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Offline chadders

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How do I get iPod Nano to play WMA format?
« on: April 24, 2008, 05:08:33 PM »
I have a 1st gen (silver back) 1GB Ipod Nano  which I have just rockboxed. It plays MP3s fine, however when I try to play WMAs is is very distorted. Does anyone know how I can fix this ?

Many Thanks      :)
« Last Edit: April 25, 2008, 03:10:43 AM by BigBambi »
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Re: HOW DO I GET IPOD NANO TO PLAY WMA FORMAT ?
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2008, 05:39:47 PM »
It looks like WMA is still somewhat a "work-in-progress", it says here (click this!) that it's functioning at real time on all software targets but there's still work to be done to improve performance on PP5002 and Coldfire targets.

I don't use WMA myself (my library was all MP3 until Rockbox, then I started adding FLAC to it since Rockbox can play FLAC files), so I don't know how well the WMA decoder works in general.  Do the files play back without distortion on your computer?
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Re: HOW DO I GET IPOD NANO TO PLAY WMA FORMAT ?
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2008, 03:10:00 AM »
Which version of WMA is it, what version of Rockbox is it, what bitrate are the WMA files, etc. etc.?  Details! WMA plays just fine for me with the few I have.
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Offline saratoga

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Re: HOW DO I GET IPOD NANO TO PLAY WMA FORMAT ?
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2008, 03:47:01 PM »
WMA should never play distorted.  If it does, check that its WMA v1 or V2 and then post the file.
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Offline Mad Cow

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Re: How do I get iPod Nano to play WMA format?
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2008, 02:29:43 PM »
I had really bad WMA distortion with crossfeed enabled, maybe you should check that.
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Offline Llorean

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Re: How do I get iPod Nano to play WMA format?
« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2008, 02:47:16 PM »
Please provide more information...
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Offline saratoga

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Re: How do I get iPod Nano to play WMA format?
« Reply #6 on: May 03, 2008, 03:01:15 PM »
I fix problems when people give me problem files . . .
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