glenw;534146 Wrote: > OK - so it seems that FLAC takes less power to decode than to encode, > but that there remains a greater CPU overhead to decode files with > higher compression than lower, e.g. -5 vs. -0. > > Is anyone able to explain why with a hard-wired Ethernet connection at > FLAC -5 my Touch can cope but all else being equal when on wireless it > cannot? > > I'm note having any VU screensavers active - everything is 'standard'. > > Is it the combination of having to receive wireless data and decode at > the more complex level just pushing the CPU power of the Touch to its > limit?
Seems like you have 2 choices: 1) reflac everything to -5 (can be done with a script) 2) stream FLAC as WAV to remove the FLAC decoding "burden" from the Touch back onto the Server. -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal... Touch(wired/XP) - TACT 2.2X (Linear PSU) + Good Vibrations S/W - MF Triplethreat(Audiocom full mods) - Linn 5103 - Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Blue Jeans Digital,Kimber Speaker & Chord Interconnect cables Kitchen Boom, Outdoors: SB Radio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77080 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
