Re: [slim] FLAC plays mono on SB1/SS6.0.0

2005-04-06 Thread Richard Elen
Mark Bennett wrote: On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 09:23 +0100, Richard Elen wrote: From: Mark Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED] OT - it would be helpful if your mailer script didn't automatically quote peoples email addresses when replying - it makes it so much easier for spam email harvesters.. Apologie

Re: [slim] FLAC plays mono on SB1/SS6.0.0

2005-04-06 Thread Mark Bennett
On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 21:38 +0100, Richard Elen wrote: > Last time I noted: > > I don't have LAME installed, incidentally. > > Well, I installed LAME and restarted the server; SS said that LAME was > "correctly installed"; and now this problem has gone away. OK, this is very strange. Are you sur

Re: [slim] FLAC plays mono on SB1/SS6.0.0

2005-04-06 Thread Mark Bennett
On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 09:23 +0100, Richard Elen wrote: > > From: Mark Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED] OT - it would be helpful if your mailer script didn't automatically quote peoples email addresses when replying - it makes it so much easier for spam email harvesters.. > > However, if yo

Re: [slim] FLAC plays mono on SB1/SS6.0.0

2005-04-06 Thread Richard Elen
I asked: An aside: does anyone know what happens (with an SB2 of course) if you rip a DTS CD to FLAC (instead of WAV) and try to decode it? Steinar Bjaerum wrote: Take a look at http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1297085 - Where we find the answer is yes (for both AC3 and DTS to both F

Re: [slim] FLAC plays mono on SB1/SS6.0.0

2005-04-06 Thread Richard Elen
Last time I noted: I don't have LAME installed, incidentally. Well, I installed LAME and restarted the server; SS said that LAME was "correctly installed"; and now this problem has gone away. Doesn't explain why this was happening, but evidently LAME is a good thing to have on board. Thanks for

RE: [slim] FLAC plays mono on SB1/SS6.0.0

2005-04-06 Thread Steinar Bjaerum
> > An aside: does anyone know what happens (with an SB2 of course) if you > rip a DTS CD to FLAC (instead of WAV) and try to decode it? > > Thanks for the info and the assistance! > > --Richard E Take a look at http://www6.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1297085 Steinar ___

Re: [slim] FLAC plays mono on SB1/SS6.0.0

2005-04-06 Thread Richard Elen
From: Mark Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED] Not sure that the concept of bit rate has very much meaning for FLAC, other than for network bandwidth. The quality is totally unaffected by bitrate. This is the figure given by SSQ2 when I ask it. I know it's pretty meaningless but included it in case it

Re: [slim] FLAC plays mono on SB1/SS6.0.0

2005-04-06 Thread Mark Bennett
On Tue, 2005-04-05 at 23:39 +0100, Richard Elen wrote: > Interesting little thing this, and I suppose I should be pleased I am > getting anything at all. You shouldn't be surprised. This functionality should be fully working for you. > I've encoded a couple of albums for test purposes with FLAC

[slim] FLAC plays mono on SB1/SS6.0.0

2005-04-05 Thread Richard Elen
Interesting little thing this, and I suppose I should be pleased I am getting anything at all. I've encoded a couple of albums for test purposes with FLAC at 964 kb/s, CBR. SoftSqueeze 2 plays them fine, as I imagine the SB2 will when it gets here. However on my creaky old SB1, it plays (which