Re: [slim] Apple Lossless & SqueezeServer Help

jclyle;634270 Wrote: > I bought the new album from My Morning Jacket last night off their > website in Apple Lossless format. The tracks play fine through iTunes. > I loaded them onto my Vortexbox Appliance, server version is 7.5.4 I > can see the album in my library. When I play the tracks my S

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless & SqueezeServer Help

jclyle;634270 Wrote: > > Did I buy a set of files that have some sort of DRM where they can only > be played through iTunes? Quite possibly, yes. If you bring the song up in iTunes, select the songs properties + display tags, it will likely say if it is "protected" or not. I do not use iTu

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless & SqueezeServer Help

the files i'm having trouble with show up as .m4a files. -- jclyle jclyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11752 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88082 ___

[slim] Apple Lossless & SqueezeServer Help

I bought the new album from My Morning Jacket last night off their website in Apple Lossless format. The tracks play fine through iTunes. I loaded them onto my Vortexbox Appliance, server version is 7.5.4 I can see the album in my library. When I play the tracks my SBTouch shows the album art and

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless -> AIFF ... gotchas?

There don't seem to be any bugs open at the moment that match your issue. What happens when you disable native playback of AIFF and thereby force transcoding to FLAC? Have you tried the 7.4.2 nightly? There could have been a fix that had the side-effect of fixing your issue. -- dsdreamer --

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless -> AIFF ... gotchas?

Dos anyone know why this happened? What changed in the new releases? The songs all played perfectly before upgrading my OS and to 7.4.1. -- rdb001 rdb001's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13097 V

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless -> AIFF ... gotchas?

I seem to be having trouble with all AIFF files now that I switched to 7.4.1 on Snow Leopard. Issues range from hiss/noise on the last two seconds of tracks to no music/all noise on other tracks. The server is set to AIFF native. -- rdb001 -

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless -> AIFF ... gotchas?

Audacity will convert ALAC to AIFF. It's free. It's also a very good audio file editor. And cross-platform, incidentally. On 15 Oct 2009, at 22:47, USAudio wrote: > > USAudio;472723 Wrote: >> I've been running the conversion process from Apple Lossless to AI

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless -> AIFF ... gotchas?

pski;472838 Wrote: > I seem to remember the inclusion of apple lossless as native in the last > couple of releases. > > P Only on SqueezePlay based players, and event then I don't think it's done yet. -- radish 'HELP ME RAISE MONEY FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH!' (HTTP://WWW.ADAMREEVE.COM/

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless -> AIFF ... gotchas?

radish;472620 Wrote: > It _can_ play AIFF native, but my understanding is that all lossless > formats other than FLAC are transcoded to FLAC by default (can be > disabled) to save bandwidth. Might be wrong about AIFF specifically, I > don't have any of that file type. I seem to remember the incl

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless -> AIFF ... gotchas?

USAudio;472723 Wrote: > I've been running the conversion process from Apple Lossless to AIFF > using iTunes for awhile now and keep running into a (-208) Unknown > Conversion error for certain songs. > I don't see anything obvious about the songs that would cause the > error. > > Anyone else e

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless -> AIFF ... gotchas?

Are there no other converters you could try? I know on Windows there are various apps which will do the job. -- radish 'HELP ME RAISE MONEY FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH!' (HTTP://WWW.ADAMREEVE.COM/24IN24/) http://www.last.fm/user/polymeric

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless -> AIFF ... gotchas?

I've been running the conversion process from Apple Lossless to AIFF using iTunes for awhile now and keep running into a (-208) Unknown Conversion error for certain songs. I don't see anything obvious about the songs that would cause the error. Anyone else experience this or have any idea on ho

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless -> AIFF ... gotchas?

cunobeli...@mac.com;472482 Wrote: > ... > I've found no issues apart from disc space, unless you intend to use a > > wireless network and your signal is less than perfect, in which case > you may find you get a significant amount of dropping out depending on > > how bad the signal is, and p

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless -> AIFF ... gotchas?

cunobeli...@mac.com;472591 Wrote: > Has that changed? I thought SC used to play AIFF as native. > It _can_ play AIFF native, but my understanding is that all lossless formats other than FLAC are transcoded to FLAC by default (can be disabled) to save bandwidth. Might be wrong about AIFF specifi

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless -> AIFF ... gotchas?

Has that changed? I thought SC used to play AIFF as native. Either way, there's no reason not to use AIFF with Squeezebox apart from disc space (and perhaps a bit of processing power), and a good many reasons to use it if one is running a Mac. On 15 Oct 2009, at 14:46, radish wrote: > > Woul

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless -> AIFF ... gotchas?

Wouldn't the default SC setup have it transcoding AIFF to FLAC? That would fix the network bandwidth issues. -- radish 'HELP ME RAISE MONEY FOR CHILDREN'S CANCER RESEARCH!' (HTTP://WWW.ADAMREEVE.COM/24IN24/) http://www.last.fm/user/polymeric

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless -> AIFF ... gotchas?

This is my approach, too, for the same reason coupled with my perfect contentment with iTunes' tagging and cataloguing, which therefore disqualifies FLAC. AIFF retains tags, as you suggest. I've found no issues apart from disc space, unless you intend to use a wireless network and your signa

[slim] Apple Lossless -> AIFF ... gotchas?

