Transcoding to FLAC requires very little overhead and is lossless, so what is the problem? Ogg support would be nice but it's without a doubt the least used format out there (even apple lossless seems to have more devotees) and slim is providing a totally accepteable solution (transcoding to a lossless format).
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Gerald B. Cox > Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 8:55 AM > To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com > Subject: [slim] OGG VORBIS Support in Firmware > > I have opened a feature request (Bug 1061) as follows: > > "Native support of OGG VORBIS format in firmware. I've read > that FLAC is now supported in Slimserver2. My friends and I > have been waiting for native OGG VORBIS support. It is a drag > to have to incur the overhead and increased bandwidth > requirements to convert to WAV. The option to use LAME to convert to > MP3 kind of defeats the purpose of having a OGG library in > the first place. If we wanted MP3 we would have encoded in > that format in the first place. What are the plans to > support the OGG VORBIS format in firmware?" > > I received a prompt response: > > "SB2 has the option of transcoding to FLAC rather than MP3. > This gives you the bandwidth benefits of compression without > the quality loss of MP3. It's not quite the same as Ogg > Vorbis in firmware, but I'm hoping it's a reasonable stopgap measure." > > Does anyone have any additional information if this support > is being seriously considered; and the timeframe that it may > be implemented? I would think my friends and I aren't the > only ones using this format, esp. with the advent of OGG > support in various radio feeds, various portable devices, > etc. Is this something that cannot be supported in SB2, and > could only be made available in SB3, SB4 or SBx? > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
