Here ye, here ye! The latest version (0.6) of the Rio500 utilities has been release for your downloading pleasure at . This release contains a number of significant changes/enhancements and is a must for any rio500 user in the know. After getting this latest release, read the REAMDE, NEWS and INSTALL (or INSTALL.bsd) to learn about the different driver options and whether you'll want to download the Linux kernel driver from Changes in v 0.6 ------------------------ Kernel driver now a separate download: rio500-linux-driver-0.6.tar.gz This is because: * Kernel driver now in 2.3.51 and greater kernels * BSD support.. see README and INSTALL.bsd (different driver) * New user space driver for Linux using usbdevfs (no kernel driver needed) /dev/usb/rio500 now has an official major/minor of 180,64 for Linux. Installing the rio500-linux-driver-0.6 tarball will create the proper /dev/usb/rio500 entry. If you are using the driver from kernel source, you'll need to follow the direction in INSTALL to create the proper node. RPMS now available for ppc,i386 SRPM now available ID3v1 support All utils (except rio_get_song) now use gnu-style long switches Try --help to see a utility's available switches Multiple songs can be added at once with rio_add_song Songs can be added via wild-cards with rio_add_song Multiple folders can be added at once with rio_add_folder Multiple songs/folders can be deleted with rio_del_song Songs/folders can be deleted by name with rio_del_song A preliminary release of rio_get_song has been added. This utility moves files from the rio to your hd. Please read the README regarding this utility. This is a cool hack by Cesar but it is a hack and comes with some caveats. Note that it does not yet have any help or support any switches. Authors: -------- Rio500 support has coded primarily by Cesar Miquel , with font bitmap coding and testing done by Bruce Tenison and PPC porting and testing done by Keith Clayton . The Rio 500 support package a static library (librio500) containing low level rio access routines and a number of command line utilities. These utilities will allow you to format the memory in your rio, add/delete folders, and add/delete songs. In order to utilize this package, you must be running a 2.3.x series kernel (2.3.99 preferred), with USB support compiled as modules or running 2.2.15pre6 or higher with the 2.3.5x series USB code backported to 2.2.15. Please note that this software is still under development. The authors are in no way responsible for any damage that may occur, no matter how inconsequential. Also note that currently, there is no support for flash cards, as the authors do not have access to any at the moment. We expect to add support for this as soon as possible. Compilation, installation and other documentation can be found in the included REAMDE, INSTALL and INSTALL.bsd files. Further information can be found at http://rio500.sourceforge.net or by visiting the project site at http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=1944 A mailing list is now available. The list address is rio-users@lists.sourceforge.net For subscription information visit http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/rio500-users Important! Read the README before using this software! Enjoy!