Re: [slim] Voice command

2015-08-12 Thread pippin
Sync all players is a wonderful example for something that doesn't work. Plenty of unanswered questions in that command --- learn more about iPeng, the iPhone and iPad remote for the Squeezebox and Logitech UE Smart Radio as well as iPeng Party, the free Party-App, at

Re: [slim] How Replay Gain Works

2015-08-12 Thread callesoroe
pippin wrote: Sorry, I still don't buy that. Even _if_ there were some DACs which had such a crappy design that their own interpolation filter created values that they would then clip, dynamics compression would actually make things better, not worse! What's the worst case for your

Re: [slim] a 3D printable enclosure for raspi A+ / JiveLite / piCorePlayer ?

2015-08-12 Thread philippe_44
d6jg wrote: I am interested in a picoreplayer / jive lite / simple remote / touch screen device like a Touch but to really be of interest the casing has to accommodate a digi+ or a Dac+. Personally I'd also like to see the SD card fully enclosed instead of half out of the case. The touch

Re: [slim] How Replay Gain Works

2015-08-12 Thread pippin
Umm... wait, but that would be something else. Of course a DAC doesn't like clipped signals because the result will be nothing that makes sense so all of it's filters might make garbage of the remaining signals, too (not just the clipped frequencies). But again if your digital signal is

Re: [slim] How Replay Gain Works

2015-08-12 Thread Julf
callesoroe wrote: One of the leading Engeneers in Digital Audio(Peter Lyngdorf, Founder og Lyngdorf Audio and Tact) says something else about DAC's and clipping. There is a video on youtube where loudness war is discussed(with Mark Knopfler). I must say I agree more with him Unforunally

Re: [slim] How Replay Gain Works

2015-08-12 Thread callesoroe
Julf wrote: 'This one' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of2JvNXHXOI)? It is 34 minutes long, and seems to be a general rant against loudness wars. Can you explain how it is relevant to replay gain? The only way replay gain is relevant to the loudness wars is that as the broadcast and

Re: [slim] How Replay Gain Works

2015-08-12 Thread Mnyb
pippin wrote: Umm... wait, but that would be something else. Of course a DAC doesn't like clipped signals because the result will be nothing that makes sense so all of it's filters might make garbage of the remaining signals, too (not just the clipped frequencies). But again if your

Re: [slim] How Replay Gain Works

2015-08-12 Thread Julf
callesoroe wrote: Yes it is that video. And he also says that almost all DAC's don't like clipped signals. He also plays an example on the computer. And how is that relevant to replay gain? If your original music is clipped (by the producer/recording engineer), there is no way to unclip

Re: [slim] How Replay Gain Works

2015-08-12 Thread Mnyb
Julf wrote: There are no totally unfiltered NOS DACs - the filtering just happens somewhere further down the chain, and if the components down he chain can't handle the signal amplitude, you still get clipping. yes but that be good clipping from tubes or somesuch :)) yes i do understand

Re: [slim] How Replay Gain Works

2015-08-12 Thread Julf
Mnyb wrote: yes but that be good clipping from tubes or somesuch :)) Of course! :) yes i do understand that it is about the level. Only reason I keep going on about it is that it seems callesoroe still doesn't understand that part. But a way to actually get a bunch of 0dB samples together

Re: [slim] How Replay Gain Works

2015-08-12 Thread d6jg
cliveb wrote: I was the person who reported that bug, and it was fixed years ago in SqueezeCentre (or possibly SlimServer), long before it was renamed LMS. (Briefly: ReplayGain tags include a PEAK value that the playback software should take into account when processing positive GAIN tags,

Re: [slim] How Replay Gain Works

2015-08-12 Thread pippin
Mnyb wrote: I think it's when you have several consecutive samples of 0dB IE like say 10 full 16bit word lined up together . One 0dB peak is not a problem . Sorry, I still don't buy that. Even _if_ there were some DACs which had such a crappy design that their own interpolation filter

Re: [slim] How Replay Gain Works

2015-08-12 Thread cliveb
Mnyb wrote: RG clipping by the rare album that actually gives positive gain ? Is that not fixed in LMS there was a bug report about that ? I was the person who reported that bug, and it was fixed years ago in SqueezeCentre (or possibly SlimServer), long before it was renamed LMS. (Briefly:

Re: [slim] PicorePlayer + internet browser

2015-08-12 Thread andrea.toro
Thanks a lot! andrea.toro's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=64655 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=104074 ___ discuss

Re: [slim] PicorePlayer + internet browser

2015-08-12 Thread Phil Leigh
Sorry! I'm in Windows... Installation Instructions on piCorePlayer 1.19+ Copy these two files to /mnt/mmcblk0p2/tce/optional on the piCorePlayer sd card. There's enough free space on the default image to add the jivelite files. If you've installed other packages you might need to increase the

Re: [slim] Voice command

2015-08-12 Thread spedinfargo
I started a thread a couple years ago and got yelled at by naysayers ;-) http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?79734-Voice-Command-for-Squeezebox-Still-Not-Much-Interesthighlight=voice The key that I think is important is to make it non-comprehensive. Make it SIMPLE: It doesn't even

Re: [slim] How Replay Gain Works

2015-08-12 Thread Julf
callesoroe wrote: One of the leading Engeneers in Digital Audio(Peter Lyngdorf, Founder og Lyngdorf Audio and Tact) says something else about DAC's and clipping. There is a video on youtube where loudness war is discussed(with Mark Knopfler). I must say I agree more with him Unforunally