Dpfels;237607 Wrote: > Let me see if I can explain myself a bit better. > I understand that music can be served up from the Slimserver in two > ways: > 1. A Squeezebox can log in and pull music over. > 2. The Slimserver can be controlled directly to allow it to "push" > music. > > As far as I can tell the "pushed" music can be directed at a particular > Squeezebox or it can be read as a stream by any device that can > recognize it (including iTunes on a Mac or PC).
Actually it's really all one process. SlimServer does everything. The SB is merely sending along commands to SlimServer, SlimServer does all the work. The SB doesn't even really have the smarts to "log in", it can be considered a dumb terminal for SlimServer. SlimServer can be controlled from the web interface, yes, but the same process is going on. > Assuming that 1 and 2 are distinct processes (pushing vs pulling files), > then am I correct in my understanding that the Squeezebox will be > "pulling" FLAC files and decoding them locally? Again, it's the same process, and it's more like "pushing". The Squeezebox isn't doing much of anything, SlimServer is breaking the FLAC file up into networking packets and sending it to the SB, the SB merely stores the packets in its buffer and plays them out at the appropriate speed. > Additionally, if I stream music, will that automatically be converted to > MP3? Only if you tell it to by the Bitrate Limiting setting I mentioned above. If you keep Server Settings - File Types - FLAC - FLAC (built-in) checked it won't transcode unless you also have FLAC - MP3 checked and activate Bitrate Limiting or if you uncheck FLAC - FLAC (built-in). Note Bitrate Limiting is set per-player, so you can have each player behave differently. Software players using stream.mp3 automatically use bitrate limiting, SlimServer-specific software players like SoftSqueeze and squeezeslave behave just like the hardware players. > My main concern is that the Squeezebox will also receive MP3 files, > which I do not want. What I like about the Squeezebox is its ability > to decode FLAC locally, allowing me to play uncompressed files that > have not lost any information. Yes, provided the player settings are OK, you can have the SB play FLAC files as FLAC files and send FLAC transcoded to MP3 to other players. Just keep in mind it's a transcoded stream. No MP3 file is created that iTunes can use, although iTunes can tune into the MP3 stream by pointing it to http://<SlimServer IP>:9000/stream.mp3 -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=200910&postcount=2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39615 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
