seanadams Wrote: > You don't need to install anything for AAC support as it's decoded by > quicktime. Native AAC support would really be of limited benefit (some > bandwidth savings). The roku needs AAC in firmware because they don't > have the ability to play it otherwise. Sean, the music is not stored on a Mac. It is stored on a LinkStation that feeds streams to iTunes via mt-daapd and to Squeezebox via SlimServer. Native AAC support would be a benefit because then my music could be stored on the server (LinkStation) as AAC and then streamed to iTunes and Squeezebox natively with no decoding on the server (which has very limited horsepower). In my experience, AAC yields higher quality sound than MP3 at a given bit rate. So to me, that is a big benefit to having AAC support in the Squeezbox firmware. And the Roku therefore has an advantage over the Squeezebox in this regard.
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