slimditty wrote:
I was about to buy a Transporter, too, until I saw that it didn't natively support wma lossless (in the forum). I think that the SlimDevices help files are very unclear on this issue. Not all slimserver builds can transcode wma lossless (I am thinking of the Infrant NAS running Linux). When I read the Transporter specs, it was written that it 'natively' supported wma lossless... but this is not true. I understand that Microsoft charges a hardware licensing fee for hardware support - but how much are they talking about? The Transporter is already $2K. This is a high-end device and, I feel, should include native wma lossless support.
Anybody with any sense should choose open protocols. Luckily, any lossless protocol can be converted losslesly to any other, so as long as you can find the proper tools (I'm sure Microsoft won't have provided you with any) you can convert to FLAC. This should do it: http://www.litexmedia.com/wma_workshop/ (for a price).
MS & Apple are trying very hard to pull you into their corner and not let go. Just say no ;)
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