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authorYoshihisa Uchida <uchida@rockbox.org>2010-02-28 10:42:56 +0000
committerYoshihisa Uchida <uchida@rockbox.org>2010-02-28 10:42:56 +0000
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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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@@ -7,101 +7,134 @@
& \textbf{Action when selected}}{}{}
\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-directory.png}
& Directory & \emph{none} & Enter the directory \\
-\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-audio-file.png}
- & Audio file &
- \opt{masd,masf}{\fname{.mp2, .mp3}}%
- \opt{swcodec}{\emph{various}\newline%
- (see \ref{ref:Supportedaudioformats}})%
+\opt{recorder,recorderv2fm,ondiofm,ondiosp}{
+ \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-rolo.png}
+ & Rockbox firmware & \fname{.ajz} & Load the new firmware with ROLO \\
+}
+\opt{swcodec}{
+ \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-audio-file.png}
+ & Audio file & \emph{various}\newline%
+ (see \ref{ref:Supportedaudioformats})%
% do NOT use \reference{} here as that will break the table.
& Start playing the file and show the WPS\\
- \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-cuesheet.png}
- & Cuesheet & \fname{.cue} & View the cuesheet file \\
-\opt{masf}{
- \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-wav-file.png}
- & Wave Audio File & \fname{.wav} & Play the WAV file \\%
}
-\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-playlist.png}
- & Playlist & \fname{.m3u, .m3u8} & Load the playlist and start playing
- the first file \\
-\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-rolo.png}
- & Rockbox firmware &
- \opt{player}{\fname{.mod}}\opt{recorder,recorderv2fm,ondiofm,ondiosp}{\fname{.ajz}}%
- \opt{h100,h300}{\fname{.iriver}}\opt{ipod}{\fname{.ipod}}\opt{iaudio}{\fname{.iaudio}}%
- \opt{h10,h10_5gb,sansa}{\fname{.mi4}}\opt{gigabeat}{\fname{.gigabeat}}%
- \opt{sansaAMS}{\fname{.sansa}}
- & Load the new firmware with ROLO \\
-\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-wps.png}
- & While Playing Screen & \fname{.wps} & Load the new WPS display configuration \\
-\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-lang.png}
- & Language File & \fname{.lng} & Load the language file \\
-\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-text.png}
- & Text File & \fname{.txt} & Display the text file using the text viewer plugin\\
+ & Bookmark & \fname{.bmark} & Display all bookmarks for an audio file\\
+\opt{lcd_bitmap}{
+ & Game of Life & \fname{.cells} & Show the configuration with the
+ ``Rocklife'' plugin\\
+}
\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-config.png}
& Configuration File & \fname{.cfg} & Load the settings file\\
-\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-font.png}
- & Font & \fname{.fnt} & Change the user interface font to this one\\
-\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-rock.png}
- & Plugin & \fname{.rock} & Start the plugin\\
-\opt{archos}{
- \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-ucl.png}
- & Flash Image & \fname{.ucl} & Flash the Rockbox image into the ROM \\
- }
\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-chip8.png}
& Chip8 game & \fname{.ch8} & Play the Chip8 game \\
+\opt{lcd_color}{
+ & Colours & \fname{.colours} & Open the colours file for editing.
