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Originally Posted by XavierGr

If it is so easy as you say, why don't you start programming an instrument tuner, or a codec converter? On talks all seems to be easy but I doubt that a codec converter is considered to be simple!

I don't know your programming experience or skills, and I don't doubt that you may have them. Anything you program for rockbox is good. I am dying for a tuner so why don't you start with it? If it is easy, you will get familiar with rockbox code faster and give us the privilege of a tuner.

Happy programming and prosperous work!

I didn't say they would be easy. I said they were relatively easy tasks compared with the project I have to do, which makes up 25% of my degree.

I also think that an instrument tuner would be a very useful plugin, and it is probably one of the first things I will end up writing.
I don't think that a codec converter would be especially useful however, as RB already incorporates a wav-mp3 converter, which is generally the most common.
I agree, it may not be the most simple of things to program either. Maybe it was a bad example for me to give originally.

I spent the last 6 months or so helping to write a Java application to rival Powerpoint, and I've done a fair amount of C and C++ programming, so I hope I can put my experience to good use.

Originally Posted by Sanitarium

Just C, not C++

Thanks for clearing that up. I suspected that OO progamming would be a bit complicated for RB.

Is there an FAQ on "How to start programming for Rockbox" that I haven't found yet??


Thanks for your input drew. However my project has to be something fairly innovative - It can't just be a facelift to an existing piece of software unfortunately. I agree, that does look pretty cool though.