poing wrote: > It would surprise me if PCM can be played more efficiently than FLAC. I > don't have the means to test on a Touch, but on other platforms, the > opposite is true. > > FLAC can be decoded very efficiently. On the platforms I know, the > overhead of decoding FLAC to PCM is less than the overhead from dealing > with the larger file size of PCM or WAV. Keep in mind that volatile as > well as non-volatile storage are frequently bottlenecks on modern > microcomputers. That's why with volatile storage, you devote > considerable resources towards caches and buffers (as well as techniques > that minimize cache misses and such). That's also why you frequently see > considerable speed gains when switching to better non-volatile storage > (such as going from HDD to SSD). And ... I still don't want this thread to be hijacked into a discussion into the sanity or otherwise of audiophiles. There a load of other threads on that topic. This thread is not about that.
I need to be able to have a local rule to convert a FLAC to a FLAC (or a PCM) which can also work, or be avoided, for remote FLACs. LMS 7.9 on VortexBox Midi, Xubuntu 14.04, FLACs 16->24 bit, 44.1->192kbps. LMS & Squeeze2upnp (Alpha - derived from squeezelite) to Musical Fidelity M1 CLiC and Marantz CR603 UPnP renderers. Squeezelite to PC sound. Minimserver (server) and upplay (control point) to same amps & to upmpdcli/mpd PC renderers. Meridian USB Explorer DAC from PCs to speakers/headphones. Wireless Xubuntu 14.04 laptop controls LMS/upplay via Firefox. Have a Touch with EDO, and a spare, but don't use. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PasTim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41642 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102639 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
