I have just bought a Volvo Jukebox, wich as I understand, is a Phatbox.
Now I wonder what's the best sound format to use?
I have tried MP3 with 320K VBR, is this the best format to use, or is maybe WMA bether?
My system came with the Phatnoise Music Manager, and I also wounder if I should upgrade to Phatnoise Media Manager Plus, to get AAC encoding?
As you can see I am sort of confused here :-)
Greetings from Norway
Jon-Roar
192kbps should be your minimum, whether using aac, mp3, or wma. I prefer aac myself, but VBR MP3 is probably the "best." Unless you want gapless playback...
Quote192kbps should be your minimum, whether using aac, mp3, or wma. I prefer aac myself, but VBR MP3 is probably the "best." Unless you want gapless playback...
You actually can get gapless playback with MP3s on the PhatBox - I'm using it here. Take a look at http://phatbox.sixpak.org/phatbox/unsupported.phtml. You also need to create the MP3 files with a fixed bitrate (otherwise the track skip lands in an unpredictable place). There are some other tricks to this which aren't covered on Vince's page - if there's interest, I'll create a full writeup.
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You actually can get gapless playback with MP3s on the PhatBox - I'm using it here. Take a look at http://phatbox.sixpak.org/phatbox/unsupported.phtml. You also need to create the MP3 files with a fixed bitrate (otherwise the track skip lands in an unpredictable place). There are some other tricks to this which aren't covered on Vince's page - if there's interest, I'll create a full writeup.
Love to hear about all the tricks/hidden features available!!
Yeah Terry, make a wiki entry or something please! :)