SBGK wrote: > so borrowing from Pippin > > Packetized network traffic->NIC->Network driver->flac -> sox ->decode > buffer->play buffer->aplay -> pcm -> kernel -> drivers -> device > > There is code to fill a decode buffer and then copy that to a play > buffer, perhaps the efficiency of that is different between flac and > wav. Is sox decoding a batch of data at a time ? > > I've always found wav to sound better than flac whether it was on pc or > sbt or apple Touch, flac would have a difference in timing which wasn't > present with wav. > > I use flac for archive, so am happy that after conversion the data is > the same, it's just the effect of decoding at the same time.
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