+ See \reference{ref:ChangingFiletypeColours}.\\
+}
+\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-cuesheet.png}
+ & Cuesheet & \fname{.cue} & View the cuesheet file \\
+\opt{radio}{
+ & FM Presets & \fname{.fmr} & Load the FM Presets (previous are discarded)\\
+}
+\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-font.png}
+ & Font & \fname{.fnt} & Change the user interface font to this one\\
+\opt{gigabeat}{
+ \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-rolo.png}
+ & Rockbox firmware & \fname{.gigabeat} & Load the new firmware with ROLO \\
+}
+\opt{iaudio}{
+ \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-rolo.png}
+ & Rockbox firmware & \fname{.iaudio} & Load the new firmware with ROLO \\
+}
+\opt{ipod}{
+ \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-rolo.png}
+ & Rockbox firmware & \fname{.ipod} & Load the new firmware with ROLO \\
+}
+\opt{h100,h300}{
+ \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-rolo.png}
+ & Rockbox firmware & \fname{.iriver} & Load the new firmware with ROLO \\
+}
\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-image-file.png}
& Image & \fname{.jpg} & View the JPEG image \\
+ & Link & \fname{.link} & Display list of target files and directories;
+ selecting one jumps to the target. See \reference{ref:Shortcutsplugin}.\\
+\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-lang.png}
+ & Language File & \fname{.lng} & Load the language file \\
+\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-playlist.png}
+ & Playlist & \fname{.m3u, .m3u8} & Load the playlist and start playing
+ the first file \\
+\opt{h10,h10_5gb,sansa}{
+ \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-rolo.png}
+ & Rockbox firmware & \fname{.mi4} & Load the new firmware with ROLO \\
+}
+\opt{player}{
+ \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-rolo.png}
+ & Rockbox firmware & \fname{.mod} & Load the new firmware with ROLO \\
+}
+\opt{masd,masf}{
+ \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-audio-file.png}
+ & Audio file & \fname{.mp2, .mp3} & Start playing the file and show the WPS\\
+}
\opt{swcodec}{
\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-movie-file.png}
& Video & \fname{.mpg, .mpeg, .mpv, .m2v} & Play the MPEG1/2 video \\
}
+\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-rock.png}
+ & Plugin & \fname{.rock} & Start the plugin\\
\opt{masf}{\opt{lcd_bitmap}{
\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-movie-file.png}
& Rockbox Video & \fname{.rvf} & View the movie (Rockbox format)\\}
}
-\opt{radio}{
- & FM Presets & \fname{.fmr} & Load the FM Presets (previous are discarded)\\}
+\opt{sansaAMS}{
+ \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-rolo.png}
+ & Rockbox firmware & \fname{.sansa} & Load the new firmware with ROLO \\
+}
+\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-text.png}
+ & Text File & \fname{.txt} & Display the text file using the text viewer plugin\\
+\opt{archos}{
+ \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-ucl.png}
+ & Flash Image & \fname{.ucl} & Flash the Rockbox image into the ROM \\
+ }
& Voice file & \fname{.voice} & Allow Rockbox to speak menus\\
- & Bookmark & \fname{.bmark} & Display all bookmarks for an audio file\\
- & Link & \fname{.link} & Display list of target files and directories;
- selecting one jumps to the target. See \reference{ref:Shortcutsplugin}.\\
-\opt{lcd_color}{
- & Colours & \fname{.colours} & Open the colours file for editing.
- See \reference{ref:ChangingFiletypeColours}.\\
+\opt{masf}{
+ \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-wav-file.png}
+ & Wave Audio File & \fname{.wav} & Play the WAV file \\%
}
-\opt{lcd_bitmap}{
- & Game of Life & \fname{.cells} & Show the configuration with the
- ``Rocklife'' plugin\\}
-
+\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-wps.png}
