmo · 02-29-2008

Ready to join and help with TP version!

dimap · 02-29-2008

Hi Asmo)))
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( Сколько лет, сколько зим))) Ты всё ж решил помочь?
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vcf · 02-29-2008

the developer has sp version and so do i.
Asmo превед!сколько лет сколько зим)) для с.п и для т.п сделаем))))

vcf · 02-29-2008

developer will recive his player on the second week.)))but he said that he can start working on the project on saturday and on sundaY)

nice2know_u · 02-29-2008

Ah, I was hoping he would order an SL :P

vcf · 02-29-2008

no...and with sl it will be very hard because it has other music processor. tp and sp are varied obly that sp has samsung tft and tp toshiba tft.

vcf · 02-29-2008

here is this .asm disassembeled file RapidShare: 1-Click Webhosting
we need just to read that code and we need to identefy all the parts in the assebly code where the hardware is accessed and than we can try to figure out how all the separate parts work

SJanos · 02-29-2008

Perhaps this page can help.
Addresses of ARM and Thumb labels

I couldn't understand any subroutine of the disassembled file because I can't use asm language. I can program in C, even Java, but ASM is incredibly hard for me.

roelandb · 02-29-2008

this news is really good, since we will have to wait a long time for the m8 we might as well enjoy our m6 for now!

BobbyQ · 02-29-2008

when I read more about rockbox, I found that it only supports mpeg1/2 yet. So by no means it could replace the Meizu firmware in the current state of development, even with gapless playback and no stutter issues. rockbox would just be a toy to play around with.
This is because rockbox began as fw replacement for mp3 players, not video players. future versions might feature better video support, though.

trhent · 02-29-2008

Wouldn't it be better to post the IDB file for those of us with IDA?

nice2know_u · 02-29-2008

Rika! please only write here in English, and use the Russian forum instead!

Rika! · 02-29-2008

k, vcf, have u got datasheet to SoC from samsung?

Da_Flex · 02-29-2008

Originally Posted by vcf

Da_Flex we where not wright. i talked to the rockbox developer who ordered meizu m6 and he said that that file is not a ROM filesystem. we need just to disassembele it(it can be done by a tool IDA PRO) . he did that and said that he will give me a link for this file.and than we need just to read that code and we need to identefy all the parts in the assebly code where the hardware is accessed and than we can try to figure out how all the separate parts work

I just tried the free version of IDA Pro. It opens the .bin file and some english words are visible, which means it works.

Next step may be a minimum change of an english word and then try to install the manipulated FW. That will show whether there is a checksum.

Da_Flex · 02-29-2008

Originally Posted by BobbyQ

when I read more about rockbox, I found that it only supports mpeg1/2 yet. So by no means it could replace the Meizu firmware in the current state of development, even with gapless playback and no stutter issues. rockbox would just be a toy to play around with.
This is because rockbox began as fw replacement for mp3 players, not video players. future versions might feature better video support, though.

Maybe it's possible to mix both FW (Meizu and Rockbox) into a perfect one. If the developer(s) got some assembler knowledge, then I guess it's realistic.

roelandb · 02-29-2008

you tell us you see english text in the file,
is it not so that the resource.bin contains the text (and images)?
if we use rockbox we will not need resource.bin anymore i guess, but maybe there is some information in there that might be usefull also, since it does affect the players boot procedure when placed onto...(am i right?)

mbarry · 02-29-2008

Wow finally after a year, we can actually see progress! Keep up the good work guys! If I can help with anything just PM me.

roelandb · 03-01-2008

have you found out if there is a checksum on the firmware or not? i think we are getting closer to rockbox on the m6 every day, wich is really good news !