Hi Dave...
>>> On 4/6/07, Dave Ansell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> I have just updated to 0.3.3 version of mvpmc in the hope I could >>>> play >>>> my FLAC audio files. >>>> >>>> Unfortunately the mclient says it cannot open the file. >>>> The files play fine on my Slimp3. >>> FLAC support is only currently available in the native Filesystem mode >>> not in mclient. >>> >>> Martin >> Thank Martin. >> Will it come in a future release? >> Or is some other lossless format possible? > I understand FLAC is possible on the slimdevices.com hardware clients. > In order to implement it in mvpmc it has to be possible for the hardware > to deal with it and I need to understand how the slimserver software > communicates with the client as to which format is being streamed. > > Martin, perhaps you have already said, but does mvpmc understand FLAC? > That is, can you play such files from the mvpmc file browser now? > > As far as how it is done between slimserver and a slimdevices.com > client... I am hoping there is a clear cut method that only works on > FLAC files. That is, we might be in trouble if FLAC transmission is > base on the revision of the client. A higher revision might lead the > server to think that mvpmc can do more than it is capable of (for > instance displaying graphics instead of just characters). > > If you know the answers to these questions that would be a great help. > > ...thanks Dave, reading your original posting I realized you said you could not open the FLAC file using mclient. That's interesting, as slimserver should have been able to handle the transcoding to mp3. I am wondering if you have the necessary files on your server to do the transcoding (if there are any necessary - I should probably rip to flac and try this). Note, you are probably playing flac nativly on your S3 and therefore do not need any flac to mp3 conversion program on your server (again, if this is how slimserver works). Anyways, I assume the real push here is to support flac within mclient just like it is supported on your S3. I have looked into this and, as I feared, it looks like we would have to look like a S2 (aka SB2) before were are even offered a flac file. Does anyone else know for sure? Going on, what troubles me is what other features will slimserver assume we can handle at that version level. I have only found bits and pieces of information regarding this. Probably because the main push behind slimserver is to support slim devices' clients - which are well defined or at least stable. So not much discussion goes on about what is and is not supported. And, as I am not a PERL programmer, looking at slimserver code is a bit difficult. Options: 1) Someone could tell me what to expect from slimserver if I told it I was an SB2. 2) Someone could develop a slimserver patch to support the "oddities" of mclient (i.e. send flac to a version 1.0 client). ...thanks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
