markiii wrote: > there is an argument that sending PCM already decoded is less work on > the player CPU > > though it is more work for the server and burns more network bandwidth > > There is an option to send FLAC as PCM so why not AIFF?
Possibly but that does not necessarily affect its audio performance , in fact any systematic proper testing I've seen on a squeezebox indicates that it's a non issue . So just enjoy the music . But yes in our forum we have people also claiming all sorts of things sound different , so it's no surprise that the FLAC vs wav/pcm argument never dies either ( in the real world it's been dead for years ). the file types setting are there to help with different server hardware and OS and other corner cases that not handled correctly by default . It is a bit disturbing that they are interpreted as some sort of audio quality tweak settings ? Which they are not . It's a sort of pattern emerging , I've actually done it myself ! finding these settings trying to tweak stuff , realising that your are most likely to break something else by deviating to far from the defaults . And the inevitably second part worry about the transcoding rates presented by the UI which are bogus ,it's a placeholder for the typical 16/44.1 flac . And yes also run the debug commands to see what the servers is really up to when transcoding eventually realising that's it's working as it should . And just a lot of fuss for nothing . Is it an unavoidable rite of passage for a squeezebox audiophile to go trough this :) About the original problem , I'm not near my system now so I can't try . But I did try some time ago with the Touch . Flac or pcm works at all supported rates , but ALAC or aiff does not . Was this question ever answered does work as intended with the defaults settings in file types ? Do you get music ? -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad1 with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ,controller ) server HP proliant micro server N36L with ClearOS Linux http://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102893 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
