Short update.

Ralphy prepared a patch - based on Kimmo's input - for squeezelite
yesterday. That was quick.

For me it works.  Great.

To quote myself:


> 
> Just tested the codec-priority patch for flac. 
> 
> It works for me.
> 
> New Logic:
> ******
> If there's more then one output-codec enabled per input-codec on LMS
> (Advanced/Filetypes) , 
> the order of codecs as defined with squeezelite by using the "-c" option
> 
> defines the precedence of codecs and conversion rules used for this
> client on LMS. 
> ******
> 
> What's that for?
> 
> Let's say. All my collection is flac.
> 
> 1. I want some WLAN clients receive mp3s and do samplerate conversion to
> 44.1kHz to cover bandwidth limitations
> 2. I want to run native flacs on other squeezelite clients 
> 3. PCM on another client and 
> 4. Resampled PCM/convolution on another dedicated client - identified by
> its MAC.
> 
> To accomplish this I'd have to enable 4 conversion rules for flac.
> 
> Before having this patch, the communicated order of codecs from
> squeezelite was fixed. 
> flac came first.
> Because of this, there's been no way to run the mp3 rule or pcm rules. 
> The flac rule had precedence and were overriding all others.
> 
> For me having several clients in the network this patch is a big step
> forward.
> 
> There's still a problem with other clients then squeezelite though.
> I'm not aware of any other client ( e.g. ipeng-player or its android
> companions) offering 
> such a codec precedence setting. 
> 
> On the other hand this patch IMO must be considered just a workaround to
> cover up a major 
> weakness in that area on LMS. 
> And LMS should actually be the place where things get sorted out and not
> the whole world around it.
> 
> Again. Thx for the patch.
> 
> 
>



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