[HN Gopher] Show HN: Wampy, interface addon for Linux-based Walk...
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Show HN: Wampy, interface addon for Linux-based Walkmans
Wampy is an interface addon for modern Linux-based Walkmans, which
allows you to switch between standard interface and custom one
using hardware Hold switch. The project was born out of handful of
standard UI nitpicks and "can I make a prettier UI?". There is no
Rockbox port for my device (NW-A55), so I did a UI myself,
unlocking and adding various features along the way, such as:
- Winamp 2 skin support - Custom cassette skins -
Digital clock skin ported from iPod Nano 7g - Audio
amplification table editor for S-Master HX - All audio
filters are available regardless of firmware - Per-song audio
filter options - Standard interface enhancements (add clock
and increase cover art size) - Low latency USB DAC module
- FM radio on devices with FM chip and Walkman One (A40/50)
The result covers 6 models, from cheapest NW-A30 to premium NW-
WM1Z. Development process involved a lot of reverse engineering,
digging into device internals and was pretty fun overall; there are
links to development stories in README.md, describing how this or
that feature was added.
Author : unknown321
Score : 34 points
Date : 2025-02-27 18:07 UTC (4 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (github.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
| aylmao wrote:
| I don't have one of these, so I can't try, but very cool!
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| Seeing that Winamp skin screenshot was especially interesting to
| me, because I'd assume Winamp is itself a digital representation
| of an audio player-- an abstract standalone device, turned
| digital, again, in a way, turned standalone, haha.
| gsora wrote:
| Neat! I have A55 as well, I wish I had the time to port rockbox
| to it. I like Sony OS, but having the thing re-scan my library on
| each reboot gets old quickly
| unknown321 wrote:
| Long rescan usually happens if there is a date mismatch between
| device date and pc. About porting rockbox - you'll have to
| integrate with almost all system services to keep Sony sound
| enhancements.
| gsora wrote:
| Ah I should check again then, thanks for the tip!
|
| Re: rockbox, I'm not concerned about them, I'm sure the thing
| sounds good enough already.
| svl7 wrote:
| For me the database rebuild happens on every boot (NW-A55),
| no matter whether a file changed it not. It's the one thing
| that constantly annoys me with this device as it takes
| several minutes...
| unknown321 wrote:
| AFAIK database rebuild is two steps; first is fsck_msdos,
| second is checking every file for changes. You can check
| the logs yourself by installing Wampy and enabling adb,
| maybe your filesystem is also having issues?
| csdvrx wrote:
| Since you did reverse engineering and checked the internals, have
| you found the cause of the high power draw in suspend? (device
| on, screen off, wireless off, not playing anything)
|
| I haven't checked, but I would suspect either the USB port of the
| internal DAC are left powered on
| unknown321 wrote:
| You are talking about Android devices, right? Linux ones have
| no wireless (and power issues).
| appel wrote:
| Oh man, this is exciting! Running Mr Walkman FW on my NW-A45, so
| looks like I should be good to go.
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