Does Rockbox support ALAC?

[raymondu999]

Hi there. I'm looking to buy a rockbox'ed iRiver H120

But before that, most of my music is in ALAC. Does Rockbox support ALAC? I've found conflicting information online

 

[Jaska]

Sure does.

 

[raymondu999]

Hi. Do you know this by personal experience, or..?

 

[krmathis]

Rockbox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SoundCodecs

 

[raymondu999]

Ah, but here it says that ALAC is missing : SoundCodecs < Main < TWiki

 

[Jaska]

Yes, I use Rockbox on my 5G iPod.

See the Rockbox manual for your player here. It lists supported audio formats.

 

[Jaska]

Quote:

Originally Posted by raymondu999 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Ah, but here it says that ALAC is missing : SoundCodecs < Main < TWiki

You're looking in the Encoder(s) column instead of the Decoder(s) column. To play back ALAC, you need the decoder.

 

[raymondu999]

Ah!! I see. My mistake!!

 

[PeterDLai]

Ah, I did not realize Rockbox supported ALAC and would've never tried it without looking at this thread.

I happen to have an archive of ALAC files that are properly tagged that I use on my iPod touch. Nice to see that they are compatible with my iRiver too.