Gazjam;584371 Wrote:
> Sorted.
>
> I used this (from "Soundcheck"'s post elsewhere) which got SoX up and
> running and upsampling my Flacs to 88.2.
>
> flc flc * *
> # FT:{START=--skip=%t}U:{END=--until=%v}
> [flac] -dc --totally-silent $START$ $END$ -- $FILE$ | [sox] -v0.9 -D
> -q -t wav - -t flac -C0 -b24 - rate -v -s -M -a 88200
>
> flc flc transcode *
> # FT:{START=--skip=%t}U:{END=--until=%v}
> [flac] -dc --totally-silent $START$ $END$ -- $FILE$ | [sox] -v0.9 -D
> -q -t wav - -t flac -C0 -b24 - rate -v -s -M -a 88200
>
> ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS ON THIS CONFIG? ANYTHING OBVIOUS THAT COULD BE
> TWEAKED?
> A couple of things come to mind?
> 1)Is there a need for a "volume control" in there somewhere...to stop
> clipping on certain Tracks?
> 2) What can I put in to bypass upsampling for my 24/96 hires Flacs?
> Just the 16/44 stuff should be upsampled and the hires stuff should be
> left alone?
>
> There are other optimisations in the custom-convert file which are
> good.Dont understand them all fully, but not sure I have to..
> I'm happy to trust someone more knowledgable who's looked into it in
> detail!
> I've used Soundcheck's Touch software mods to good efect, which turn
> off wifi, unneccessary startup services etc.
> This approach seems reasonable given the Touch's limited horsepower and
> I'm happy to go with this upsampling config, as it seems to do what I'm
> looking for.
>
> I can always tweak it as time goes on, as and when I learn more about
> Sox implementation..:)
>
> One question though, in Advanced/File Format settings, under Flac I now
> have "Sox/Flac" and "Disabled" as my two options.
> If I set to "disabled", with the Sox upsampling be done on my server
> and not the Touch itself?
> (I tried this though and Sox.exe wasn't in Task Manager...hmmn)
> and is it a case of that to set Flac to "Sox/Flac" means the conversion
> is done on the Touch itself?
>
> Which option is preferrable you think?
> I'm asking from the view that on paper the less the Touch has to do
> (i.e. transfer as much number crunching to the server pc as possible)is
> better - and ties in with the Software mods reducing the load on the
> Touch CPU and memory as possible.
> Sounds reasonable?
>
> Thanks again guys for the help...
1) the -v0.9 reduces the volume by 10%
2) You can't selectively resample for the Touch below 96k without code
changes to the server. No amount of fiddling with convert.conf will
change that.
3) SOX only runs on the server NOT on the Touch itself.
4) you are currently downsampling 24/192 to 24/88.2 - why would you do
that?
5) Leave the file type settings alone!
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Phil Leigh
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