[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-29 Thread WSLam

mkozlows;140894 Wrote: 
 Out of curiosity, is there any particular trigger for it?  Because,  I
 swear, it really doesn't occur for me.

The bug is well documented. It's real. If you have not noticed it, feel
lucky! It's there in the current release.


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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-28 Thread mkozlows

WSLam;140735 Wrote: 
 Thank you Slim Devices!
 
 They have fixed the end of the track chopped off bug:
 

Out of curiosity, is there any particular trigger for it?  Because,  I
swear, it really doesn't occur for me.


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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-26 Thread mkozlows

mkozlows;139746 Wrote: 
 I know what production quality open source projects look like, and those
 aren't it.

Although I'm willing to try.  I followed the instructions here:

http://losslessaudio.blogspot.com/2005/12/media-center-edition-2005-with-flac.html

And FLAC stuff appears where I'd expect, has read-write metadata, and
appears to play back properly in WMP 11.  Promising so far; I need to
think out some other details before I go any further, though.


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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-26 Thread radish

mkozlows;139746 Wrote: 
 Illiminable is at 0.72, has a changelog that's full of critical issues
 (fixed crash problem with x, fixed crash problem with y, fixed out
 of memory problem with z)

So you're complaining that they've fixed bugs? 

Here's a thing - sometimes software doesn't _need_ updating because
it's _done_. Something as simple as a FLAC decoder can only go so far.
If it works, why keep changing it?


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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-26 Thread mkozlows

radish;139844 Wrote: 
 So you're complaining that they've fixed bugs? 
 

No.  I'm complaining that the bugs they're fixing are critical ones,
and therefore (if they've done any sensible triage at all), the
non-critical bugs are still there.  

It's the same way that if you're looking for a web browser, you look
for one where the recently fixed bugs are things like block elements
with alpha transparency clip display of absolutely positioned
bidirectional text, not invalid HTML causes browser to crash.


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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-25 Thread Dougal

To anyone who may be put off encoding to flac becouse of compatabillity
with media player don't be as it is a direct show player and with the
corect direct show filter installed plus a tag reading plugin it will
play any popular media file.
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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-25 Thread kklemme

After I posted that last message regarding on the fly transcoding and
volume leveling, I realized perhaps I didn't make myself clear.

I understand that SS will apparently not read WMA Lossless volume
leveling tags.

My hope is that during the transcoding process, the file is analyzed
and appropriate volume leveling applied.

Perhaps this is wishful thinking, but am anxious to find out.

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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-25 Thread radish

kklemme;139385 Wrote: 
 But now I'm hopeful that I can transcode and add volume leveling on the
 fly. It seems like a lot of processing on the fly, but like I
 questioned above maybe it always tries to stay one file ahead or
 something like that. 
 
No, slimserver doesn't have any support for calculating volume
adjustments itself, it can only go on tags already in the files. As for
adding them during transcoding, it's all done in realtime so there's not
really an opportunity to prescan the file. Sorry! 

 
 That would also explain why fast forwarding and rewind will not work
 properly with transcoded files...not a big deal in my estimation.
 
FF/REW doesn't work because there's no way for slimserver to tell the
external decoder to speed up or start going backwards - it's just
reading a stream of data coming in and passing it to the player.

I wouldn't think the change to add support for the WMA volume tags
would be particularly tough, so it's probably worth opening an
enhancement request.


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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-25 Thread kklemme

Thanks Radish...

Apparently WMA and WMA lossless are different animals.

WMA is supported directly by the hardware. I don't know if the volume
tags are honored or not.

WMAL is not supported by the hardware at all and is transcoded as you
know. I am wondering if there could be some way to read the volume
leveling information and then transcode to the correct level.way
over my head

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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-25 Thread radish

kklemme;139539 Wrote: 
 
 Apparently WMA and WMA lossless are different animals.
 
Indeed they are, but the tagging scheme is the same. So if Slimserver
reads tags for one of them it will for both.