+ & While Playing Screen & \fname{.wps} & Load the new WPS display configuration\\
\end{rbtabular}
\end{table}
\opt{swcodec}{
\section{\label{ref:Supportedaudioformats}Supported audio formats}
+ \textbf{Lossy codecs}
\begin{table}
\begin{rbtabular}{\textwidth}{lp{6em}X}%
{\textbf{Format} & \textbf{Extension} & \textbf{Notes}}{}{}
- \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{Lossy codecs}}\\
- \midrule
- MPEG audio & \fname{.mp1, .mpa, .mp2, .mp3} & \\
- OGG/Vorbis & \fname{.ogg, .oga} & Some old ``floor 0'' files may crash Rockbox. \\
- Musepack & \fname{.mpc} & Supports SV7 only \\
- Advanced Audio Coding & \fname{.m4a, .m4b, .mp4} & \\
- Windows Media Audio & \fname{.wma, .wmv, .asf} & \\
ATSC A/52 & \fname{.a52, .ac3} & Supports downmixing for playback of 5.1 streams in stereo. \\
ADX & \fname{.adx} & \\
- Speex & \fname{.spx} & \\
- RealAudio & \fname{.rm, .ra, .rmvb} & \\
+ Advanced Audio Coding & \fname{.m4a, .m4b, .mp4} & \\
+ MPEG audio & \fname{.mp1, .mpa, .mp2, .mp3} & \\
+ Musepack & \fname{.mpc} & Supports SV7 only \\
+ OGG/Vorbis & \fname{.ogg, .oga} & Some old ``floor 0'' files may crash Rockbox. \\
Sony Audio & \fname{.oma, .aa3} & \\
-
- \midrule
- \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{Lossless codecs}}\\
- \midrule
- Waveform audio format & \fname{.wav} & \\
- Audio Interchange File Format & \fname{.aif, .aiff} & \\
- Free Lossless Audio & \fname{.flac} & \\
- Apple Lossless & \fname{.m4a, .mp4} & \\
- Wavpack & \fname{.wv} & \\
- Shorten & \fname{.shn} & Seeking not supported.\\
+ RealAudio & \fname{.rm, .ra, .rmvb} & \\
+ Speex & \fname{.spx} & \\
+ Dialogic telephony type & \fname{.vox} & \\
+ Windows Media Audio & \fname{.wma, .wmv, .asf} & \\
+ \end{rbtabular}
+ \end{table}
+ \newpage
+
+ \textbf{Lossless codecs}
+ \begin{table}
+ \begin{rbtabular}{\textwidth}{lp{6em}X}%
+ {\textbf{Format} & \textbf{Extension} & \textbf{Notes}}{}{}
+ Audio Interchange File Format & \fname{.aif, .aiff} & AIFF supports following formats: \\
+ & & linear pcm 8/16/24/32 bit. \\
+ & & IEEE float 32/64 bit\\
+ & & ITU-T G.711 a-low/$\mu$-low\\
+ & & QuickTime IMA ADPCM\\
\opt{h100,h300,x5,m5,m3}{
Monkey's Audio & \fname{.ape, .mac} & -c1000 and -c2000 files decode
fast enough to be useful.}
@@ -115,15 +148,38 @@
Monkey's Audio & \fname{.ape, .mac} & Only -c1000 files decode fast
enough to be useful.}
\\
- \midrule
- \multicolumn{2}{c}{\textbf{Other codecs}}\\
- \midrule
- Sound Interface Device & \fname{.sid} & \\
+ Sun Audio & \fname{.au, .snd} & Sun Audio supports following formats: \\
+ & & linear pcm 8/16/24/32 bit. \\
+ & & IEEE float 32/64 bit\\
+ & & ITU-T G.711 a-low/$\mu$-low\\
+ Free Lossless Audio & \fname{.flac} & \\
+ Apple Lossless & \fname{.m4a, .mp4} & \\
+ Shorten & \fname{.shn} & Seeking not supported.\\
+ Wave64 & \fname{.w64} & Wave/Wave64 supports following formats: \\
+ Waveform audio format & \fname{.wav} & linear pcm 8/16/24/32 bit. \\
+ & & IEEE float 32/64 bit\\
+ & & ITU-T G.711 a-low/$\mu$-low\\
+ & & Microsoft ADPCM\\
+ & & Intel DVI ADPCM(IMA ADPCM) 2/3/4/5 bit\\
+ & & Dialogic OKI ADPCM\\
+ & & YAMAHA ADPCM\\
+ & & Adobe SWF ADPCM\\
+ Wavpack & \fname{.wv} & \\
+ \end{rbtabular}
+ \end{table}
+ \newpage
+
+ \textbf{Other codecs}
+ \begin{table}
+ \begin{rbtabular}{\textwidth}{lp{6em}X}%
+ {\textbf{Format} & \textbf{Extension} & \textbf{Notes}}{}{}
+ Atari Sound Format & \fname{.cmc, .cm3, .cmr, .cms, .dmc, .dlt, .mpt, .mpd} & \\
+ Synthetic music Mobile Application Format & \fname{.mmf} & Supports PCM/ADPCM only \\
MOD & \fname{.mod} & \\
NES Sound Format & \fname{.nsf, .nsfe} & \\
- SPC700 & \fname{.spc} & \\
Atari SAP & \fname{.sap} & \\
- Atari Sound Format & \fname{.cmc, .cm3, .cmr, .cms, .dmc, .dlt, .mpt, .mpd} & \\
+ Sound Interface Device & \fname{.sid} & \\
+ SPC700 & \fname{.spc} & \\
\end{rbtabular}
\end{table}
}