egd;211271 Wrote: > Out of curiosity, how large is your FLAC libary? I've tried MAC on two > occasions and in both instances it froze during scanning my audio > library folders. Also, I'm guessing you don't have an embedded cover > art in your FLAC metatada?
I did have a problem with MAC freezing on some FLAC files. I couldn't figure out why it didn't like some files, but the solution was to re-encode them using dbPowerAMP Music Converter. I did have to spend most of an afternoon on this, killing MAC with Task Manager whenever it hung, fixing the files, then rescanning. Pointing MAC to smaller subsections of the library saved a lot of time, because then it didn't have to scan through a bunch of good files before finding the next bad one. Also, when it found a bad file, I usually just re-encoded the whole album, and that likely saved me from several subsequent freezes. Once I checked all the subsections, then I pointed MAC at the whole collection. I also let MAC scan new additions before moving them to the full library. One small benefit is that I was able to free up some space, since the later version of FLAC I used for re-encoding is much faster at higher compression levels. Another possible benefit is that the re-encode may have gotten rid of some bad frame data that could have affected something in the future. And yes, every one of my FLACs has embedded album art. Library has about 14k FLAC files. -- Pale Blue Ego ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pale Blue Ego's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=110 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36434 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