 
 WMAL is not supported by the hardware at all and is transcoded as you
 know. I am wondering if there could be some way to read the volume
 leveling information and then transcode to the correct level.way
 over my head
 
Yes, that's exactly what could be done (although the volume adjustment
occurs on the player, it's based on reading the tags on the server).
Hence my suggestion that you file an enhancement request :)


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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-25 Thread kklemme

Thanks for your help Radish and everyone...I'll put in an enhancement
request...seems likely that I'm not the only one with this
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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-25 Thread radish

mkozlows;139721 Wrote: 
 That's what people told me before, too.  And then it turns out that the
 only DirectShow filter for FLAC was some open source thing at version
 0.3 that hadn't been updated for two years and didn't actually work, as
 such.

Don't go criticising open source around here ;)  There's actually a
couple of WMP plugins for FLAC - illiminable and CoreFLAC. As far as I
know both are usually pretty stable, I've certainly used them in the
past without problems. Drop me a PM if you need any help with them.

Of course MS could write a nice, closed source version themselves, but
that would be too helpful :)


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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-24 Thread mkozlows

WSLam;139048 Wrote: 
 =( Ok, so I am not the only one out there...will hang in here and wait
 for a solution.

Are you using the latest version of SlimServer?  I used to have that
same problem, but it definitely doesn't happen now.  I stream WMA
Lossless transcoded as FLAC to an SB2, and it works perfectly.

I seem to recall that there was an explicit fix for this at some point,
either in 6.3 or 6.5.


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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-24 Thread WSLam

mkozlows;139060 Wrote: 
 Are you using the latest version of SlimServer?  I used to have that
 same problem, but it definitely doesn't happen now.  I stream WMA
 Lossless transcoded as FLAC to an SB2, and it works perfectly.
 
 I seem to recall that there was an explicit fix for this at some point,
 either in 6.3 or 6.5.

Yes I am running the latest version.
The bug (chop off one) is actually being tracked as Bug 2985. 
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2985

It is not easy to detect. I cannot imagine how anyone could detect it
unless they have more some odd classical recordings that breakup a
piece into multiple tracks.


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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-24 Thread kklemme

You know, I've been beating my head against the wall about this for the
last couple weeks, and perhaps this is the ticket. I have a moderate
size library of WMA Lossless and many more files yet to rip.

I've been concerned that Slimserver doesn't directly support WMAL and
also support the volume leveling of these files.

Perhaps that is a good thing.

As mkozlows put in his post, the transcoding to FLAC works well. That
also implies that the volume leveling is working properly. Perhaps it
doesn't matter if Slimserver can't read the WMAL volume leveling tags,
perhaps the volume leveling is taken care of after the file is
transcoded

Does this make sense? 

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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-24 Thread mkozlows

WSLam;139063 Wrote: 
 It is not easy to detect. I cannot imagine how anyone could detect it
 unless they have more some odd classical recordings that breakup a
 piece into multiple tracks.

I listen almost exclusively to classical music, and it flowed from
track to track without missing a single note when listening to John
Adams' Nixon in China.  It would have sounded weird had anything been
missing, so I'm fairly certain it's not happening here.


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Re: [slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-24 Thread Josh Coalson
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wrote:
 As mkozlows put in his post, the transcoding to FLAC works well. That
 also implies that the volume leveling is working properly. Perhaps it
 doesn't matter if Slimserver can't read the WMAL volume leveling
 tags,
 perhaps the volume leveling is taken care of after the file is
 transcoded

FLAC supports ReplayGain which is a similar feature.  make sure
to enable that when transcoding, or if not available, there are
tools to add it later by just scanning the FLAC files.

