Re: [slim] Long delay starting FLAC playback

2017-11-02 Thread TerryS
Thanks for explaining that to me. I guess it makes sense that the decoder would be in the Touch, not in LMS. Terry TerryS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40835 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Long delay starting FLAC playback

2017-11-02 Thread bpa
TerryS wrote: > Interesting I know the version of LMS that I am running is > hopelessly outdated, but I've resisted updating it since it has always > done everything I needed it to do. I just play FLAC files from my NAS, > I don't do any streaming or any of the stuff the later versions

Re: [slim] Long delay starting FLAC playback

2017-11-02 Thread TerryS
Interesting I know the version of LMS that I am running is hopelessly outdated, but I've resisted updating it since it has always done everything I needed it to do. I just play FLAC files from my NAS, I don't do any streaming or any of the stuff the later versions added. So I hadn't

Re: [slim] Long delay starting FLAC playback

2017-11-01 Thread bpa
Did a Google on the encoder Lavf57.34.103 with terms HD and Flac and there are quite a few reports of unplayable files such as > > UPDATE 17October2016: Seems that the SuperMini does not support the > Encoder "FLAC Lavf57.34.103". I had purchased the FLAC 24bit/96KHz > album, SCATTERED ASHES,

Re: [slim] Long delay starting FLAC playback

2017-11-01 Thread TerryS
Here is what MediaInfo says about the file that loads slowly: General Complete name: C:\Users\Terry\Music\HDtracks\Julien Baker\Turn Out the Lights\01-Over.flac Format : FLAC Format/Info : Free Lossless

Re: [slim] Long delay starting FLAC playback

2017-11-01 Thread bpa
TerryS wrote: > I don't know if there is any way to examine the FLAC file contents and > see how much is music and how much is tags and art. There are many analysis tools - something like mediainfo might be a good starting point.

Re: [slim] Long delay starting FLAC playback

2017-11-01 Thread TerryS
Thanks for the tip on browsing to the NAS files. I will definitely give WINSCP a try. On the long start delay, The original FLAC files from HD Tracks had a 4000 x 4000 pixel cover art embedded in each track. My first thought is that was so large it was delaying the start of the music while it

Re: [slim] Long delay starting FLAC playback

2017-11-01 Thread d6jg
TerryS wrote: > Well this is embarrassing to admit, but I don't know how to browse to a > file location on my NAS, so I can't delete the log file. I only know > how to use the web server interface for the NAS and LMS. If you are a Windows person the easiest option is WinSCP. -

Re: [slim] Long delay starting FLAC playback

2017-11-01 Thread bpa
TerryS wrote: > I have a strong wi-fi connection and don't usually have any buffering > problems. And it seems too consistent to be caused by buffering due to > a poor wi-fi connection. It is always 30 seconds, even between songs on > an album. Yes and No - failures often have backup retry

Re: [slim] Long delay starting FLAC playback

2017-10-31 Thread TerryS
Well this is embarrassing to admit, but I don't know how to browse to a file location on my NAS, so I can't delete the log file. I only know how to use the web server interface for the NAS and LMS. But I did set the debug level on Player.source and restart the server. Then I captured the log

Re: [slim] Long delay starting FLAC playback

2017-10-31 Thread bpa
30secs is a very long time. With LMS default setting - LMS will send the Flac direct to Touch which will decode the file natively & start playing decode after about 2Mbytes have been sent. so either 1. Network connection is erratic and/oir not good. 2. There is some extra processing going on in

Re: [slim] Long delay starting FLAC playback

2017-10-31 Thread cliveb
TerryS wrote: > > Looking at the info screen for track 1 on iPeng: > The original: > File Format: FLAC > Duration: 1:28 > Bitrate: 3932kbps VBR > Sample Rate:96.0 kHz > Sample Size: 24 bits > File Length 51,181,684 > A 96kHz 24bit stereo file of length 1:28 would be 50,688,000 *uncompressed*.