May I tack on a question: I have .m4a playing fine, but mine is an old
PC and I suspect there is quite an overhead for transcoding on the fly.
Which checkboxes for transcoding should I turn on and off to minimise
load on the pc?
IIRC, there are three choices to check: wav, FLAC and mp3. I don't
FLAC should be your best bet for transcoding, as it will not further
deteriorate the sound quality by performing an additional lossy
compression, and it will use less bandwidth than WAV. Why not just
check the FLAC box so you will know what you are going to get?
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jeffmeh
jeffmeh;191971 Wrote:
FLAC should be your best bet for transcoding, as it will not further
deteriorate the sound quality by performing an additional lossy
compression, and it will use less bandwidth than WAV. Why not just
check the FLAC box so you will know what you are going to get? That's
SteveC;191973 Wrote:
That's really what I was asking :) thanks. So if I check only the FLAC
box, .m4a will be transcoded to FLAC and I know what I'm getting.
Whereas what happens when I check multiple boxes is currently unknown
:)
Well, I am sure that someone on here could read the code and
If you have multiple checkboxes selected, its telling the player that
all of these options are valid. There is then a preset priority list
which varies for each player type depending on its capabilities.
I don't seem to be able to search at the moment or I'd hunt out a
thread for you. But FLAC
If you're using iTunes, you've got Quicktime.
Steve.
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SteveEast;184590 Wrote:
None of this should be necessary if you aren't doing bit rate limiting.
Steve.
I thought you at least had to have quick time installed?
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hdarwen
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What you're looking for is documented here:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?AAC
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?AppleLossless
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y360;184549 Wrote:
What you're looking for is documented here:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?AAC
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?AppleLossless
None of this should be necessary if you aren't doing bit rate
limiting.
Steve.
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Hi,
I've been searching on these forums for an answer on m4a files. I am
getting a lot of hits, but it seems that most of them are dealing with
more complex issues surrounding the playing of m4a files.
I am looking for the short answer. Does squeezebox play files that
were ripped into m4a
If you're asking about the .m4a files produced when you use iTunes to
rip a CD then the answer is yes, the SB will play them. Both the lossy
(AAC) and the lossless (ALAC) variants. Nothing special needs to be
done with them. Obviously, if you want the SB to find them through
iTunes then you need
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