Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
Just placed another order at cdbaby.com - they got some nice solo piano pieces, and send them an email if they're planning to offer lossless downloads. They replied enthusiastically that they just started to offer non DRM-ed downloads... which of course happened to be MP3. I wrote back explaining why would I appreciate FLAC. :) Anyways, they got some really good music, and now they have an infrastructure for downloads. I was thinking if they receive some more request for FLAC from the fellow audiophiles, it might help to accelerate the required development... What do you think? -- 325xi 325xi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5661 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
right on ! -- truckfighters | Transporter | REDGUM RGASil OCC Silver Interconnects | REDGUM RGi120ENR AMP | REDGUM LS Cable | BW Nautilus 802 D | Live musicians at the end of my room! truckfighters's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7852 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
the new one www.mp3skyline.com low prices -- Kainnik Kainnik's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11862 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
I started a new thread on safe resampling, so any new info will be appreciated. In a light of already posted there information secret rabbit code doesn't look good anymore... BTW, anyone knows what sample rate converter used by Audacity? Their wiki states Audacity uses more then one SRC, but doesn't say which... -- 325xi simaudio nova cdp simaudio moon i-5 revel performa m20 via acoustic zen matrix reference ii and acoustic zen satori -planned additions:... deq2496 lavry da-10 ...- 325xi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5661 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
Even downsampled to 44.1 (using Audacity) these Linn 24-bit files sound fantastic. -- Phil Leigh Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
I am very interested in the Linn 24 bit material. However, I am committed to FLAC for long term use. Could someone point me in the right direction on how to go about converting WMA to FLAC? URL references are fine. Is the Linn WMA stuff DRMed in any way? -- Eric Carroll Transporter-Bryston 3B SST-Paradigm Reference Studio 60 v.4 SB3-Rotel RB890-BW Matrix 805 SB3-Pioneer VSX-49TXi-Mirage OM7+C2+R2 Eric Carroll's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9293 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
Eric Carroll;182010 Wrote: I am very interested in the Linn 24 bit material. However, I am committed to FLAC for long term use. Could someone point me in the right direction on how to go about converting WMA to FLAC? URL references are fine. Is the Linn WMA stuff DRMed in any way? The Linn is not DRM-d! I used the Microsoft utility (WMA2LPCM0 to convert the 88.2/24-bit WMA to WAV and then Audacity to 44.1 24-bit WAV. Then I used the FLAC front-end to create a 34-bit 44.1 FLAC. A bit long-winded but worked fine... -- Phil Leigh Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
Phil Leigh;182014 Wrote: The Linn is not DRM-d! I used the Microsoft utility (WMA2LPCM) to convert the 88.2/24-bit WMA to WAV and then Audacity to 44.1 24-bit WAV. Then I used the FLAC front-end to create a 24-bit 44.1 FLAC. A bit long-winded but worked fine... I use wmal2pcm to create the wav, then Foobar with DSP Processing - Resampler to convert to 44.1 then Foobar to convert to flac phew! Oh, in Foobar - Preferences --Tools - Converter I have Preferred bit depth at 24... -- jmourik jmourik's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7123 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
i did the upsampling to 96 with audacity, but with straight wav files... they now play fine in transporter... no problem to convert them into flac now... make sure you check out all the settings in audacity first (high quality sampling with 32bit floating integers and so on...) wav export output 24 bit I think the header of the wma lossless LINN files is somewhat corrupt, since when converting them with the m$ tool into wav, some audio tools still can't properly import the wav... only a few do this correct - so far my experience... -- truckfighters Transporter - REDGUM RGASIL - REDGUM RGi120ENR AMP - REDGUM LS Cable - Infinity Kappa 8.1i - Live! truckfighters's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7852 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
yes you'll probably be right there. but resampling a 24 bit 88.2 kHz source up to 24 bit 96 kHz with all the features on (high quality sampling and 32 bit floating integer for calculations), I assume that the target file is at least sounding the same as the source. may be just a little bit smoother due to the little extra wave smoothing... there are those dithering algorythms which guess the missing bits and calculate the (speaking of 88.2 kHz source!) very tiny, missing spaces... -- truckfighters Transporter - REDGUM RGASIL - REDGUM RGi120ENR AMP - REDGUM LS Cable - Infinity Kappa 8.1i - Live! truckfighters's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7852 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
