Re: [slim] Audio File Formats...

2007-03-22 Thread autopilot
ModelCitizen;189316 Wrote: > Ummm... I think Adam was joking > MC Yeah, but then he is EasilyConfused. -- autopilot *SlimServer:* 6.5.1 (Windows XP) + AlienBBC, SlimScrobbler & Last.FM. *Amp:* Cambridge Audio 640a (living room) / Denon MD30 (bedroom). *Speakers:* Mission 701's (living ro

Re: [slim] Audio File Formats...

2007-03-21 Thread ModelCitizen
Ummm... I think Adam was joking MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter > Naim NAP 250 > PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ---

Re: [slim] Audio File Formats...

2007-03-21 Thread EasilyConfused
..Thanks for the lecture pal.. when I want advice on buying music I'll post a thread entitled 'advice on buying music', and not 'Audio File formats'...but don't hold your breath. So you've never bought a duffer? What a dynamic, multi-faceted, cosmopolitan, thrill-seeking risk taker you must be. S

Re: [slim] Audio File Formats...

2007-03-20 Thread adamslim
ModelCitizen;189079 Wrote: > Wot? No one's going to mention the copyright here? > Good, cos it's very boring indeed. > MC I was about to, as I get abstractly bothered by this kind of thing, but then the more important issue hit me: get better at buying CDs! Don't just buy it because the lead si

Re: [slim] Audio File Formats...

2007-03-20 Thread ModelCitizen
EasilyConfused;189045 Wrote: > Got some Cd's ...err...loads actually (as I'm sure you all have!) that > were bought on the strength of the odd track or two, and surprise > surprise, the rest of the album was pants! So, I'm gonna rip the decent > tracks off these albums and ebay the Cd. > Okay, wh

Re: [slim] Audio File Formats...

2007-03-20 Thread Stuart Hickinbottom
Furthermore: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?BeginnersGuideToFileFormats Stuart 4mula1 wrote: > Flac. It's lossless, open source, and cross platform. I use dBPowerAmp > to rip to flac as it's a very nice ripper/encoder, but many people use > Exact Audio Copy. Both are Windows programs. >

Re: [slim] Audio File Formats...

2007-03-20 Thread 4mula1
Flac. It's lossless, open source, and cross platform. I use dBPowerAmp to rip to flac as it's a very nice ripper/encoder, but many people use Exact Audio Copy. Both are Windows programs. The Squeezebox can natively decode flac so there is no additional load on SlimServer transcoding. -- 4mu

[slim] Audio File Formats...

2007-03-20 Thread EasilyConfused
Got some Cd's ...err...loads actually (as I'm sure you all have!) that were bought on the strength of the odd track or two, and surprise surprise, the rest of the album was pants! So, I'm gonna rip the decent tracks off these albums and ebay the Cd. Okay, what's the highest quality format that is