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manual: File formats/Supported audio formats updates.
- sort by extension. - add SMAF/Sun Audio/Vox/Wave64 codecs. I divided the audio formats table with Lossy/Lossless/Other. git-svn-id: svn://svn.rockbox.org/rockbox/trunk@24961 a1c6a512-1295-4272-9138-f99709370657
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7 & \textbf{Action when selected}}{}{} 7 & \textbf{Action when selected}}{}{}
8\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-directory.png} 8\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-directory.png}
9 & Directory & \emph{none} & Enter the directory \\ 9 & Directory & \emph{none} & Enter the directory \\
10\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-audio-file.png} 10\opt{recorder,recorderv2fm,ondiofm,ondiosp}{
11 & Audio file & 11 \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-rolo.png}
12 \opt{masd,masf}{\fname{.mp2, .mp3}}% 12 & Rockbox firmware & \fname{.ajz} & Load the new firmware with ROLO \\
13 \opt{swcodec}{\emph{various}\newline% 13}
14 (see \ref{ref:Supportedaudioformats}})% 14\opt{swcodec}{
15 \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-audio-file.png}
16 & Audio file & \emph{various}\newline%
17 (see \ref{ref:Supportedaudioformats})%
15 % do NOT use \reference{} here as that will break the table. 18 % do NOT use \reference{} here as that will break the table.
16 & Start playing the file and show the WPS\\ 19 & Start playing the file and show the WPS\\
17 \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-cuesheet.png}
18 & Cuesheet & \fname{.cue} & View the cuesheet file \\
19\opt{masf}{
20 \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-wav-file.png}
21 & Wave Audio File & \fname{.wav} & Play the WAV file \\%
22} 20}
23\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-playlist.png} 21 & Bookmark & \fname{.bmark} & Display all bookmarks for an audio file\\
24 & Playlist & \fname{.m3u, .m3u8} & Load the playlist and start playing 22\opt{lcd_bitmap}{
25 the first file \\ 23 & Game of Life & \fname{.cells} & Show the configuration with the
26\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-rolo.png} 24 ``Rocklife'' plugin\\
27 & Rockbox firmware & 25}
28 \opt{player}{\fname{.mod}}\opt{recorder,recorderv2fm,ondiofm,ondiosp}{\fname{.ajz}}%
29 \opt{h100,h300}{\fname{.iriver}}\opt{ipod}{\fname{.ipod}}\opt{iaudio}{\fname{.iaudio}}%
30 \opt{h10,h10_5gb,sansa}{\fname{.mi4}}\opt{gigabeat}{\fname{.gigabeat}}%
31 \opt{sansaAMS}{\fname{.sansa}}
32 & Load the new firmware with ROLO \\
33\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-wps.png}
34 & While Playing Screen & \fname{.wps} & Load the new WPS display configuration \\
35\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-lang.png}
36 & Language File & \fname{.lng} & Load the language file \\
37\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-text.png}
38 & Text File & \fname{.txt} & Display the text file using the text viewer plugin\\
39\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-config.png} 26\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-config.png}
40 & Configuration File & \fname{.cfg} & Load the settings file\\ 27 & Configuration File & \fname{.cfg} & Load the settings file\\
41\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-font.png}
42 & Font & \fname{.fnt} & Change the user interface font to this one\\
43\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-rock.png}
44 & Plugin & \fname{.rock} & Start the plugin\\
45\opt{archos}{
46 \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-ucl.png}
47 & Flash Image & \fname{.ucl} & Flash the Rockbox image into the ROM \\
48 }
49\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-chip8.png} 28\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-chip8.png}
50 & Chip8 game & \fname{.ch8} & Play the Chip8 game \\ 29 & Chip8 game & \fname{.ch8} & Play the Chip8 game \\
30\opt{lcd_color}{
31 & Colours & \fname{.colours} & Open the colours file for editing.
