>From Bugzilla - http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=571

> Seek support is limited to specific source file/stream types:-
> 
> * local files:
> o WAV - only when transcoded to FLAC, which is the default,
> o MP3 (with or without further transcoding),
> o FLAC (with or without further transcoding),
> o Ogg (with or without further transcoding),
> o Wavepack (always via transcoding);
> 
> Note that seek support for local WMA files has not been added and
> is
> unlikely to be (patent issues).
> 
> The transcoding framework allows transcoders to be configured with
> seek
> capability for arbitrary formats. The list above represents the
> default
> configuration.
> 
> * remote streams (only fixed-length streams - podcasts and the
> like, not
> live streams or streams of undetermined duration), dependent upon
> support by
> the remote server (stream source):
> o HTTP/MP3,
> o MMS/WMA (strictly speaking,
> o Rhapsody. 

I don't know if ALAC transcoding can be configured and just hasn't or
not.

There have been quite a few bugs that relate to this issue, and they
all link to each other. Some are closed, some marked as duplicate, so
it's hard to work out what the current thinking on this is, but I
believe that linked bug is the best source of information.


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