So i have the Mixcloud app installed on LMS and never needed to mess
with this on the Touch it just worked.
But on my recently purchased Transporter i get the error message
"UNABLE TO PLAY FILE TYPE FOR "
the only way i can get this is to work is use my Touch and the
transporter as a DAC
The error may or may not be associated with the use of Mixcloud - you
have provided no detail of the system and what is being attempted - e.g.
audio format being played, the LMS version being used, OS platform etc.
The error means that the Transporter cannot play the audio format
natively and
mandryka wrote:
> Does the Classic compress before it streams?
>
> I havent tried to compare both in a more rigorous way than my initial
> impression that I reported yesterday, sometime soon Ill try to reassess
> more carefully.
No it doesnt compress. It just has a an older DAC but I think
bpa wrote:
> The error may or may not be associated with the use of Mixcloud - you
> have provided no detail of the system and what is being attempted - e.g.
> audio format being played, the LMS version being used, OS platform etc.
> The error means that the Transporter cannot play the audio
Stratmangler wrote:
> The Classic isn't the most transparent of players.
> It doesn't surprise me at all that the Pi build sounds better.
Thats a really interesting comment. You know that Ive never used the
Classics DAC - you think even the digital output from the Classic is
not so good?
kidstypike wrote:
> EN All tracks are available in MP4 format, and selecting a track is
> fast. However, MP4 does not work natively on old Squeezebox models, and
> must be transcoded for those players. MP3 has a better sound quality,
> but loading a track takes a long time, and not
d6jg wrote:
> No it doesnt compress. It just has a an older DAC but I think its
> perfectly capable unless you are playing really high res stuff.
OP is using digital optical to an external DAC - so Classic will just
send uncompressed/decoded data on the optical connection. No DAC will be
