FreeLists / blindipod / [blindipod] Re: Using iTunes with Rock Box

[Woody Anna Dresner <adresner@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Heath,

Rockbox can play unprotected AAC files ( the kind you get when you 
import CDs into iTunes) as well as MP3.  But if you use iTunes to 
transfer music to your iPod, iTunes does not structure the music in a 
way that is logical for other players - the filenames are nonsensical 
and the folder structure appears random.  I believe that Rockbox's 
tag cache feature can create a database that includes songs 
transferred by iTunes as well as songs transferred by Windows 
Explorer, but the Tag Cache option isn't as accessible as the file 
browser.  So you can use iTunes to import CDs using either MP3 or 
AAC, then use Windows Explorer to transfer the files to the iPod 
using whatever file structure makes sense to you.  Then you can use 
Voicebox to create MP3 clips for the file and folder names of 
everything you've transferred, and everything talks very nicely.

HTH,
Anna