On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:29:52 +0100, Christian Pernegger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Just so there is some clarity on the subject, here is where I am > >coming from completely. > > <snip> > > Your post is extremely informative and I'm sure Fedora users appreciate your > work. However, there is exactly one point about which I propose we just > agree to disagree: > > >Lossless streaming of ogg files as PCM or FLAC is not attractive to the > >Fedora Extras community
It's a waste of resources. You don't get better audio quality by streaming an ogg file as lossless. It does take more CPU usage - as it has to be decoded (and maybe flac encoded) It does take more bandwidth on your network. So by streaming oggs as lossless, you use more resources and do not gain anything. If all your network/computer do is squeezebox - BFD. But Linux users tend to have a lot more going on, and also often tend to use older computers as headless boxes for things like slimserver - where the cpu load will make a difference (especially if same box is being used for DNS and mail and ... as well) -- http://mpeters.us/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
