On 16 March 2013 09:25, Brian Willoughby <bri...@sounds.wa.com> wrote: > > On Mar 14, 2013, at 13:24, Declan Kelly wrote: >> I want the tightest possible compression, while remaining 100% >> compatible with the subset that all known FLAC decoders can >> successfully >> stream or play now in cars, Hi-Fi units, "MP3 players" and cell >> phones. >> The out and out most widely supported lossless audio format could (and >> should) have a better "bang for the buck" to the average user (who has >> possibly been tempted away from MP3 or WMV or some Apple format). > > I have a vague recollection that going beyond -4 is incompatible with > certain hardware players. Sorry I don't have a reference for this, > but it seems like even -8 or --best are not 100% compatible with all > decoders. Going beyond that to -9 or even -12 seems like it would be > far less than 100% compatible.
I think you're referring to an old Squeezebox forum thread (now long gone*) in which it was mentioned and consequently shown that anything higher than the default of -5 could potentially run into playback difficulties. Especially -8 was bad for some reason. That said, I can't recall if a later firmware update solved the issue. Also, are Squeezeboxes even being sold/manufactured anymore? *: I thought the (now dead) link was mentioned somewhere on Hydrogenaudio, but can't find it. --Martin _______________________________________________ flac-dev mailing list flac-dev@xiph.org http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/flac-dev