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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-24 Thread WSLam

mkozlows;139231 Wrote: 
 I listen almost exclusively to classical music, and it flowed from track
 to track without missing a single note when listening to John Adams'
 Nixon in China.  It would have sounded weird had anything been missing,
 so I'm fairly certain it's not happening here.

hmmm then you must have a 'cure' that no one is aware of. The SS team
is working on this bug as documented here:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2985

U sure your files are WMAL not just WMA? What WMA Encoder did you use?
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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-24 Thread mkozlows

WSLam;139262 Wrote: 
 hmmm then you must have a 'cure' that no one is aware of. The SS team is
 working on this bug as documented here:
 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2985
 
 U sure your files are WMAL not just WMA? What WMA Encoder did you use?
 Thanks.

They're definitely WMA Lossless, ripped with WMP 10.  I'm not sure why
it would be happening for you and not me.  I am running WMP 11 Beta on
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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-24 Thread kklemme

I'm a little confused by Josh's reply above.

Bear in mind, I don't have a system or any hardware running; just
checking things out for the future.

Josh said that FLAC supports Replay Gain. If I start with WMA Lossless,
I'm assuming that the transcoding happens on the fly along with volume
leveling, and the output is then streamed. Is this correct? When
transcoding to FLAC, I'm assuming that no new file is saved to disk
(correct?). So his comment about adding replay gain later is
confusing.

By the way, how does SlimServer accomplish this in real time? Is it
transcoding and leveling the next file when the current one is
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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-24 Thread radish

kklemme;139374 Wrote: 
 I'm a little confused by Josh's reply above.
 
 Bear in mind, I don't have a system or any hardware running; just
 checking things out for the future.
 
 Josh said that FLAC supports Replay Gain. If I start with WMA Lossless,
 I'm assuming that the transcoding happens on the fly along with volume
 leveling, and the output is then streamed. Is this correct? When
 transcoding to FLAC, I'm assuming that no new file is saved to disk
 (correct?). So his comment about adding replay gain later is
 confusing.
 
 By the way, how does SlimServer accomplish this in real time? Is it
 transcoding and leveling the next file when the current one is
 playingThanks

Transcoding can mean two things - converting all your WMA files to FLAC
in one shot or using slimserver to play them by converting the audio
data on the fly. I think the two of you are talking about different
things.

Anyhow, that's not the issue, you're talking about volume correction.
There are a few different techniques for doing this but most of them
involve analysing the whole file (or sometimes whole album's worth of
files) and writing the results of the analysis into tags. WMP does this
itself for WMA files, ReplayGain is similar and works with a few file
types including FLAC. iTunes can also do it - again using it's own
tagging scheme. Slimserver will read the tags that it understands and
use the data to adjust the playback volume accordingly. It certainly
supports ReplayGain tags, and I think it also supports whatever scheme
iTunes uses. I don't _think_ it supports the volume tags in WMA files
(although I may be wrong). What this means is that if you play the WMA
files as-is through slimserver you won't get any volume levelling.
However, if you convert your collection to some other format (like
FLAC) you can then add ReplayGain tags, and then you'll have the
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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-24 Thread kklemme

Thanks Radish...

I really am not looking to convert my WMAL files to FLAC unless
necessary. 

What I'm trying to clarify is whether SS will transcode my WMAL files
on the fly and also do Replay Gain to boot. That way I can leave my
files as is (including future ripping) and convert during playback

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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-24 Thread radish

kklemme;139382 Wrote: 
 Thanks Radish...
 
 I really am not looking to convert my WMAL files to FLAC unless
 necessary. 
 
 What I'm trying to clarify is whether SS will transcode my WMAL files
 on the fly and also do Replay Gain to boot. That way I can leave my
 files as is (including future ripping) and convert during playback
 
 Does this make sense?  Kirk

Certainly does. My answer is that it will certainly transcode on the
fly, and certainly play them with no problems, but I don't _think_
you'll get volume levelling because I don't _think_ slimserver supports
the appropriate WMA tags. The easiest thing would probably be for you to
either (a) call support and ask them directly or (b) download and
install slimserver and find out.


