VBR in WPS

[slappyhaze]

I searched for this but couldn't see anything. I also looked on the Rockbox 'tutorial for WPS' (http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/CustomWPS) page and also nothing.

I noticed any VBR MP3s in the WPS only show the first figure if the bitrate tag is used (which is not very helpful!), my question is - is it possible for this to show 'VBR' when necessary?

If its not already implemented, I'll post it on flyspray (a search there also shows its not been flagged previously). But I'm hoping just a little code change with tags I don't know will help me.

[Denny]

You need to use this tag: %fv. It displays avg if the file is VBR or nothing if the file is cbr. You may also be able to use it as a conditional to display VBR using the following: %?fv(VBR|CBR). However this may not work due to the nature of the tag and i dont have time to test it.

[cdmackay123]

I use:

%fbkbs%?fv< VBR>

which shows either "320kbs", for CBR, or "320kbs VBR", for VBR.

[Chris Stares]

I have this:

%ar%?fv<VBR|%fbkb ps>

in my rwps which shows on the remote LCD either "VBR" or the actual bitrate if it's not a variable bit rate track. I imagine this would work for a wps the same way as it does in my rwps.

[slappyhaze]

Thanks Chris,I tried your suggestion and it worked perfectly. I had a bit of trouble as I only show the codec when the hold switch in pressed - so I got a bit confused with the selector tags, but I got there in the end. Learning about the %fv tag was very useful.

Thanks to all who offered help.

[Chris Stares]

No problem. Glad it worked. I can't really claim any credit - I used a wps/rwps combination created by someone else as a template on which to base my own.