Would it be possible in the not to distant future to implement native ALAC decoding in the SB2 such as using the reverse engineered decoder at http://craz.net/programs/itunes/alac.html I'm no lawyer, but does doing this pose legal problems?
On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 10:05:39 -0800, Vidur Apparao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chris Glushko wrote: > > >I was just reading the FAQ on the Squeezebox2 and it > >states: > > > ><<<Squeezebox2 supports MPEG 1/2, layers 2/3, for both > >VBR and fixed data rates up to 320Kbps (the maximum > >for MP3). Additionally, Squeezebox2 can play FLAC and > >Apple lossless encoded audio as well as AIFF and WAV > >uncompressed audio. This means that the original data > >from the CD is being played digitally, without any > >compression or loss of sound quality. The SlimServer > >software can automatically convert many formats on the > >fly for playback, including WMA, AAC and Ogg > >Vorbis.>>> > > > >Does this mean the new slimserver streams the actual > >compressed apple lossless files to the squeezebox2 > >instead of decoding to WAV on the fly and then > >streaming??? > > > > > > No, the box does not support native Apple Lossless decoding. However, > you will be able to automatically transcode the signal to FLAC on your > computer, leaving the original signal untouched, but still getting the > bandwidth advantages of lossless compression. > > --Vidur > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
