Download Firmware Rockbox 3.14

It took a while, four years to be exact, but a new update of Rockbox has arrived. Rockbox is an open source alternative to the firmware of many portable music players, including several models from Apple, Archos, Cowon and iRiver. The firmware adds additional functionality, such as support for additional file formats and the ability to delete or rename files from the player. An extensive overview of the extra options can be found on this page are being found; frequently asked questions here answered. The most important improvements made in this release are listed below for you. See changes and improvements:

Supported devices

• Ipod Nano 2G has been restored to stable following USB improvements.
• Sansa Fuze+ is now stable
• Sony NWZ E360/E370/E380 are now stable
• Creative Zen Mozaic, Zen X-Fi, Zen X-Fi 3 and Zen X-Fi Style are now stable
• Samsung YH-820, YH-920 and YH-925 are now stable
• Philips GoGear? SA9200, GoGear? HDD16x0 and HDD63x0 are now stable

core

• Improved file system and database performance
• Configurable screen lock and backlight options
• Battery life on AMS v2 devices (Sansa Clip v2, Clip+, Clip Zip, and Fuze v2) is approximately doubled
• Greatly improved USB support on the Ipod Nano 2G, Ipod Classic, Sansa Clip v2, Clip+, Clip Zip, and Fuze v2
• New higher quality volume compressor DSP with configurable attack time
• Improved support for older iPod accessories
• Improved touchscreen lock on touch targets and devices and enabled locking from FM radio on all devices
• Enabled configuring the master sampling rate to either 44.1k or 48k
• New high quality resampler based on Hermite polynomials
• Fixed memory corruption with radio album art
• Improved video playback on iPod 6G
• Support for recording and limited accessories on the iPod 6G
• New DSP effects including Haas effect surround sound, perceptual bass enhancement, and fatigue reduction

Codecs

• Add support for album art in FLAC files
• Improved parsing, seeking and performance when decoding Opus files
• Improved performance decoding SPC files on ARMv5(+)
• Improved parsing of mp3 files with mis-formatted album art
• Improved parsing of very long mp3 and WMA files
• Improved support for VGM files

Plugins

• New 2048 game
• New periodic table plugin
• New “xworld” interpreter for the game “Another World”
• Improved Metronome Plugin
• Add a “ghost piece” in rockblox for some targets
• New port of Simon Tatham’s Portable Puzzle Collection
• New rapid serial visual presentation (RSVP) speed-reading plugin (speedread)
• New one time password manager plugin

A more complete list is available in the official changelog.