Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] FLAC vs Apple Losseless
moley6knipe;521094 Wrote: > Apple Lossless and AAC files both get "wrapped up" in a, I think, MPEG-4 > container which ends .m4a. > > I read that somewhere, no idea what it means though ;-) The "format" in the tracks database is "alc" so I guess we could assume "aac" for the format we don't care for.. P -- pski real stereo doesn't wake neighbors (it enrages them) pski's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15574 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75235 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] FLAC vs Apple Losseless
Mnyb;521017 Wrote: > Yea i figured that confusion ? AAC can also be m4a as well as alac ? or > what ? It is m4a on Ubuntu too and AAC is m4a too . > Must be some kind of container format . > You must check the file properties to see what is what ? Apple Lossless and AAC files both get "wrapped up" in a, I think, MPEG-4 container which ends .m4a. I read that somewhere, no idea what it means though ;-) -- moley6knipe WinXP Pro SP3 > dBpoweramp Reference 13.3 > SqueezeCenter 7.4.2 > Squeezebox 3 > ears moley6knipe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10014 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75235 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] FLAC vs Apple Losseless
andynormancx;521065 Wrote: > I'm 99% sure that isn't correct. The Receiver cannot play ALAC natively, > only the Radio and Touch can do that. Yup, both receiver and SB3 start a "faad" process for transcoding but the radio does not. -- copperstate copperstate's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34756 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75235 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] FLAC vs Apple Losseless
pski;521000 Wrote: > Poop on the spec page indicates the receiver does play ALC natively.. > Boom takes transcoding. > I'm 99% sure that isn't correct. The Receiver cannot play ALAC natively, only the Radio and Touch can do that. -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as well. What ? I SAID ALL OF THEM ! andynormancx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17417 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75235 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] FLAC vs Apple Losseless
> Poop on the spec page indicates the receiver does play ALC natively.. What url? That would need to be fixed. -- Michael ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] FLAC vs Apple Losseless
pski;521001 Wrote: > I don't know about iTunes on Mac but the winders version does produce > apple lossless as .m4a files. > > P Yea i figured that confusion ? AAC can also be m4a as well as alac ? or what ? It is m4a on Ubuntu too and AAC is m4a too . Must be some kind of container format . You must check the file properties to see what is what ? -- Mnyb Main hifi: SB3 (soon to replaced by a Touch :) It is on preorder) Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Receiver (soon to be replaced by my SB3 and the SBR to be stuffed in a box in the attic ) I use a Controller various ir-remotes and a Eee-PC with squeezeplay to control this Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75235 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] FLAC vs Apple Losseless
Mnyb;518476 Wrote: > Yes ALAC is transcoded to FLAC on the fly by the server (maybe Touch > gets native playback). > So the server must be able to do it (tiny NAS no go :( ). > > FLAC is native to most older and current squeezeboxes. > And it's the most common lossless format in sbs/squeezebox thus being > less likely to be buggy. > > But If you are living the mac life ALAC is more practical, dont confuse > with m4a aka AAC wich is not lossles. I don't know about iTunes on Mac but the winders version does produce apple lossless as .m4a files. P -- pski real stereo doesn't wake neighbors (it enrages them) pski's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15574 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75235 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] FLAC vs Apple Losseless
copperstate;519002 Wrote: > As far as I know the newer squeezeplay-based devices all play > apple-lossless natively (my Radio certainly does - and I am quite sure > the Receiver / SB3 etc do not). Poop on the spec page indicates the receiver does play ALC natively.. Boom takes transcoding. P -- pski real stereo doesn't wake neighbors (it enrages them) pski's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15574 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75235 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] FLAC vs Apple Losseless
As far as I know the newer squeezeplay-based devices all play apple-lossless natively (my Radio certainly does - and I am quite sure the Receiver / SB3 etc do not). -- copperstate copperstate's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34756 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75235 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] FLAC vs Apple Losseless
Yes ALAC is transcoded to FLAC on the fly by the server (maybe Touch gets native playback). So the server must be able to do it (tiny NAS no go :( ). FLAC is native to most older and current squeezeboxes. And it's the most common lossless format in sbs/squeezebox thus being less likely to be buggy. But If you are living the mac life ALAC is more practical, dont confuse with m4a aka AAC wich is not lossles. -- Mnyb Main hifi: SB3 (soon to replaced by a Touch :) It is on preorder) Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Receiver (soon to be replaced by my SB3 and the SBR to be stuffed in a box in the attic ) I use a Controller various ir-remotes and a Eee-PC with squeezeplay to control this Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75235 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] FLAC vs Apple Losseless
