On Oct 5, 2007, at 4:34 PM, James wrote:

>
> I hope thiss doesn't turn out to be something really obvious, but I've
> just noticed my SC7 install doesn't play m4a files any more, while the
> old 6,5 is OK. Seems to be something to do with bitrate limiting. From
> the log:
>
> [21:25:06.4352] Slim::Utils::Prefs::maxRate (520) Setting maxBitRate
> for Downstairs to: 256
> [21:25:06.4557] Slim::Player::TranscodingHelper::getConvertCommand
> (306) Matched Format: mp3 Type: mov Command: [mov123]
> $FILE$ | [lame] --resample 44100 --silent -q $QUALITY$ -abr $BITRATE$
> -r - -
> [21:25:06.4568] Slim::Player::Source::openSong (1928) This is an mov
> file: file:///E:/Mercury%20Rev/Yerself%20Is%20Steam
> /1-06%20Frittering.m4a
> [21:25:06.4577] Slim::Player::Source::openSong (1929)   file type: mov
> format: mp3 inrate: 128 maxRate: 256
> [21:25:06.4586] Slim::Player::Source::openSong (1930)   command:
> [mov123] $FILE$ | [lame] --resample 44100 --silent -q $
> QUALITY$ -abr $BITRATE$ -r - -
> [21:25:06.4622]  
> Slim::Player::TranscodingHelper::tokenizeConvertCommand
> (364) Using command for conversion: "C:\Program
> Files\SlimServerSVN\server\Bin\MSWin32-x86-multi-thread\mov123.exe"
> "E:\Mercury Rev\Yerself Is Steam\1-06 Frittering.m4a
> " | "C:\Program Files\SlimServerSVN\server\Bin\lame.exe" --resample
> 44100 --silent -q 3 -abr 256 -r - - |

Isn't the proper switch --abr 256, not -abr 256?  Looks like a bug in  
our convert.conf file, I will fix.

BTW, you should really transcode to FLAC, not mp3, or you're losing  
sound quality.
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