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What are the best behaved audio file formats for RockBox?

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Zardoz:
I stand corrected again  :(

gonzalexx:
Thank you again guys...
I'm getting an education here.
The things one takes for granted can suck up performance/battery.
I'm still waiting for my new battery, so I can then see true-to-life performance with rockbox, until then, I won't really know what factors I can pick and choose with file formats and codecs.
For now... I'm using whichever default encoding was used with my files... I don't do a whole lot of encoding at this point in time, but being picky about what I put in the player will go a long way saving battery... so I'm checking it out more closely.
Of course, the battery issue will go away soon... and then I can focus on file specs to see the truth.
How about suggestions for the regular user that just gets audio and doesn't even look at the specs?... most of these folks Itune-it, of course, but the origin of their files makes the specs vary, and they're subject to the whims of the audio originators?... maybe the question here would be:
"What are the most used file formats and codecs out there in the collective audio pool of the internet?"
You guys really know your stuff... (and I'm not even looking at video formats and codecs !!!!).
Thanks for all the feedback.

soap:
When in doubt, stick with MP3 encoded with LAME -V2.
If you want to learn more, hydrogenaudio is the appropriate place.

gonzalexx:
Thank you soap!

That seems to be the consensus so far.
I am going to check what some of my files are, because it seems, and probably by the nature of the files one finds out there, that there are various popular codecs being used.
So far... I think I need other programs to find out details per file... although I probably have the tools already... I haven't purposely checked out all my options.  Downloaded the apparently famous foobar2000 to check it out... it seems that is used as a utility around here.
Wish I had time to play more with the toys, but as fathers go... family does take my time, and I can only glance for a few minutes at a time so I have to break my fact finding sessions to account for my 4 year old's slowly expanding attention span (I think one ends up forcing that same attention span unto oneself in this situation!).
Anyway... this is one of the things I do between having Dora, Backyardigans, and countless other things in my environment that would drive many adults crazy - but hey... you got to love it!
So... a little escape into tech-world is quite a treat... even if it is shortlived.

Anyway... I shall find out some more about my files... music, audiobooks, etc... in mp3, apple, and other formats... it is interesting to find out about the many formats and audio resolutions out there... (I do hate to get an audiobook in very low bitrates though... transistor radio time)

Thanks for your input, and patience with the still uninitiated!

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