I'm running all Mac these days, but using an older PC for ripping purposes. I'm sticking with ALAC as I find doing any kind of metadata editing on the Mac is a nightmare. Easier to do it all in iTunes. There was some speculation that the Touch would not play ALAC natively and would convert it on the fly. I saw the Touch box in person at CES and ALAC was listed as a native format. Doesn't mean that's final, but seems promising anyway. -- metalbob metalbob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34128 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75235 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] FLAC vs Apple Losseless
atrocity;518429 Wrote: > In my testing a year or so back, stereo Apple Lossless files were > slightly larger than their FLAC level 8 counterparts and mono files were > a *lot* larger. Funny, when I compared the two several weeks ago I thought the M4a file was slightly smaller, but damn, you're right! It's not much of a difference, but it sure doesn't make sense for me to continue making FLAC -> M4a conversions. Thanks atrocity. -- iwannatouch iwannatouch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36407 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75235 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] FLAC vs Apple Losseless
iwannatouch;516797 Wrote: > I'm in the process of archiving my music (both downloads and CDs) and I > decided to convert everything that wasn't mp3 into m4a files. This > includes all my wav, aiff, ape, and flac files. My goal is to reduce the > amount of space needed to store my music In my testing a year or so back, stereo Apple Lossless files were slightly larger than their FLAC level 8 counterparts and mono files were a *lot* larger. -- atrocity atrocity's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16009 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75235 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] FLAC vs Apple Losseless
iwannatouch;516797 Wrote: > I'm in the process of archiving my music (both downloads and CDs) and I > decided to convert everything that wasn't mp3 into m4a files. This > includes all my wav, aiff, ape, and flac files. My goal is to reduce the > amount of space needed to store my music on an external hard drive, and > to "simplify" the data I want my Touch to process by having only two > different file formats (mp3 and m4a). > > Is there anything wrong with my logic? I read somewhere that m4a might > be "easier" for hardware to process than flac. I believe the m4a format > is native to the Touch, so I won't need additional software to convert > files when I play them. I should mention that I'm all-Mac at home. Any > thoughts? Thanks in advance. I am all Mac, but frustrations with continuous iTunes updates led me to standardizing on FLAC, this providing maximum flexibility for future changes, which now I have a Linn DS has been very effective. Dave -- DaveWr DaveWr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9331 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75235 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] FLAC vs Apple Losseless
If you're all-Mac at home, then stick with ALAC at the moment. ;) -- Themis SB3 - North Star dac 192 - Croft 25Pre and Series 7 power - Sonus Faber Grand Piano Domus Themis's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14700 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75235 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] FLAC vs Apple Losseless
iwannatouch;516797 Wrote: > I'm in the process of archiving my music (both downloads and CDs) and I > decided to convert everything that wasn't mp3 into m4a files. This > includes all my wav, aiff, ape, and flac files. My goal is to reduce the > amount of space needed to store my music on an external hard drive, and > to "simplify" the data I want my Touch to process by having only two > different file formats (mp3 and m4a). > > Is there anything wrong with my logic? I read somewhere that m4a might > be "easier" for hardware to process than flac. I believe the m4a format > is native to the Touch, so I won't need additional software to convert > files when I play them. I should mention that I'm all-Mac at home. Any > thoughts? Thanks in advance. It is quite likely that FLAC uses less CPU/RAM than ALAC. http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Lossless_comparison#Comparison_Table -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75235 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] FLAC vs Apple Losseless
I'm in the process of archiving my music (both downloads and CDs) and I decided to convert everything that wasn't mp3 into m4a files. This includes all my wav, aiff, ape, and flac files. My goal is to reduce the amount of space needed to store my music on an external hard drive, and to "simplify" the data I want my Touch to process by having only two different file formats (mp3 and m4a). Is there anything wrong with my logic? I read somewhere that m4a might be "easier" for hardware to process than flac. I believe the m4a format is native to the Touch, so I won't need additional software to convert files when I play them. I should mention that I'm all-Mac at home. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance. -- iwannatouch iwannatouch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36407 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75235 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
