Re: How easy is it?

2006-08-10 Thread Dave Hooper
Thanks for the reply. So I take it from the reply, there's not (I know it's a long shot) a 'simple' way of converting an iPod linux codec to a Rockbox codec - i.e. it requires me to actually understand both the Rockbox codec system and the method in which a spectrum .tzx file works. There's

Re: How easy is it?

2006-08-10 Thread Linus Nielsen Feltzing
Dave Hooper wrote: There's no 'easy way', no. And yes, to port or write a codec for Rockbox you would need to understand how the Rockbox codec system works - and also either how the .tzx file works, or how the iPod linux codec works -- but take a look at the source code for a simple codec in

Re: How easy is it?

2006-08-10 Thread mat holton
Linus Nielsen Feltzing wrote: Dave Hooper wrote: There's no 'easy way', no. And yes, to port or write a codec for Rockbox you would need to understand how the Rockbox codec system works - and also either how the .tzx file works, or how the iPod linux codec works -- but take a look at the

Re: How easy is it?

2006-08-10 Thread mat holton
mat holton wrote: Linus Nielsen Feltzing wrote: Dave Hooper wrote: There's no 'easy way', no. And yes, to port or write a codec for Rockbox you would need to understand how the Rockbox codec system works - and also either how the .tzx file works, or how the iPod linux codec works -- but

How easy is it?

2006-08-09 Thread mat holton
Hello, I really want to convert the spectrum .tzx codec that is available for the iPod linux project to Rockbox. It allows spectrum game files to be outputed as audio. Totally cool, no need for a tape recorder to load speccy games. Has any other iPod linux codec been converted? mat

Re: How easy is it?

2006-08-09 Thread Bluechip
iirc the speccy loads at 1500 baud, so theoretically is should not be much more difficult than modulating the data over a 1500Hz carrier. The place to get help is the forums at WorldOfSpectrum.org, their IRC (IF you can work out how to log in) is dead. Hello, I really want to convert the

Re: How easy is it?

2006-08-09 Thread mat holton
Thanks for the reply. So I take it from the reply, there's not (I know it's a long shot) a 'simple' way of converting an iPod linux codec to a Rockbox codec - i.e. it requires me to actually understand both the Rockbox codec system and the method in which a spectrum .tzx file works. iirc