truckfighters;182067 Wrote: there are those dithering algorythms which guess the missing bits and calculate the (speaking of 88.2 kHz source!) very tiny, missing spaces... The reason why I'm asking is that I remember that some older DSP algorithms usually did more harm then good, and the word DSP was considered bad in audio context. -- 325xi simaudio nova cdp simaudio moon i-5 revel performa m20 via acoustic zen matrix reference ii and acoustic zen satori -planned additions:... deq2496 lavry da-10 ...- 325xi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5661 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
Looks like this issue deserves a dedicated thread... -- 325xi simaudio nova cdp simaudio moon i-5 revel performa m20 via acoustic zen matrix reference ii and acoustic zen satori -planned additions:... deq2496 lavry da-10 ...- 325xi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5661 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
Phil Leigh;181986 Wrote: Even downsampled to 44.1 (using Audacity) these Linn 24-bit files sound fantastic. Agree completely. These are great audiophile grade recordings. -- Ben Diss 'SB3' (http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_squeezebox.html) - 'Lavry DA10' (http://www.lavryengineering.com/productspage_da_10.html) - 'BAT VK-31SE' (http://www.balanced.com/products/line/Vk-31SE/index.html) - 'Halo A21' (http://www.parasound.com/halo/a21.php) - 'BW 803D' (http://www.bwspeakers.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/products.models/label/Model%20803D) Ben Diss's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4289 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
It would be nice if this really worked as I'd hoped for. +---+ |Filename: DSC00112.JPG | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2449| +---+ -- johann johann's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10177 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
jmourik;181558 Wrote: I'd say with the TP being able to handle 96/24, wmadec should be able to handle it too :-) Enhancement request created: bug 4774 ( http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4774 ) -- jmourik jmourik's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7123 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
bobschneider;181831 Wrote: Same here, now that I have my Li Te DAC-60. Using 88kHz FLAC files, SB3 shows 88.2kHz, DAC shows 44.1kHz, and the music is at half speed from either the DAC or the SB3's analog outputs. I'll get the 88kHz WAV files scanned back in, and see how those work with the external DAC - with the SB3's analog outputs, I just got noise. The 88.2kHz wav files to the external dac just give a loud hiss, just like from the SB3's analog outputs. The DAC also shows this to be a 44.1kHz signal. Sure would be nice to find a way to get the SB to handle higher sample rate signals, either through its own DAC or an external one. -- bobschneider bobschneider's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
I started a thread 'here' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32951) about the Linn Records studio masters. If people could post there experiences there, maybe we could make a wiki page on how to get this 24 bit sources to work. -- Eric Carroll Transporter-Bryston 3B SST-Paradigm Reference Studio 60 v.4 SB3-Rotel RB890-BW Matrix 805 SB3-Pioneer VSX-49TXi-Mirage OM7+C2+R2 Eric Carroll's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9293 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
johann;181586 Wrote: I converted a 88.2 kHz/ 24 bit WMA to WAV and then to FLAC. The SB3 plays it and shows it to be 88.2 kHz but an external DAC shows the S/PDIF output as 44.1 kHZ. Same here, now that I have my Li Te DAC-60. Using 88kHz FLAC files, SB3 shows 88.2kHz, DAC shows 44.1kHz, and the music is at half speed from either the DAC or the SB3's analog outputs. I'll get the 88kHz WAV files scanned back in, and see how those work with the external DAC - with the SB3's analog outputs, I just got noise. -- bobschneider bobschneider's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
jmourik;181383 Wrote: Because for -b it says Valid values are 8 or 16 I assume it doesn't handle 24 bits. Asumption is the mother of all f**kups. -- johann johann's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10177 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
jmourik;180892 Wrote: I just tried this on a 24bit 44.1khz file from Linn Records (Barb Jungr - Waterloo Sunset, studio master). The wav file doesn't play, but the flac file encoded from that wav does (on my SB2)! They both show as 24bit in Foobar, flac=1474kbps, wav=2116kbps. They both play in foobar. Weird! btw, Foobar shows the wma as 44.1khz/16bit!!/1462kbps. I can transcode to flac from foobar but then my flac is 16bit, and half the size as the wma. I had the same thing. I transcoded a Linn Records WMA file to WAV using wmal2wav, and all I got through my SB3 was hiss. That file played fine on my computer, though. I then coverted the WAV to FLAC using xACT. I had to change some settings to let it accept the 24 bit 96kHz WAV files, apparently because not all FLAC players accept such files. But the conversion worked fine after that, and my SB3 plays the FLACs just fine. It's also showing this as an 88.2kHz file, though - ?? -- bobschneider bobschneider's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
