Guys, I found this through the FLAC pages on sourceforge: http://mp3fs.sourceforge.net/
It's a virtual fileystem that presents your FLAC files as mp3 files. It only decodes/encodes from FLAC to mp3 when a (virtual) mp3 file is accessed. Good news --------- I have got this working and it works a treat with my software player clients (noatun and juk). The mp3 files look like regular files to any software trying to access them. This even includes Samba - I am playing the music on a laptop yet the virtual mp3 files and real flac files are on my fileserver. (In this configuration mp3fs is, of course, running on the fileserver.) I've searched for mp3fs elsewhere in this forum section but no hits...hence me throwing this out. Bad news -------- The fact it converts on-the-fly IS nifty, but is not good if you use a syncing tool or library application which catalogues the files and checks their tags and properties. Such applications will end up converting the FLAC files repeatedly. I think it is more useful for occasional use e.g. copying "mp3" files onto a USB or personal music player manually. In short, this doesn't replace a proper management system for a "shadow" mp3 library, but I'm going to keep it installed. Darren PS: I'm running Linux (Debian 4.0) -- darrenyeats Monarchy CLD-M401 transport or SB3 -> Sony DAS-703ES DAC -> Krell KAV-300i -> PMC AB-1 (home-made room treatments and supports) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ darrenyeats's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10799 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37218 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