32 See \reference{ref:ChangingFiletypeColours}.\\
33}
34\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-cuesheet.png}
35 & Cuesheet & \fname{.cue} & View the cuesheet file \\
36\opt{radio}{
37 & FM Presets & \fname{.fmr} & Load the FM Presets (previous are discarded)\\
38}
39\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-font.png}
40 & Font & \fname{.fnt} & Change the user interface font to this one\\
41\opt{gigabeat}{
42 \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-rolo.png}
43 & Rockbox firmware & \fname{.gigabeat} & Load the new firmware with ROLO \\
44}
45\opt{iaudio}{
46 \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-rolo.png}
47 & Rockbox firmware & \fname{.iaudio} & Load the new firmware with ROLO \\
48}
49\opt{ipod}{
50 \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-rolo.png}
51 & Rockbox firmware & \fname{.ipod} & Load the new firmware with ROLO \\
52}
53\opt{h100,h300}{
54 \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-rolo.png}
55 & Rockbox firmware & \fname{.iriver} & Load the new firmware with ROLO \\
56}
51\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-image-file.png} 57\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-image-file.png}
52 & Image & \fname{.jpg} & View the JPEG image \\ 58 & Image & \fname{.jpg} & View the JPEG image \\
59 & Link & \fname{.link} & Display list of target files and directories;
60 selecting one jumps to the target. See \reference{ref:Shortcutsplugin}.\\
61\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-lang.png}
62 & Language File & \fname{.lng} & Load the language file \\
63\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-playlist.png}
64 & Playlist & \fname{.m3u, .m3u8} & Load the playlist and start playing
65 the first file \\
66\opt{h10,h10_5gb,sansa}{
67 \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-rolo.png}
68 & Rockbox firmware & \fname{.mi4} & Load the new firmware with ROLO \\
69}
70\opt{player}{
71 \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-rolo.png}
72 & Rockbox firmware & \fname{.mod} & Load the new firmware with ROLO \\
73}
74\opt{masd,masf}{
75 \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-audio-file.png}
76 & Audio file & \fname{.mp2, .mp3} & Start playing the file and show the WPS\\
77}
53\opt{swcodec}{ 78\opt{swcodec}{
54 \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-movie-file.png} 79 \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-movie-file.png}
55 & Video & \fname{.mpg, .mpeg, .mpv, .m2v} & Play the MPEG1/2 video \\ 80 & Video & \fname{.mpg, .mpeg, .mpv, .m2v} & Play the MPEG1/2 video \\
56} 81}
82\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-rock.png}
83 & Plugin & \fname{.rock} & Start the plugin\\
57\opt{masf}{\opt{lcd_bitmap}{ 84\opt{masf}{\opt{lcd_bitmap}{
58 \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-movie-file.png} 85 \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-movie-file.png}
59 & Rockbox Video & \fname{.rvf} & View the movie (Rockbox format)\\} 86 & Rockbox Video & \fname{.rvf} & View the movie (Rockbox format)\\}
60} 87}
61\opt{radio}{ 88\opt{sansaAMS}{
62 & FM Presets & \fname{.fmr} & Load the FM Presets (previous are discarded)\\} 89 \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-rolo.png}
90 & Rockbox firmware & \fname{.sansa} & Load the new firmware with ROLO \\
91}
92\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-text.png}
93 & Text File & \fname{.txt} & Display the text file using the text viewer plugin\\
94\opt{archos}{
95 \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-ucl.png}
96 & Flash Image & \fname{.ucl} & Flash the Rockbox image into the ROM \\
97 }
63 & Voice file & \fname{.voice} & Allow Rockbox to speak menus\\ 98 & Voice file & \fname{.voice} & Allow Rockbox to speak menus\\
64 & Bookmark & \fname{.bmark} & Display all bookmarks for an audio file\\ 99\opt{masf}{
65 & Link & \fname{.link} & Display list of target files and directories; 100 \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-wav-file.png}
66 selecting one jumps to the target. See \reference{ref:Shortcutsplugin}.\\ 101 & Wave Audio File & \fname{.wav} & Play the WAV file \\%
67\opt{lcd_color}{
68 & Colours & \fname{.colours} & Open the colours file for editing.
69 See \reference{ref:ChangingFiletypeColours}.\\
70} 102}
71\opt{lcd_bitmap}{ 103\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-wps.png}
72 & Game of Life & \fname{.cells} & Show the configuration with the 104 & While Playing Screen & \fname{.wps} & Load the new WPS display configuration\\
73 ``Rocklife'' plugin\\}
74
75\end{rbtabular} 105\end{rbtabular}
76\end{table} 106\end{table}
77 107
78\opt{swcodec}{ 108\opt{swcodec}{
