08-09-2009, 08:09 PM | #1 |
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Camaro doesn't like rockbox
So I have a 5th generation Video iPod.
I loaded up RockBox because I absolutely hate iTunes and because there isn't a Linux client anyway. http://www.rockbox.org/ I love rockbox because on any operating system it just appears as a mass storage device and I can copy files / folders to it. Via the rockbox menu I can browse these folders the way they are on the drive or I can have my files indexed by artist / genre etc. It has a bunch of games (including doom), supports more file types (like FLAC), can be setup for cross-fading, and a bunch more. I go to use it in my Camaro and it says there aren't any supported files I am pretty upset. I plug this thing into a Windows Machine, and Mac OSX machine, a Linux machine, my PS3 and it can find the files just fine. The Camaro manual says that it can browse folders of regular USB drives. Well... thats what this thing looks like to everything else except the Camaro. Oh well. Its still not gonna make me run the original Apple firmware on my iPod.
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08-09-2009, 08:57 PM | #2 |
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USB Hardware and Vendor IDs. I'm sure the Camaro is using this to see if it's an iPod. Where the computer handles it however the drivers it loads for it tell it to. The Camaro doesn't really have drivers in the same sense. To confirm, does the Camaro say 'iPod' on the screen or does it say USB? If it's the latter, something else is going on. In that case, I would nuke all the files on it and put some basic MP3s on there. Also make sure your files are MP3s and not AAC.
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08-09-2009, 09:09 PM | #3 |
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Only Camaro's with the Convenience and Connectivity package (including 2LT and 2SS) are able to use an iPhone/iPhone/USB Stick, correct?
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08-09-2009, 09:21 PM | #4 |
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You must have the C&C package to be able to connect using a USB connection. The C&C package is standard on the 2LT and 2SS. It is an available option on the LS and 1LT, but not the 1SS for some reason...
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08-10-2009, 07:28 AM | #5 | |
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My iPod is overdue for a nuke anyway so I'll do that and also update RockBox. Hopefully this will help.
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08-10-2009, 10:29 AM | #6 | |
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08-10-2009, 02:21 PM | #7 | |
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I have another piece of hardware that can boot from USB thumb drives just fine but needs special care to boot from a USB hard drive. http://www.openplug.org/ I had to add a 5 second delay to get it to boot from my 1TB external. Since hard drives are mechanical it takes several seconds for them to spin up and operate while USB thumb drives are operating in a matter of milliseconds. This is a factor of about 1,000. Chevy should have used a bigger timeout. Why didn't they test with external hard drives?
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08-13-2009, 11:16 AM | #8 |
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Have you ever consider rock box changing the file system format on the ipod to a linux standard which not everything can read? Secondly hdds arent designed to be bounced around, not idea for an application in a car, use something solid state instead.
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