The latest version (0.7) of the Rio500 utilities has been released at . After getting this latest release, read the README, 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 0.7 ---------------- * Smartmedia support provided by Tim Rice Tim reports 8MB, 32MB and 64MB cards working ok. * Smartmedia support added to librio500_api.[ch]. * rio utils should now work on 64bit architecures (like Alpha). * Routines to change fonts for librio500_api. * 8 folder limit removed. * rio_stat now displays the firmware version. * Bug fix to rio_add_song when using .mp3 files with bitrates different than 128kbps * Bug fixes to rio_del_song Special thanks for this release to: ----------------------------------- Timothy Rice (smartmedia support, firmware version, 8 folder limit removed) Bob McElrath (64bit arch. Alpha) David Makepeace (mp3 files not encoded at 128kbp) Linus Flannagan (error when using .psf with height != 8) New projects based on rio500 ---------------------------- grio500: A gtk front end to the rio utils. http://grio500.whacked.net Rio500 remix: A device driver and COM object for windows for communicating with the rio. http://www.evilaliens.com/Rio500Remix.htm Griostat: Displays status information from the Rio500. http://www.engr.ucdavis.edu/~swkidder/software/griostat Contact Information: -------------------- http://rio500.sourceforge.net or by visiting the project site at http://sourceforge.net/project/?group_id=1944 A user mailing list is available. The list address is rio500-users@lists.sourceforge.net. There is also a developers list rio500-devel@lists.sourceforge.net For subscription information visit http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/rio500-users & http://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/rio500-devel