Ben Sandee;310436 Wrote: > On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Pat Farrell <pfarrell (AT) pfarrell > (DOT) com> wrote: > > > tonythetiger wrote: > > > My PC is wired to my router. > > > I'm streaming .WAVs > > > > Streaming flac files is four times better. The files are 50% > smaller, > > and take 50% network traffic, and fit in the buffer better. Flac is > > lossless, there is no difference in quality. > > > > The smaller network traffic plus twice as much buffer is a big win. > You > > really should try it. > > > Agreed. I believe if you go to Settings->Advanced->File Types you can > find > the WAV->WAV entry which is probably set for "NATIVE" by default. > Change > this to "disabled" and I believe SqueezeCenter will automatically > perform > this transcode to FLAC. You will not lose any sound quality but it > should > reduce the network and buffer usage dramatically. It's worth a shot > anyway... > > Ben
Note that this will put additional load on the SqueezeCenter machine, because it will be doing the WAV>FLAC encoding. If the server is currently your bottleneck, then this will only make things worse. That being said, these dropouts are usually a function of a wireless networking problem, so it is worth trying. -- jeffmeh ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jeffmeh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3986 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48692 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