79 \section{\label{ref:Supportedaudioformats}Supported audio formats} 109 \section{\label{ref:Supportedaudioformats}Supported audio formats}
110 \textbf{Lossy codecs}
80 \begin{table} 111 \begin{table}
81 \begin{rbtabular}{\textwidth}{lp{6em}X}% 112 \begin{rbtabular}{\textwidth}{lp{6em}X}%
82 {\textbf{Format} & \textbf{Extension} & \textbf{Notes}}{}{} 113 {\textbf{Format} & \textbf{Extension} & \textbf{Notes}}{}{}
83 \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{Lossy codecs}}\\
84 \midrule
85 MPEG audio & \fname{.mp1, .mpa, .mp2, .mp3} & \\
86 OGG/Vorbis & \fname{.ogg, .oga} & Some old ``floor 0'' files may crash Rockbox. \\
87 Musepack & \fname{.mpc} & Supports SV7 only \\
88 Advanced Audio Coding & \fname{.m4a, .m4b, .mp4} & \\
89 Windows Media Audio & \fname{.wma, .wmv, .asf} & \\
90 ATSC A/52 & \fname{.a52, .ac3} & Supports downmixing for playback of 5.1 streams in stereo. \\ 114 ATSC A/52 & \fname{.a52, .ac3} & Supports downmixing for playback of 5.1 streams in stereo. \\
91 ADX & \fname{.adx} & \\ 115 ADX & \fname{.adx} & \\
92 Speex & \fname{.spx} & \\ 116 Advanced Audio Coding & \fname{.m4a, .m4b, .mp4} & \\
93 RealAudio & \fname{.rm, .ra, .rmvb} & \\ 117 MPEG audio & \fname{.mp1, .mpa, .mp2, .mp3} & \\
118 Musepack & \fname{.mpc} & Supports SV7 only \\
119 OGG/Vorbis & \fname{.ogg, .oga} & Some old ``floor 0'' files may crash Rockbox. \\
94 Sony Audio & \fname{.oma, .aa3} & \\ 120 Sony Audio & \fname{.oma, .aa3} & \\
95 121 RealAudio & \fname{.rm, .ra, .rmvb} & \\
96 \midrule 122 Speex & \fname{.spx} & \\
97 \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{Lossless codecs}}\\ 123 Dialogic telephony type & \fname{.vox} & \\
98 \midrule 124 Windows Media Audio & \fname{.wma, .wmv, .asf} & \\
99 Waveform audio format & \fname{.wav} & \\ 125 \end{rbtabular}
100 Audio Interchange File Format & \fname{.aif, .aiff} & \\ 126 \end{table}
101 Free Lossless Audio & \fname{.flac} & \\ 127 \newpage
102 Apple Lossless & \fname{.m4a, .mp4} & \\ 128
103 Wavpack & \fname{.wv} & \\ 129 \textbf{Lossless codecs}
104 Shorten & \fname{.shn} & Seeking not supported.\\ 130 \begin{table}
131 \begin{rbtabular}{\textwidth}{lp{6em}X}%
132 {\textbf{Format} & \textbf{Extension} & \textbf{Notes}}{}{}
133 Audio Interchange File Format & \fname{.aif, .aiff} & AIFF supports following formats: \\
134 & & linear pcm 8/16/24/32 bit. \\
135 & & IEEE float 32/64 bit\\
136 & & ITU-T G.711 a-low/$\mu$-low\\
137 & & QuickTime IMA ADPCM\\
105 \opt{h100,h300,x5,m5,m3}{ 138 \opt{h100,h300,x5,m5,m3}{
106 Monkey's Audio & \fname{.ape, .mac} & -c1000 and -c2000 files decode 139 Monkey's Audio & \fname{.ape, .mac} & -c1000 and -c2000 files decode
107 fast enough to be useful.} 140 fast enough to be useful.}
@@ -115,15 +148,38 @@
115 Monkey's Audio & \fname{.ape, .mac} & Only -c1000 files decode fast 148 Monkey's Audio & \fname{.ape, .mac} & Only -c1000 files decode fast
116 enough to be useful.} 149 enough to be useful.}
117 \\ 150 \\
118 \midrule 151 Sun Audio & \fname{.au, .snd} & Sun Audio supports following formats: \\
119 \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{Other codecs}}\\ 152 & & linear pcm 8/16/24/32 bit. \\
120 \midrule 153 & & IEEE float 32/64 bit\\
121 Sound Interface Device & \fname{.sid} & \\ 154 & & ITU-T G.711 a-low/$\mu$-low\\
155 Free Lossless Audio & \fname{.flac} & \\
156 Apple Lossless & \fname{.m4a, .mp4} & \\
157 Shorten & \fname{.shn} & Seeking not supported.\\
158 Wave64 & \fname{.w64} & Wave/Wave64 supports following formats: \\
159 Waveform audio format & \fname{.wav} & linear pcm 8/16/24/32 bit. \\
160 & & IEEE float 32/64 bit\\
161 & & ITU-T G.711 a-low/$\mu$-low\\
162 & & Microsoft ADPCM\\
163 & & Intel DVI ADPCM(IMA ADPCM) 2/3/4/5 bit\\
164 & & Dialogic OKI ADPCM\\
165 & & YAMAHA ADPCM\\
166 & & Adobe SWF ADPCM\\
167 Wavpack & \fname{.wv} & \\
168 \end{rbtabular}
169 \end{table}
170 \newpage
171
172 \textbf{Other codecs}
173 \begin{table}
174 \begin{rbtabular}{\textwidth}{lp{6em}X}%
175 {\textbf{Format} & \textbf{Extension} & \textbf{Notes}}{}{}
176 Atari Sound Format & \fname{.cmc, .cm3, .cmr, .cms, .dmc, .dlt, .mpt, .mpd} & \\
177 Synthetic music Mobile Application Format & \fname{.mmf} & Supports PCM/ADPCM only \\
122 MOD & \fname{.mod} & \\ 178 MOD & \fname{.mod} & \\
123 NES Sound Format & \fname{.nsf, .nsfe} & \\ 179 NES Sound Format & \fname{.nsf, .nsfe} & \\
124 SPC700 & \fname{.spc} & \\
125 Atari SAP & \fname{.sap} & \\ 180 Atari SAP & \fname{.sap} & \\
126 Atari Sound Format & \fname{.cmc, .cm3, .cmr, .cms, .dmc, .dlt, .mpt, .mpd} & \\ 181 Sound Interface Device & \fname{.sid} & \\
182 SPC700 & \fname{.spc} & \\
127 \end{rbtabular} 183 \end{rbtabular}
128 \end{table} 184 \end{table}
129} 185}