Hi, I've already asked this on another forum, but haven't got a reply yet, and thought posting on two would get me a better range in answers anyway.
I first came across the GP32 a couple of years ago, and whilst being impressed, did not need anything like it at the time and proceeded to forget about it. Since then I've developed an interest in Linux and Open Source in general. I was looking for an MP3 player which also supported Ogg Vorbis, and came across the GP2X. I'm really impressed, and after realising I'd also get video and PDF support, and get NES/SNES emulators, decided I'll have to get one.
So, although I'm probably going to get one whatever the answer to these questions, I'd still like to know.
1) How hard is it to add support for extra audio and video formats? I'd like to have support for FLAC, Speex and Ogg Theora (yeah, I'm a sucker for open stuff). Is it simply a matter of copying over some codecs or is it more complicated than this? MIDI would also be nice, but I'd imagine that's harder as it's not an audio format.
2)Any possibility of support for the OpenDocument format? I'd imagine the answer is no, but I thought I'd ask.
3)Any chance of support for PNG images?
4)What programs can be installed on it? Can any command line programs be used, or do they need to be ported first? Specifically, I'd like to be able to edit metatags.
5)I use Linux as my only operating system, and just want to make sure it's easy enough to use the GP2X with this. It seems obvious that it would be, as it runs Linux itself, but I've known stranger things so I thought I'd ask. Is it just a matter of copying files onto an SD card?
6)On liksang.com, the console is referred to as the "second edition". What's the difference between this and the first?
7)I thought it had been released, but liksang.com says 2006. What's that all about?
Thanks in advance for your help! Sorry that was a bit long!
I first came across the GP32 a couple of years ago, and whilst being impressed, did not need anything like it at the time and proceeded to forget about it. Since then I've developed an interest in Linux and Open Source in general. I was looking for an MP3 player which also supported Ogg Vorbis, and came across the GP2X. I'm really impressed, and after realising I'd also get video and PDF support, and get NES/SNES emulators, decided I'll have to get one.
So, although I'm probably going to get one whatever the answer to these questions, I'd still like to know.
1) How hard is it to add support for extra audio and video formats? I'd like to have support for FLAC, Speex and Ogg Theora (yeah, I'm a sucker for open stuff). Is it simply a matter of copying over some codecs or is it more complicated than this? MIDI would also be nice, but I'd imagine that's harder as it's not an audio format.
2)Any possibility of support for the OpenDocument format? I'd imagine the answer is no, but I thought I'd ask.
3)Any chance of support for PNG images?
4)What programs can be installed on it? Can any command line programs be used, or do they need to be ported first? Specifically, I'd like to be able to edit metatags.
5)I use Linux as my only operating system, and just want to make sure it's easy enough to use the GP2X with this. It seems obvious that it would be, as it runs Linux itself, but I've known stranger things so I thought I'd ask. Is it just a matter of copying files onto an SD card?
6)On liksang.com, the console is referred to as the "second edition". What's the difference between this and the first?
7)I thought it had been released, but liksang.com says 2006. What's that all about?
Thanks in advance for your help! Sorry that was a bit long!