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Wampy, interface addon for Linux-based Walkmans

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Wampy

Interface addon for NW-A50 / ZX300 / WM1A / WM1Z series WALKMANยฎ players.

Also works on Walkman One for NW-A50 / A40 / A30 / ZX300 / WM1A/Z.

Features:

  • Winamp 2 skin support
  • Custom cassette skins
  • On-the-fly skin change
  • Volume table editor
  • Per-song audio options
  • All audio filters are available regardless of firmware
  • Standard interface enhancements (add clock and increase cover art size)
  • Digital clock skin (pretty!)
  • Low latency USB DAC module
  • FM radio on devices with FM chip and Walkman One (A40/50, A30 doesn't work)

See USAGE.md.

Device support

Device\firmware Stock WalkmanOne Notes
NW-A50 โœ… โœ…
โ””โ”€โ”€A50Z mod โœ… mod is unavailable
NW-A40 โŒ โœ… stock fw is broken, outdated GPU driver; use Walkman One
โ””โ”€โ”€A50 mod โœ… confirmed by community
NW-A30 โŒ โœ… stock fw is broken, outdated GPU driver; use Walkman One
NW-ZX300 โœ… โœ…
NW-WM1A โœ… โœ… UI doesn't fill the screen
NW-WM1Z โœ… โœ… UI doesn't fill the screen
DMP-Z1 ? looking for the bravest tester of them all

Install

Pre-install

You should read USAGE.md beforehand to get acquainted with quirks and bugs.

Check Device support table, find your device and select supported version for currently installed firmware. Make sure you have at least 100MB free on internal storage.

Windows

Download exe from releases, run and follow instructions. Make sure that your internal storage is named "WALKMAN":

Device will restart twice.

Linux/OSX

See INSTALL.md

Post-install

Toggle Hold switch after device fully loads (post "creating database" progressbar).

Upgrade

Just install new version, no need to uninstall previous version.

Uninstall

Run installer, select your model, installed firmware version and check "Uninstall" action.

Build from source

See BUILD.md

Other projects for these DAPs

fix-coverart - fixes missing cover art.

Scrobbler - keeps tracks of played songs in .scrobbler.log for further submission to Last.fm.

tpp-wampy - MGSV:TPP cassette skin

Development stories

Making of

Making of volume tables

Making of equalizer per song

Making of equalizer / audio filters

Making of FM radio

Making of visualizer

Support me

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