My SqueezeBox2 arrived today. Lot's 'o fun so far. I do have a question about the FLAC transport: no matter how I change the Server->File Types settings or comment out lines in convert.conf, Slimserver still seems to transcode my FLACs. Even with just FLAC (built-in) enabled, I'm seeing the following process created by Slimserver on playback:
cmd.exe /x/d/c ""C:\Program Files\SlimServer\server\Bin\MSWin32-x86-multi- thread\flac.exe" -dcs --skip=0:00.00 --until=5:02.24 -- "D:\Recordings\Music_FLAC\c_Early_Baroque\Biber, H\Missa Bruxellensis - Savall.flac" | "C:\Program Files\SlimServer\server\Bin\MSWin32-x86-multi- thread\flac.exe" -cs --totally-silent --compression-level-0 -" To me, this looks as though the Slimserver requires flac.exe to stream to stdout at compression level 0 to get FLAC content to the SqueezeBox2. The above FLAC file was encoded at level 5. Even if I re-encode a FLAC at level 0 and play that, the "transcoding" FLAC | FLAC operation still takes place. I know that when Slimserver streams MP3s to the SqueezeBox, nothing special needs to happen (i.e. LAME isnât required to be invoked.) Is this a case where Slimserver doesnât quite know how to parse and stream FLAC data directly yet? Should we expect truly "native" FLAC streaming from a future version of Slimserver? This current arrangement for FLAC streaming works perfectly well. I just assume that the two invocations of flac.exe arenât doing anything that Slimserver couldnât do with a little more code tweaking. That would knock down the CPU utilization a bit, knock down the temperature inside my media server case, and maybe allow me to do with one less fan. But I can certainly live with the current arrangement. PS: The larger memory buffer in the SqueezeBox 2 is great. Even with Slimserver scanning my music library, and with me browsing genre, I donât get any FLAC drop-outs. Also, FLAC play back seems to be perfectly gapless now. Way to go, Slimdevices and Slimserver developers. You guys are awesome. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
