Hi,
I'm trying to do some research about Rockbox for my wife, who has a 4th gen Grayscale iPod, and have a couple of basic questions:
1. Gapless playback. This is the most important issue. All our MP3s are ripped with LAME, and have the necessary MP3_ACCURATE_LENGTH, ENC_DELAY and ENC_PADDING tags. They play perfectly on Foobar2000 and my Rio Karma. Reading the "How to do gapless" FAQ on the Rockbox site, I see no mention of whether Rockbox makes use of these LAME tags. Can anyone verify once and for all whether MP3s with these LAME tags actually play back gaplessly under Rockbox?
2. Battery management. From what I can see, this is still under development. But what is the general state of affairs at the moment? How much wose is battery life under Rockbox compared to the original Apple firmware?
My wife is very much looking forward to achieving gapless playback, and being able to ditch iTunes, which she finds rather irritating. (I told her to buy a Karma, but did she listen.... :-)