funkstar;285617 Wrote: > Yes in theory ALAC could be decoded in the SB3, but there are several > issues to that. Memory is limited in the SB3, with MP3, FLAC, Ogg and > WMA (lossy) already in there there probably isn't enough space for > anything else (I seem to remember reading that Ogg was the last to go > in and it was a tight fit). There is also the question of licensing. I > don't know the ins and outs of the ALAC format, but there would > probably be legal issues if it was done in the SB3.
Interesting thread, I didn't realise transcoding was required for ALAC sources. No legal complication, ALAC is in the firmware for Sonos devices without any issues...they don't use a server. -- jaffacake ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jaffacake's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3206 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45563 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
