samlw Wrote: > Hi, > > Are there plans to add native AAC support to the Squeezebox? Not the > DRM version - just plain AAC. I bought my Squeezebox expecting to be > able to have a central music library accessible by both iTunes and the > Squeezebox via SlimServer. However, I want to store the music > uncompressed. So this rules out MP3, which seems to be the only common > denominator format between iTunes and SlimServer. > > FLAC is not supported by iTunes. And AAC is not directly supported by > SlimServer. (And no, I don't want to install extra software modules > like LAME to convert my uncompressed music to "high quality MP3!") > > Why doesn't the Squeezebox simply support AAC in firmware? Is there a > licensing issue? The Roku SoundBridge products have such support as far > as I can tell... > > Thanks, > > Sam
In response to this post, and other later posts by yourself, and possibly others (if I got them mixed up), I'd like to say the following: 1. AAC is not lossless (normally). Does even Apple support lossless AAC? 2. My ultralight laptop, running at 500MHz, manages to transcode 224kbit AAC and route it via a 11Mbit/s wifi to the SB3, which is also on the same wifi network. I can't imagine what underpowered server can't manage the same? Are you perhaps transcoding to another lossy format, rather than AIFF? Or is the server under load from spyware or other demanding things? 3. Transcoding one lossless format to another must be even less demanding than transcoding 224 kbit AAC like I'm doing. 4. Implementing some way of seeking through transcoded material would be a good idea. Personally I would be happy with a way to move a marker through a bar representing the song. (Like on the iPod). Being able to actually hear anything while moving is almost useless anyway, I think -and is what would be the hard part to implement, I believe. Please excuse me if some of the things I have commented on were actually related to other peoples postings! Regards, and happy holidays! -- P Floding ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19155 _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
