how do I initialise playing wav files?

[Northwinds]

Fantastic! - works a dream! - thank you so much!
I know this is probably in the manual too, but I haven't found it yet, but how do I initialise playing wav files?
Thanks again so much!
Cheers
Northwinds.

[Chronon]

Hi.  Do I understand correctly that you are having problems finding .wav files in the database which you synced via iTunes?  If so, then I think there's not much of a way around that.  From what I understand, the Apple firmware indexes files in the iTunesDB and doesn't directly read the metadata from the individual files.  I don't think that .wav files have a well defined (standard) metadata format for storing such attributes as artist, album, etc.  As such, your .wav files will probably be listed as Untagged in Rockbox's database.  Probably the easiest solution would be for you to convert WAV to ALAC.  This will save space and provide the ability to attach proper tags to your files.  Of course, I am making some assumptions here:
1) That you want to store these songs in a lossless format
2) That you wish to continue using iTunes to sync  music to your iPod

*I split the topic for you.  Please start a new topic for each distinct question.

[Northwinds]

Hi
Many thanks again.
Yes I do want to keep these songs lossless - so from what you say I'll have to convert them.
Also I use an app called Anapod Explorer for uploading to my ipod - much better than itunes imo.
Many thanks again for the help and have a good weekend!
Cheers
Northwinds.

[karashata]

I don't think that .wav files have a well defined (standard) metadata format for storing such attributes as artist, album, etc.

It doesn't have any metadata format, standard or otherwise. The only way to add tags would be to convert to a lossless format that supports metadata tags.

[Chronon]

There's the RIFF header.  And I have seen that some programs store some information here.  But it's certainly not a recognized standard.

Northwinds, you can check SoundCodecs for information about supported codecs.

Alternatively, if you don't plan to use the Apple firmware for music playback then you can organize your music in a sensible file tree and find your .wav files using the file browser.