[slim] Re: fast forwardng FLACs unreliable

2007-01-15 Thread ceejay
See http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30790&highlight=fast+forward for a discussion on various issues people have had. Posts 5 and 6 are probably most relevant to you... its possible you're not using it the way it was designed! HTH Ceejay -- ceejay

[slim] Re: fast forwardng FLACs unreliable

2007-01-15 Thread rbl
I have tried it again and I am pretty sure I am doing the right thing and it is still vey unreliable. I hold the FF key down for a couple of seconds and it says "Now scanning 2x". If I press the FF key again for a couple of seconds it scans at 4x and if I press play then it starts playing. This is

[slim] Re: fast forwardng FLACs unreliable

2007-01-15 Thread JayNYC
i actually have the same "unreliable" experience. particularly with RW. i can go from normal to 2x to 4x to 8x but when I press play it doesn't always actually play from where the counter shows. hard to describe. sometimes it works just fine. -- JayNYC ---

[slim] Re: fast forwardng FLACs unreliable

2007-01-16 Thread cliveb
I have also found FWD and RWD to be fairly hit-and-miss with FLAC. But I never use it these days - I use the SongScanner plug-in instead, which does seem to be reliable, and (at least for me) has a more appropriate method of seeking within tracks. rbl: if you've not tried SongScanner yet, it's wor

[slim] Re: fast forwardng FLACs unreliable

2007-01-16 Thread rbl
yes - have tried the Song Scanner plugin which works well. But of course you can't scan and listen at the same time so getting to where you want to be is a bit tricky. Also it is not as handy to use although I believe you can reconfigure the FF and FR keys to use it .. -- rbl --

[slim] Re: fast forwardng FLACs unreliable

2007-01-16 Thread jaybeee
Do your FLAC files have a SEEKTABLE? and if so what are the SEEKPOINT intervals? http://flac.sourceforge.net/documentation_tools_metaflac.html --list will show the metadata contents of the flac file and your seektable This post 'here' (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=475

[slim] Re: fast forwardng FLACs unreliable

2007-01-16 Thread rbl
I just created the FLACs with EAC. I am not aware of any seektables, cuesheets or anything - not even sure what they do. Is this for the FF/FR buttons, or for Song Scanner? Should I add them? -- rbl rbl's Profile: http://f