Julf wrote: > Any specific reasons to prefer WAV? I think the general view is that > with lower-end processors (such as those in the squeezeboxes) that don't > have dedicated I/O processors the additional network load caused by the > wasted bits in WAV files causes more CPU load (and thus theoretically > sound degradation) than the FLAC decoding, and the usual WAV problems of > lack of tagging standards etc. are always a hassle.
what are these wasted bits ? wav decoding is find the headers, work out the bit rate/depth, find the data section, render pcm to output device flac decoding is as above plus decoding flac to pcm is there any more to it than that ? do you have any measurements to support the theoretical sound degradation ? I've always found WAVs sound better. Touch optimisations http://touchsgotrythm.blogspot.co.uk/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SBGK's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=52003 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99088 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
