StewLG wrote: > I have no idea. I buy a lot of commercial rips, and as far as I know > there is no way to tell the compression level in a given FLAC file. > > > > I think you're right - it is! > > I converted a very problematic track to WAV and then back to FLAC > compression level 0, increasing a 27 mb file to 30 mb. The new, less > compressed file plays smoothly, while the original file stutters. And > now that I'm able to A-B the behavior of the two files, I strongly > believe the proc on the Squeezebox is heavily loaded with the more > compressed file. The visualizations - in my case, the two bar meter - > had a very low framerate with more compressed file, but were smooth with > the less compressed file. > > I think I would have tried this sooner, but there are many historical > posts in this forum insisting that FLAC decoding can't overload any of > the Squeezebox hardware, but my experience seems to run counter to that. > Perhaps the compressors available have gotten even more aggressive as > processors sped up, obsoleting what was once totally sound thinking. > > If anyone with Classic hardware wants to try to reproduce my findings, > let me know and I'll find a way to get you the two test files. > > > > Logitech Media Server Version: 8.2.0 - 1627922070 @ Tue Aug 3 11:37:35 > CEST 2021 > > I'm looking at convert.conf and it looks like it can do whatever > transcoding I need. I actually think it might make sense to convert FLAC > -> Less compressed FLAC, and just use that setup for only my two > affected players. I'll have a look at it tomorrow and try to get it > configured. > > Thanks everyone for the nudges so far.
Yes, I had exactly that problem with my boom and transporter and fixed it by just converting flac to flac for those devices, which uncompressed the files on the lms. I'm pretty sure that problem's fixed in current lms these days. I don't have a custom .conf file now, running 8.2.1. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ psketch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56555 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=115583 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
