Experience of Rockbox firmware on iPod to play FLAC files?
Discussion
fergus said:
Because I want to keep the music in the most generic format for a range of DACs. If I store all my 'master copies' in FLAC, they are system independent.
I'll look into your suggestion though....
Make copies of the files that you want on the iPod and then just convert everything you want, so have both FLAC and Applelossless versions?I'll look into your suggestion though....
Willie Dee said:
fergus said:
Because I want to keep the music in the most generic format for a range of DACs. If I store all my 'master copies' in FLAC, they are system independent.
I'll look into your suggestion though....
Make copies of the files that you want on the iPod and then just convert everything you want, so have both FLAC and Applelossless versions?I'll look into your suggestion though....
fergus said:
Willie Dee said:
fergus said:
Because I want to keep the music in the most generic format for a range of DACs. If I store all my 'master copies' in FLAC, they are system independent.
I'll look into your suggestion though....
Make copies of the files that you want on the iPod and then just convert everything you want, so have both FLAC and Applelossless versions?I'll look into your suggestion though....
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I use it for FLAC all the time, works like a treat.
I'm sick of being buttoned down to Apples proprietary formats, connectors, software etc so went with Rockbox and I can play music from the PC on the ipod and other MP3 players without having to convert it or use some dumbed down POS software because Steve Jobs tells me to
Dibby said:
What do you want to know about it?
I use it for FLAC all the time, works like a treat.
After installation, how easy it is to navigate the menus, and can it be installed as (almost) a plug and play OS? I'm very rusty on my command line script!I use it for FLAC all the time, works like a treat.
Any problems with bugging soft/firmware with it being open source?
Just out of curiosity, why do you want Flac on the ipod? Using a set of headphones on an ipod, you'd be very hard pressed to tell the difference between a well ripped V0 and Flac. Flac by all means on the main system, but I reckon it's a complete waste of time on any sort of portable device.
I have all my files in Flac to play through my main system, but just stick V0 on the ipod. If you get Foobar and have all your Flac files tagged correctly, you can make an AAC/MP3 copy of your files with just a couple of clicks.
I have all my files in Flac to play through my main system, but just stick V0 on the ipod. If you get Foobar and have all your Flac files tagged correctly, you can make an AAC/MP3 copy of your files with just a couple of clicks.
It's more than that Whiff, you can do away with Foobar/ MediaMonkey/ Winamp/ iTunes to load music on all together, copy-paste straight from any Windows/ Linux/ Apple machine just like a memory card. You can do away with Apple's method of scattering your music files randomly and relying on a database behind it to pull all the info together. It opens up so much more functionality with a proper graphic equaliser, stereo width, fade-in & out, mix mode get right down into setting disk spindown times and all, you can change themes and skins, display exactly what you want from the ID3 tags on your playing screen.
You can certainly hear the difference between V0 and FLAC through a decent pair of headphones. The standard Apple ones are crap but a set of £20 Sennheisers and you'll hear the difference easily, it's richer and bassier.
Any problems with bugging soft/firmware with it being open source?Very easy to use now, they have official releases out now so no command prompt bashing any more, it's all installed through a nice little GUI. The releases are stable and solid, latest daily builds can be a bit buggy. Version 3.4 is the latest but 3.5 isn't far away.
No need to wipe the ipod (but best to back up your music just in case), it installs as a dual boot, flick the hold switch on when you turn the ipod on to get back into Apple (Fisher Price) firmware.
It takes a bit of getting used, use RW button to go back up a menu level instead of MENU but once I got used to it I won't be going back. I like that you can alter the text size so in the car you can have a nice big font and for other stuff have a smaller, tidier font for everything.
You can certainly hear the difference between V0 and FLAC through a decent pair of headphones. The standard Apple ones are crap but a set of £20 Sennheisers and you'll hear the difference easily, it's richer and bassier.
fergus said:
Dibby said:
What do you want to know about it?
I use it for FLAC all the time, works like a treat.
After installation, how easy it is to navigate the menus, and can it be installed as (almost) a plug and play OS? I'm very rusty on my command line script!I use it for FLAC all the time, works like a treat.
Any problems with bugging soft/firmware with it being open source?
No need to wipe the ipod (but best to back up your music just in case), it installs as a dual boot, flick the hold switch on when you turn the ipod on to get back into Apple (Fisher Price) firmware.
It takes a bit of getting used, use RW button to go back up a menu level instead of MENU but once I got used to it I won't be going back. I like that you can alter the text size so in the car you can have a nice big font and for other stuff have a smaller, tidier font for everything.
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