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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-24 Thread kklemme

Thanks again Radish. I'm planning on calling tech support tomorrow.

This has been difficult for me to sort out. I think I've been asking
the wrong question. I'm pretty clear now that SlimServer will not
directly read the WMAL volume tags. But now I'm hopeful that I can
transcode and add volume leveling on the fly. It seems like a lot of
processing on the fly, but like I questioned above maybe it always
tries to stay one file ahead or something like that. That would also
explain why fast forwarding and rewind will not work properly with
transcoded files...not a big deal in my estimation.

After I talk to tech support I'll post more info...Kirk


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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-23 Thread abergdc

I had a few similar sorts of problems, basically static and drop-outs,
when I tried to play WMA lossless over a wireless network (also at
about 80% strength). I had a mix of network elements, but the wireless
router was 11g. MP3s didn't have this problem. When i went ahead and
ran the wire, the problems went away. i condluded that it was a
bandwidth problem with lossless files. Turns out maybe I could have
switched to a different lossless file format, from what you say. I have
no idea if in geneal WMA lossless is less efficient than FLAC; of course
it could be something about how they are handled in this implementation.


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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-23 Thread arturo

WSLam;138534 Wrote: 
 
 
 1) end of songs gets cut off. this is usually difficult to detect
 except with some classical recordings where they breakup a piece into
 multiple tracks. I am not talking about gapless playback, I am talking
 about a small piece at the end actually got chopped off. 

I am experiencing the same problem with WMA lossless tracks. The last
second or two is truncated when listening with SlimServer/SqueezeBox,
but is present when I listen using Windows Media Player. I don't have a
solution, just sympathy.


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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-23 Thread WSLam

abergdc;138842 Wrote: 
 I had a few similar sorts of problems, basically static and drop-outs,
 when I tried to play WMA lossless over a wireless network (also at
 about 80% strength). I had a mix of network elements, but the wireless
 router was 11g. MP3s didn't have this problem. When i went ahead and
 ran the wire, the problems went away. i condluded that it was a
 bandwidth problem with lossless files. Turns out maybe I could have
 switched to a different lossless file format, from what you say. I have
 no idea if in geneal WMA lossless is less efficient than FLAC; of course
 it could be something about how they are handled in this implementation.

Hi abergdc,
Actually, your suspicion may not be the reason... I do not think it is
network related. Why? Because WMA does not get directly streamed to
your SB3. All WMA Lossless gets converted to FLAC or WAV (depending on
your SS config) since SB3 itself does not support WMA Lossless. So
whether you are playing WMA Lossless or FLAC, really SS is streaming
FLAC to your SB3.


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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-23 Thread kklemme

It was my impression that WMA lossless is directly supported on
SB3...not transcoded.

What are your experiences with volume leveling behavior with WMA
lossless

Also, If I converted all of my WMA lossless to FLAC, would there be
some quality loss in the process??

Thanks, Kirk Klemme


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[slim] Re: WMA Lossless users

2006-09-23 Thread WSLam

kklemme;139052 Wrote: 
 It was my impression that WMA lossless is directly supported on
 SB3...not transcoded.
 
 What are your experiences with volume leveling behavior with WMA
 lossless
 
 Also, If I converted all of my WMA lossless to FLAC, would there be
 some quality loss in the process??
 
 Thanks, Kirk Klemme

Hi Kirk,
WMA Lossless is not supported by SB3 or even the Transporter.
Apparently Microsoft charges a licesning fee for WMA Lossless decoder
(in hardware)... I think that is why you do not see many WMAL decoder
in hw.
If you look under your SS's Server settings\File Types, you will see
there are several way to decode WMA... WMA (non Lossless) will get
streamed, but lossless usually gets converted to FLAC.
If you convert all your WMAL into FLAC, I believe the quality should be
identical. I think it will be like unzipping, and then instead of
zipping, you use another compression, say RAR, but the data bits should
remain identical.


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