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There's a virtual filesystem on Linux called mp3fs. Using this you can
have just one set of real files in FLAC yet they can be presented as
MP3 files virtually. They are only decoded from FLAC and encoded into
MP3 when they are accessed. All tags are preserved.
I've used mp3fs on Linux
Mnyb;410397 Wrote:
Whats wrong with transcoding on the server for proprietary formats (if
you insist on using them ) ? it will load the cpu a bit but a decent
mac/pc/server will cope with it.
It won't hurt sound quality at all, lossless is lossless.
you can have alac transcoded to flac.
MDSmith;410195 Wrote:
Am I missing something? Can I stream premium source (AAC+) internet
radio to the Transporter and have it play in native mode? Can I play my
Apple Lossless in 'native' mode (please no mails on the great Apple
nasties - it works, it is solid and it has the market ...).
No
MDSmith;410195 Wrote:
Can I play my Apple Lossless in 'native' mode (please no mails on the
great Apple nasties - it works, it is solid and it has the market
...).
I would like the Transporter to stand out (again) as a PREMIUM
product.
MD Smith
Are you saying the Transporter once had
Time to junk the apple formats. Sorry.
Apple nearly had the market... but now they don't. Dropping DRM was the
beginning. Dropping the proprietory codecs will be the end.
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Phil Leigh
You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it
ain't what you'd call minimal...
SB3
Phil Leigh;410318 Wrote:
Time to junk the apple formats.snip Dropping the proprietory codecs
will be the end.
I gotta admit, I'm nervous of just this... iTunes is one of the best
packages I've used for organizing music, but apple haven't demonstrated
that they're really concerned with hi
Thx for the confirmation that I have not missed something (ie. the
ability to play AAC+ streaming and ALAC in native)regarding the
Transporter. And while I appreciate the comments about 'size of
firmware' and 'cost to transcode' there remains this huge presence of
iTunes out there. You might not
Whats wrong with transcoding on the server for proprietary formats (if
you insist on using them ) ? it will load the cpu a bit but a decent
mac/pc/server will cope with it.
It won't hurt sound quality at all, lossless is lossless.
you can have alac transcoded to flac.
Besides there are some
MDSmith;410393 Wrote:
there must be a middle ground here. I am not going to convert all of my
CDs to FLAC so they work with the Transporter as that causes an issue
with my iPod. As mentioned, before the proverbial Catch 22!
I know too well what you mean! I hate maintaining two copies of
MDSmith wrote:
So, there must be a middle ground here. I am not going to convert all
of my CDs to FLAC so they work with the Transporter as that causes an
issue with my iPod. As mentioned, before the proverbial Catch 22!
I don't understand the problem here.
Make your library in flac, point
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