slimnick Wrote: > Aha - we may have a winner. I was looking through the Linux forum and > found this post: > > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18828 > > This talks about using mplayer instead of FAAD2 to decode AAC files. > So, I've installed mplayer (using 'yum install mplayer' on my Fedora > Core 4 machine) and edited my convert.conf file to: > > mov wav * * > [mplayer] -novideo -ao pcm:file=/dev/fd/4 $FILE$ 4>&1 1>/dev/null > > And the result is what I've been looking for: a nice pure sound with no > audible disortion. One small problem though, there is a 'pop' at the > start of each track, but I'll play with the mplayer options and see if > I can't figure that out. > > So, it seems that faad2 is not the decoder of choice for Linux systems > - mplayer is. Ideally the Slimserver Wiki needs to be updated with > this, since it currently recommends using faad2 - definitely not the > right choice. > > Nick.
Ah, our posts crossed in the ether... With the patched faad2, I don't hear a pop, so perhaps we can salvage faad2 afterall! Along with [perhaps] the FAQ, the Wiki should certainly contain this info. -- LavaJoe ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LavaJoe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18219 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
