paul- wrote: > WMA has been broken for sometime. keeping up with ffmpeg as they break > and fix it is too difficult......ralphy can elaborate more. > > We are going to drop support for WMA in the future versions of > squeezelite. You will still be able to transcode, assuming you can find > a version of ffmpeg that works with your files. Thanks for your reply. So you suggest that the WMA playback problems are caused by ffmpeg. I was thinking the same, but then it is not nice that improper operation of ffmpeg can result in a crash of pCP/squeezelite, such that a pCP reboot is required.
Your response triggers two questions: 1) I wonder why playback of ALAC files on PCP requires installation of ffmpeg libraries. When LMS transcodes ALAC to FLAC, it uses faad to decode the ALAC file. Can't Squeezelite pCP also use faad for native playback of ALAC files? 2) You say that when support of WMA is dropped in future versions of pCP/squeezelite, it will still be possible to transcode WMA files with a version of ffmpeg that works with my WMA files. I assume that you are talking about transcoding in LMS on Linux (since transcoding using wmadec.exe + flac.exe on LMS Windows already works fine) ? Can you provide information (or maybe you have a link) on how to install ffmpeg in LMS Linux for transcoding of WMA files? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CJS's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=68700 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=112498 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