bobschneider;181515 Wrote: I had the same thing. I transcoded a Linn Records WMA file to WAV using wmal2wav, and all I got through my SB3 was hiss. That file played fine on my computer, though. I then coverted the WAV to FLAC using xACT. I had to change some settings to let it accept the 24 bit 96kHz WAV files, apparently because not all FLAC players accept such files. But the conversion worked fine after that, and my SB3 plays the FLACs just fine. It's also showing this as an 88.2kHz file, though - ?? My first thought was: Good work! Then I reflected over the 88,2 kHz and I'm not sure wheter you asked a question for that perticular or not. In case you did, many of the files over at Linn Records actually are 88,2 kHz so if your song was such a file, that is just fine. -- johann johann's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10177 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
johann;181436 Wrote: Assumption is the mother of all f**kups. Ja, of course. I thought it was if you assume you make an ass out of u and me :-) I see you tested it too, you'll notice that the output wav of wmadec is a lot smaller than the output wav of wmal2pcm. Plus foobar can't play it... -- jmourik jmourik's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7123 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
jmourik;181547 Wrote: Ja, of course. I thought it was if you assume you make an ass out of u and me :-) I see you tested it too, you'll notice that the output wav of wmadec is a lot smaller than the output wav of wmal2pcm. Plus foobar can't play it... That works too. :) I've noticed. I get Foobar too play 88kHz/24bit wma too and they also plays in Windows Mediaplayer (DUH!. I expect a new version of wmadec that does this properly. -- johann johann's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10177 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
johann;181546 Wrote: My first thought was: Good work! Then I reflected over the 88,2 kHz and I'm not sure wheter you asked a question for that perticular or not. In case you did, many of the files over at Linn Records actually are 88,2 kHz so if your song was such a file, that is just fine. Thanks. The album I'm using is Vivaldi by La Serenissima. I checked the WMA file in Windows Media Player, and Properties says it's an 88kHz file. So it looks like I got this right. Still quite a pain to have to do two conversions to get the file to play on my SB3, even if each conversion is lossless. I should be receiving a DAC that's capable of up to 96kHz (a Lite DAC-60) in the next couple of days. When I get a chance, I'll check to see if the SB3 can pass an 88kHz signal to it, using either WAV or FLAC files. -- bobschneider bobschneider's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
johann;181552 Wrote: I expect a new version of wmadec that does this properly. Well, if Sean Adams is still following this thread, maybe he can tell us if they're working on it or should we open a bug or enhancement request. Sean, please? I'd say with the TP being able to handle 96/24, wmadec should be able to handle it too :-) -- jmourik jmourik's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7123 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
bobschneider;181556 Wrote: The album I'm using is Vivaldi by La Serenissima. I'm going to try a track of that album, see how that sounds :-) bobschneider;181556 Wrote: I should be receiving a DAC that's capable of up to 96kHz (a Lite DAC-60) in the next couple of days. Me too, the PS Audio. Once they ship it, that is. I ordered it a week ago... -- jmourik jmourik's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7123 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
bobschneider;181556 Wrote: Thanks. The album I'm using is Vivaldi by La Serenissima. I checked the WMA file in Windows Media Player, and Properties says it's an 88kHz file. So it looks like I got this right. Still quite a pain to have to do two conversions to get the file to play on my SB3, even if each conversion is lossless. Thanks for clearifying. Indeed it is a pain and should work straight away with slimserver using wmadec, IMVHO: :) bobschneider;181556 Wrote: I should be receiving a DAC that's capable of up to 96kHz (a Lite DAC-60) in the next couple of days. When I get a chance, I'll check to see if the SB3 can pass an 88kHz signal to it, using either WAV or FLAC files. I though'd I already checked but realize I just confirmed wmadec just converted it to 44 kHz. I'll convert one of the 88 kHz files using your 2-step method and try right away. That said, SB3 is not supposed to support anything more than 48 kHz according to documentation. We'll see in a while. Cheers, /Johan -- johann johann's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10177 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
bobschneider;181556 Wrote: I should be receiving a DAC that's capable of up to 96kHz (a Lite DAC-60) in the next couple of days. When I get a chance, I'll check to see if the SB3 can pass an 88kHz signal to it, using either WAV or FLAC files. It probably can - the SB3 passes along digital formats it can't decode over S/PDIF, bit-perfectly. These are things like HDCD and AC3/DTS - it's logical to assume this also applies to high bitrates like 88.2 and 96 kHz. Bit comes in, bit goes out... -- Mark Lanctot It's like, you know, a New Age religion, but with better treble response. - Jon Heal Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
I converted a 88.2 kHz/ 24 bit WMA to WAV and then to FLAC. The SB3 plays it and shows it to be 88.2 kHz but an external DAC shows the S/PDIF output as 44.1 kHZ. -- johann johann's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10177 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
