pippin wrote: > Hi, let me chime in for one more question: did I overlook the test for > server-side FLAC decoding vs. FLAC decoding on the touch itself? > I would be really interested in that one, especially also in a > comparison between the WiFi vs. Ethernet performance. > > The rationale is that counter to "conventional" audiophile wisdom my > experience when testing 96/24 playback in iPeng was that the raw PCM > data actually caused a noticeably _higher_ system load compared to FLAC. > What this means is, that he system load caused by decoding FLAC is > actually less than the load caused by the higher amount of data (roughly > factor 2) for PCM. It was quite noticeable even on a device as > performant as iPad 3. > > Now, the iPad of course always uses WiFi (no Ethernet there) and it's > quite obvious that the load actually HAS to be higher: all the data > needs to go through the WPA decoding which certainly requires more power > than FLAC decoding. > But then I'm not sure that the WPA decoding isn't done in the WiFi > chipset so that the CPU (where I noticed the difference in load) doesn't > ever get involved. > > Any chance you'd run one (OK, four) more test(s)?
The higher system load is on ipads right ? Have you checked this out on the Squeezebox itself (which is where this suggestion originated) ? This probably is related to hardware architecture. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SoftwireEngineer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7000 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97950 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
