iPod with lossless s-s-s-stutters! Help!

[qspeedss]

Hey you guys. I currently have 2 ipod video 5gs. One of of them is rockbox. on the other is regular apple software. To keep it short:

All running lossless
Rockbox: If no EQ is on, but sound settings are altered, runs like a dream. If EQ is on, stuttering starts to happen.
Regular Software: : If no EQ is on, stuttering happends every 10 minutes or so and only for a couple seconds. If the EQ is on, the stuttering starts like crazy!!!

I love EQ. The Electronic brings out my SE530, so EQ is essential. Rockbox with sound settings altered but no EQ is pretty good, but i hate the rockbox interface.

lags too much.

notes:
1. When my music was encoded in AAC, no stuttering whatsoever happened.
2. The way i loaded music onto the ipod with regular software:
i had music on my rockboxed ipod in the root.
imported the music from the root onto itunes without copying to harddrive of computer
put songs on regular ipod from the root of rockboxed ipod
(does this affect anything)
3. Stuttering used in this text refers to a sound simular to when a CD starts skipping.

 

[bigshot]

Sounds like you should go back to AAC or get an iPod with more RAM and less OS overhead, like the 5.5G 80 gig.

See ya
Steve

 

[warrior05]

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigshot /img/forum/go_quote.gif Sounds like you should go back to AAC or get an iPod with more RAM and less OS overhead, like the 5.5G 80 gig. See ya Steve

Have to agree here. I experienced the same thing on my 5.5 30gb only to find out that it is the 60gb+ models that have more RAM and can better handle lossless. So I went back to 320kb AAC. I thought of keeping Rockbox because it does play FLAC with no problem (I never EQ) but then 30gb is just not big enough for lossless. Plus, I don't do critical listening on my iMod so 320kb works for me and, honestly, I have a hard time hearing the difference.

 

[bigshot]

On an iPod there is no real advantage to using lossless over 256 AAC. The only reason to use lossless is to archive masters on a hard drive.

See ya
Steve

 

[qspeedss]

hey thanks for the tips guys. going back to AAC then. Would you guys recommend AAC as a non-lossless codec or is there a better codec?

 

[John2e]

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigshot /img/forum/go_quote.gif On an iPod there is no real advantage to using lossless over 256 AAC. The only reason to use lossless is to archive masters on a hard drive. See ya Steve

I disagree with the above. My Red wine modded pod and MSB modded pod will never contain anything but lossless