Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Mp3 stream bitrate limiting

2017-02-19 Thread dr1818
drmatt wrote: > That bit I hadn't picked up on.. but it's an internet stream. Is it > variable bit rate? I actually only was able to do a good vs bad comparison on Friday... So, I didn't know either! dr1818's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Mp3 stream bitrate limiting

2017-02-17 Thread dr1818
drmatt wrote: > That may not be what *de*codes the mp3 stream to allow you to reencode > it at a lower bitrate. Lame is the encoder of choice. It may be > attempting to find mpg123 as a decoder. So, sometimes it thinks it supports direct streaming and it did. Other times, it thinks that it

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Mp3 stream bitrate limiting

2017-02-17 Thread drmatt
That may not be what *de*codes the mp3 stream to allow you to reencode it at a lower bitrate. Lame is the encoder of choice. It may be attempting to find mpg123 as a decoder. -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Mp3 stream bitrate limiting

2017-02-17 Thread dr1818
drmatt wrote: > Do you have the mp3 tools installed? I don't see a plug in called mp3 tools installed. dr1818's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56584 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Mp3 stream bitrate limiting

2017-02-16 Thread drmatt
Well I don't know what you're trying to play. Internet streams? Local files? If so in what audio format? Aac? Mp3? Ogg? Something else? -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Mp3 stream bitrate limiting

2017-02-16 Thread dr1818
drmatt wrote: > The streams that don't go through lame, are they already below the > target bitrate, or is it particular formats that are not transcoded? They are well above the target bitrate. When you say 'format', what do you mean ? I was thinking mp3...but that didn't seem to be what you

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Mp3 stream bitrate limiting

2017-02-15 Thread drmatt
The streams that don't go through lame, are they already below the target bitrate, or is it particular formats that are not transcoded? -- Hardware: 3x Touch, 1x Radio, 2x Receivers, 1 HP Microserver NAS with Debian+LMS 7.9.0 Music: ~1300 CDs, as 450 GB of 16/44k FLACs. No less than 3x 24/44k

Re: [SlimDevices: SqueezeCenter] Mp3 stream bitrate limiting

2017-02-15 Thread dr1818
drmatt wrote: > So, you've set bandwidth limiting for the player under the "audio" tab > in LMS and it doesn't always reencode? What examples do you have of > formats it declines to reencode? Yes..I set bandwidth limiting and the same mp3 URLs sometime go to lame and sometimes don't. More