JJZolx Wrote: 
> You can eliminate a fair amount of doubt about the streaming format by
> going to Server Settings / File Types and unchecking the AAC > FLAC and
> AAC > MP3 stream formats.  Then the streaming format would be AIFF.
> 
> Can you install another AAC decoder to see if the problem might be in
> the way that SlimServer is using faad?

Thanks for your suggestion. On my slimserver settings / file types, I
am only able to select & deselect individual file types, not specific
conversions as you have described. Anyway, I think I am right in my
understanding that clicking on these file types just makes changes to
the convert.conf file. If that is the case, then I have re-tested the
problem by deleting my convert.conf file and making a very simply one
with just the followeing two entries:

mov mp3 * *
[faad] -w -f 2 $FILE$ | [lame] --resample 44100 --silent -q $QUALITY$
-b $BITRATE$ -r - -

mov aif * *
[faad] -w -f 2 $FILE$

In fact, with just the second entry I can still play music without rate
limiting, and the problem is still there.

This morning I quickly wiped and re-installed my Fedora Linux server,
including Slimserver, in case there was some kind of corruption.
However my noise problem is still there. I'm interested in trying a
different AAC decoder though in case there is some kind of interaction.
Are there any you recommend?

One other thing I plan to try later on is to downgrade to Slimserver
6.1, as I am starting to wonder if this problem may have appeared in
6.2. The only reason I am thinking this is that I ran 6.1 for a while
after buying my Squeezebox and can't recall ever hearing this problem.
Anyway, I'll add that to the action plan.

Meanwhile, I would still be interested if anyone else is experiencing
the same problem. Am I the only one? :-( Alternatively is anyone
streaming AACs from a Linux server using Slimserver 6.2 without any
quality issues? If so, what set-up are you using?

Thanks
Nick.


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