FatPete wrote: > A-ha... yes... you're totally correct. I've just swapped them round and > now I can see that all 3 files are transcoded using sox (even when it's > already in a supported format). I didn't realise that was a > priority-ordered list but it makes perfect sense now you've explained > it. > > So you know what my next question is going to be :D Due to 99% of my > music natively being 16/44, does it make more sense for me to revert it > back to PCM first (i.e. for almost every track I own the processing > chain would be FLAC --> PCM --> Sonos with a larger file being sent > across network) or give FLC priority so that the chain is FLAC --> SOX > --> FLAC --> Sonos (i.e. smaller file being sent across network but more > work with the transcoding, especially as most of the time the > transcoding wouldn't have been required)? At the end of the day, if I'm > not seeing any dropouts then I guess it really doesn't matter? > > Thanks again for the explanation (and putting up with my pointless > questions about something that's already working!) > > (Edit): Since writing the above, I've been doing some more Googling > around how convert.conf and custom-convert.conf are used and it's really > quite smart isn't it? Despite having used LMS on-and-off for 4 years it > was always with Squeezebox Touch units or Squeezelite so I'd never had > to understand what was going on behind the scenes. I've subsequently > tweaked my custom-convert.conf file to ensure my flac downsampling only > occurs when sending to the Sonos MAC address, as well as replacing my > hardcoded '-r 41000' with $RESAMPLE$. All-in-all this has been an > interesting learning exercise for me, and I'm happy now I understand how > LMS decides how to handle all the conversions. > > Anyway, I've reverted the plug-in back to the original 'aif,pcm,flc,mp3' > setting so that anything 48kHz and below gets converted to PCM (and the > plug-in handles the 24 to 16 bit truncation). And now my bespoke sox > resampling only kicks in when absolutely required, i.e. Sonos player and > > 48kHz (and also converts to 16 bit at the same time due to the plug-in > not being able to do this on FLAC files). > > Phew, I got there eventually :D As a matter of interest, could you post a copy of your custom-convert.conf file here so we can see how you did this?
LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi box, Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. LMS plugin UPnP/DLNA Bridge to MF M1 CLiC (to 405/2 amp & ESLs) & Marantz CR603 UPnP renderers. Alternatively Minimserver & Upplay to same & to upmpdcli/mpd PC renderers. Squeezelite to Meridian USB Explorer DAC to PC speakers/headphones. Wireless Xubuntu 15.10 laptop firefox/upplay or Android 'phone with Squeeze-Commander/BubbleUPnP controls LMS/Minimserver. Also a Touch with EDO, plus spare, unused. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PasTim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41642 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103728 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/plugins
