mmcguff;139283 Wrote: > If you use an iPod, FLAC files won't work, so that would require an > extra transcoding step to use those files on an iPod.
For those who like to live on the bleeding edge, RockBox (www.rockbox.org) offers an alternate, reversible firmware solution that allows your iPod (and several other players) to play FLAC files amongst other things. At present it is not quite as intuitive as the standard iPod functionality, but it's better than several players I've tried. I have most of my files in FLAC on the server and getting music on to the iPod is simply a matter of mounting the iPod disk and copying the folders across. RockBox builds a tag database allowing search facilities and the playback quality, thanks to lossless coding, is excellent. On the subject of lossless formats: they're the realtime audio equivalent of Zip and Stuffit - what you get out is exactly, bit-for-bit, what you put in (otherwise it wouldn't be "lossless"). The penalty is somewhat larger files than perceptual coding produces. I am not aware of FLAC (for example) coding putting a bigger load on a playback device than any other codec: in fact you might expect the opposite to be true as FLAC files are not as highly compressed. --Richard E -- relen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ relen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27729 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
