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diff --git a/manual/appendix/file_formats.tex b/manual/appendix/file_formats.tex
index 580978b518..8477e4f323 100644
--- a/manual/appendix/file_formats.tex
+++ b/manual/appendix/file_formats.tex
@@ -3,21 +3,24 @@
\section{\label{ref:Supportedfileformats}Supported file formats}
\begin{table}
\begin{center}
-\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{lllX}\toprule
+\begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{llXX}\toprule
\textbf{Icon} & \textbf{File Type} & \textbf{Extension}
& \textbf{Action when selected} \\\midrule
\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-directory.png}
& Directory & \emph{none} & The browser enters that directory \\
\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-audio-file.png}
& Audio file &
- \opt{MASCODEC}{mp3}\opt{swcodec}{\emph{various}}
+ \opt{MASCODEC}{\fname{.mp2, .mp3}}\opt{swcodec}{\emph{various (see
+ \reference{ref:Supportedaudioformats}})}
& Rockbox takes you to the WPS and starts playing the file \\
\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-cuesheet.png}
& Cuesheet & \fname{.cue} & View a cuesheet file \\
-\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-wav-file.png}
- & Wave Audio File & \fname{.wav} & Play a WAV file \\%
+\opt{masf}{
+ \includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-wav-file.png}
+ & Wave Audio File & \fname{.wav} & Play a WAV file \\%
+}
\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-playlist.png}
- & Playlist & \fname{.m3u,.m3u8} & Rockbox loads the playlist and starts playing
+ & Playlist & \fname{.m3u, .m3u8} & Rockbox loads the playlist and starts playing
the first file \\
\includegraphics[width=0.37cm]{appendix/images/icon-rolo.png}
& Rockbox firmware &
@@ -54,3 +57,49 @@
\end{center}
\end{table}
+\opt{swcodec}{
+ \section{\label{ref:Supportedaudioformats}Supported audio formats}
+ \begin{table}
+ \begin{center}
+ \begin{tabularx}{\textwidth}{lXX}\toprule
+ \textbf{Format} & \textbf{Extension} & \textbf{Notes} \\\midrule
+ \emph{Lossy codecs} \\
+ \midrule
+ MPEG audio & \fname{.mp1, .mpa, .mp2, .mp3} & \\
+ OGG/Vorbis & \fname{.ogg} & Some old ``floor 0'' files may crash Rockbox. \\
+ Musepack & \fname{.mpc} & \\
+ 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} & \\
+ \\
+ \midrule
+ \emph{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.\\
+ \opt{h1xx,h300,x5,m5,m3}{
+ Monkey's Audio & \fname{.ape, .mac} & Only -c1000 decodes fast enough to be useful. \\
+ }
+ \opt{gigabeat}{
+ Monkey's Audio & \fname{.ape, .mac} & -c1000 to -c3000 decodes fast enough to be useful. \\
+ }
+ \\
+ \midrule
+ \emph{Other codecs} \\
+ \midrule
+ Sound Interface Device & \fname{.sid} & \\
+ MOD & \fname{.mod} & \\
+ NES Sound Format & \fname{.nsf, .nsfe} & \\
+ SPC700 & \fname{.spc} & \\
+ Atari SAP & \fname{.sap} & \\
+ \bottomrule
+ \end{tabularx}
+ \end{center}
+ \end{table}
+}
diff --git a/manual/rockbox_interface/main.tex b/manual/rockbox_interface/main.tex
index ded085ab4f..50057e0854 100644
--- a/manual/rockbox_interface/main.tex
+++ b/manual/rockbox_interface/main.tex
@@ -432,11 +432,12 @@ To turn on and off your Rockbox enabled \dap{} use the following keys:
}
\subsection{Putting music on your \dap{}}
-With the \dap{} connected to the computer as an MSC/UMS device (like a
-USB Drive), music files can be put on the player via any standard file
+With the \dap{} connected to the computer as an MSC/UMS device (like a
+USB Drive), music files can be put on the player via any standard file
transfer method that you would use to copy files between drives (e.g. Drag 'n' Drop).
- The default directory structure that is assumed by some parts of Rockbox
- (album art searching, WPS missing-tag fallback) is: /ArtistName/AlbumName/*.ext.
+The default directory structure that is assumed by some parts of Rockbox
+(album art searching, WPS missing-tag fallback) is: /ArtistName/AlbumName/*.ext.
+See \reference{ref:Supportedaudioformats} for a list of supported audio formats.
\subsection{The first contact}