bobschneider;181556 Wrote: Thanks. The album I'm using is Vivaldi by La Serenissima. I checked the WMA file in Windows Media Player, and Properties says it's an 88kHz file. So it looks like I got this right. Still quite a pain to have to do two conversions to get the file to play on my SB3, even if each conversion is lossless. I should be receiving a DAC that's capable of up to 96kHz (a Lite DAC-60) in the next couple of days. When I get a chance, I'll check to see if the SB3 can pass an 88kHz signal to it, using either WAV or FLAC files. OOPS! I've now realized that, while the SB3 is playing the 88.2kHz FLAC files, it's playing them at half speed! I didn't notice this with the first couple of instrumental tracks I listened to (of music I'm not familar with), but it became blindingly obvious with vocals. Oh, well - we'll see what happens when I hook up a DAC, although another user's report that his DAC shows a 44kHz signal when the SB shows an 88kHz one isn't encouraging. -- bobschneider bobschneider's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
MusicDownloads.com uses DRM ... -- Ben Diss 'SB3' (http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_squeezebox.html) - 'Lavry DA10' (http://www.lavryengineering.com/productspage_da_10.html) - 'BAT VK-31SE' (http://www.balanced.com/products/line/Vk-31SE/index.html) - 'Halo A21' (http://www.parasound.com/halo/a21.php) - 'BW 803D' (http://www.bwspeakers.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/products.models/label/Model%20803D) Ben Diss's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4289 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
pfarrell;181192 Wrote: I tried to see what selection they had, and got this: We're sorry, only Microsoft Internet Explorer is supported. so they clearly don't want my money. Should Read: We're sorry, it's much easier for us to scrutinize files on your hard drive and insert rootkits through Internet Explorer. -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
seanadams;181147 Wrote: It sounds like these files are not really 88.2 khz. What is the size of the WAV file in bytes, and how long is the track in seconds? They are for sure, one of your support guys have one from me. His name is is Anoop, I think. -- johann johann's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10177 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
jmourik;181154 Wrote: When you use the wma - wav decode (wmadec) it will be 16 bits, not 24. Which is why I used truckfighters method, using wmal2pcm.exe, then wav - flac... I had slimserver setup to to wma - flac and wma - wav, both worked too. I'm not sure how you know it's 16 bit in any of the cases. -- johann johann's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10177 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
johann;181314 Wrote: I'm not sure how you know it's 16 bit in any of the cases.wmadec.exe Wrote: D:\Purchased Musicwmadec.exe -help wmadec.exe: illegal option -- e wmadec [-dqhw] [ -b bits_per_sample ] [ -r sample_rate ] [ -n num_channels ] [ -o outputfile ] [input] -dAdd debugging output. -qSuppresses program output. -hPrint help message. -b n Bits per sample of output. Valid values are 8 or 16 (default) -r n Sample rate of output. Default is 44100. -n n Number of channels of output. Default is 2 -o filename Write output to specified filename. Default is stdout. -wAdd wave headers -l bytes length of decoded output in bytes Because for -b it says Valid values are 8 or 16 I assume it doesn't handle 24 bits. -- jmourik jmourik's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7123 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
jmourik;180892 Wrote: I just tried this on a 24bit 44.1khz file from Linn Records (Barb Jungr - Waterloo Sunset, studio master). The wav file doesn't play, but the flac file encoded from that wav does (on my SB2)! They both show as 24bit in Foobar, flac=1474kbps, wav=2116kbps. They both play in foobar. Weird! btw, Foobar shows the wma as 44.1khz/16bit!!/1462kbps. I can transcode to flac from foobar but then my flac is 16bit, and half the size as the wma. Works straigth away for me. Just downloaded the all the WMA files for that album, rescanned slimserver music lbryary and then they all played fine. Foobar also views 88 kHz/24 bit has as 44.1 kHz/ 16 bit. -- johann johann's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10177 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
It sounds like these files are not really 88.2 khz. What is the size of the WAV file in bytes, and how long is the track in seconds? -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Lossless Downloads
johann;181129 Wrote: Works straigth away for me. Just downloaded the all the WMA files for that album, rescanned slimserver music lbryary and then they all played fine. When you use the wma - wav decode (wmadec) it will be 16 bits, not 24. Which is why I used truckfighters method, using wmal2pcm.exe, then wav - flac... -- jmourik jmourik's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7123 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
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Jitterbug;169971 Wrote: I came across musicgiants.com but its selection is pretty limited. I tried to see what selection they had, and got this: We're sorry, only Microsoft Internet Explorer is supported. so they clearly don't want my money. -- pfarrell Pat http://www.pfarrell.com/music/slimserver/slimsoftware.html pfarrell's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=200 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31616 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
