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WMA again
mnhnhyouh:
I only had it on my computer for 48 hours, then deleted it. I would not have bought an iPod except for Rockbox :)
I did have two albums I ripped at a friends place that were wma. One album I didnt like, so I deleted it, the other I did like, so I bought it and re-ripped it :)
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Corius:
Yeh i did use the original earphones lol so that really does explain why i dont hear the loss, but when i connect it to surround sound i notice dip in quality.
Really cant afford to get fancy earphones (im upgrading my archaic PC)
The only reason i use itunes is for videos coz well i got a whole tv series on there plus some japanese learning video podcasts lol.
at some point i might re rip my cd's to a better format, but unless i buy a better pair of earphones will i even notice a different?, i did have a couple of albums in FLAC but i couldnt hear a difference..
techSage:
--- Quote from: Llorean on June 15, 2006, 11:29:53 PM ---It wouldn't allow you to play DRM-protected WMAs anyway.
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That's okay - I only have several thousand DRM-free WMAs from hand-ripped CDs.
--- Quote from: Llorean ---And there are better formats for you to convert your CDs to, so WMA shouldn't really be a show-stopper from buying an MP3 player supported by Rockbox.
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That's highly debateable and a personal preference at best. I meant that lack of WMA was a show-stopper for the iPod for myself and probably many others who don't take the time or don't have forum in which to mention it.
--- Quote from: Llorean ---Also, where did you get that the PortalPlayer chip natively supports WMA? Are you using "supports" in the sense that it's a multipurpose processor and can decode anything someone writes a codec for?
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I'm using "supports" in the sense that the chip (PP5021C-TDF, functionally similar to PP5020) is capable of (see PP5020 brief from PortalPlayer) "Real-time decoding of MP3, WMA, AAC, and ACELP.NET formats."
Llorean:
Most microprocessors are capable of decoding WMA realtime if they're above a certain speed. That's likely all that statement from PortalPlayer means. That a properly written WMA decoder should be able to maintain realtime playback of any valid WMA file on their chip. Not that the chip itself somehow supports the format.
As for "a personal preference at best", there is rather objective evidence that standard WMA is often outperformed by other codecs at many bitrates. Though this can depend on what format of music you have, and which encoders you choose, in _many_ cases it is more than merely "personal preference" that can make other codecs a good choice.
psycho_maniac:
--- Quote from: mnhnhyouh on June 17, 2006, 03:20:51 AM ---I would not have bought an iPod except for Rockbox :)
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i feel the same way. i hate ipods because of the database view and i dont like the screens much. the only reason i got an ipod is because of rockbox.
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