I miss not being able to seek (FWD, REW) on a track with my SB3 so I plan on converting my entire collection in iTunes (OSX) from Apple Lossless to AIFF. When completed I plan on deleting all the Apple Lossless versions. Before I do so, are there any gotchas I may not be aware of? - Files are l

Re: [slim] Apple lossless or FLAC?

blessingx;341721 Wrote: > Seriously go to a public library (where discs are often extremely > "used"), check out 20 discs and experiment. I think you'll find what I > did over a series of machines. EAC does though have quite nice > reporting. > I've actually done this. Yes, library discs can

Re: [slim] Apple lossless or FLAC?

igroucho;341307 Wrote: > If you're anal about the ripping the safest way is probably using Exact > Audio Copy. iTunes will not give you bit-perfect rips even thou the > difference would not be audible. iTunes will usually give you bit-perfect > rips and EAC won't always. I don't understand this

Re: [slim] Apple lossless or FLAC?

pski;341567 Wrote: > > What would be the advantage of having SC convert to WAV rather than > FLAC? Just wondering.. Some people (not me) think that the playback quality is better, because of the reduced workload on the player CPU not causing noise issues. There is intense debate (and no hard ev

Re: [slim] Apple lossless or FLAC?

I used itunes to load my CD's simply because I could set up a couple of machines and just feed them CD's. No other intervention. Just set itunes to load/eject and turn-on "Use error correction when reading audio cd's" -- pski

Re: [slim] Apple lossless or FLAC?

I gave mediamonkey a try. It looks like a serious alternative to iTunes. However, mediamonkey does not seem to manage my movies and video podcasts (not to mention iPhone applications and ringtones). So I'll stick with iTunes for now. Furthermore, mediamonkey only runs on Windows. In other words i

Re: [slim] Apple lossless or FLAC?

MuckleEck;341321 Wrote: > Have to disagree, I ripped a CD to ALAC when I was just on itunes and > the last track sounded horrible, badly distorted and the orchestra > sounded as though they were in a wee tin box. Re-ripped to FLAC using > dBpoweramp and AccurateRip and it was perfect. Interesting

Re: [slim] Apple lossless or FLAC?

maybe I should have written "in most cases not audible". Anyway, this is a persistent topic of debate... -- igroucho igroucho's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10207 View this thread: http://forums

Re: [slim] Apple lossless or FLAC?

igroucho;341307 Wrote: > thou the difference would not be audible. Have to disagree, I ripped a CD to ALAC when I was just on itunes and the last track sounded horrible, badly distorted and the orchestra sounded as though they were in a wee tin box. Re-ripped to FLAC using dBpoweramp and A

Re: [slim] Apple lossless or FLAC?

If you're anal about the ripping the safest way is probably using Exact Audio Copy. iTunes will not give you bit-perfect rips even thou the difference would not be audible. The catch here is that EAC is win-only so if u don't happen to have win accessible (for ex installed on ur mac) ur out of luc

Re: [slim] Apple lossless or FLAC?

telecaster;341259 Wrote: > Thanks guys for the good advice!! > I will stay with iTunesripping and Apple lossless then! :-) > > Hopefully someday there will be just as simple to rip to FLAC and > organise music and pictures of CDcovers as it is using iTunes. > > I understand that FLAC is superio

Re: [slim] Apple lossless or FLAC?

telecaster wrote: > Thanks guys for the good advice!! > I will stay with iTunesripping and Apple lossless then! :-) > > Hopefully someday there will be just as simple to rip to FLAC and > organise music and pictures of CDcovers as it is using iTunes. > Make sure to complain to Apple about that.

Re: [slim] Apple lossless or FLAC?

Thanks guys for the good advice!! I will stay with iTunesripping and Apple lossless then! :-) Hopefully someday there will be just as simple to rip to FLAC and organise music and pictures of CDcovers as it is using iTunes. I understand that FLAC is superior to anything else, but I am not dedicat

Re: [slim] Apple lossless or FLAC?

Telecaster, since you're an Apple user already, and are used to the iTunes interface, I'd stick with Apple Lossless. That's what I use, mainly because I prefer the way iTunes handles tagging over anything else that runs on the Mac. I do NOT transcode to FLAC for playback to my Transporter or SB3

Re: [slim] Apple lossless or FLAC?

Both are fine. I prefer FLAC, but I don't own any Apple products. The only thing you need to do is turn on "Secure" ripping in iTunes. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View

Re: [slim] Apple lossless or FLAC?

Hello, Slimserver transcodes ALAC to a supported format (WAV in my case) as it sends the data to the Squeezebox. The Pentium III that runs my Slimserver has no problem with that kind of workload, so your Mac Mini should not have either. I have chosen Apple Lossless because it is fully supported

Re: [slim] Apple lossless or FLAC?

telecaster wrote: > I have just got a Transporter and I am impressed!! > I have for a long time been ripping my CDs in iTunes using lossless, > is this ok or should I move to FLAC? > I'd move to FLAC to save unnecessary transcoding, but then again I'd probably just write a script to do the co

[slim] Apple lossless or FLAC?

I have just got a Transporter and I am impressed!! I have for a long time been ripping my CDs in iTunes using lossless, is this ok or should I move to FLAC? iTunes ripping is so much easier than using Toast9 and FLAC, so I would love to stay with iTunes, but is the quality good enough? I have a

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless not playing in 7.2 (may be duplicate issue)

I had problems with apple lossless with SC7.2. My problem was solved after I unchecked the 'use Itunes' option in SCentre and just put in the file path to my music. Rescanned, and now now problems. -- Merlin Merlin's Pro

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless not playing in 7.2 (may be duplicate issue)

I have most of my albums encoded in Apple Lossless. I have XP SP3 fully updated. My Duet worked just fine until I was forced into a 7.2 upgrade this afternoon. It immediately stopped working correctly with the upgrade. Now it randomly cuts on and off with streaming media and Apple Lossless soun

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless not playing in 7.2 (may be duplicate issue)

Thank you bpa and Jean-Charles. Unfortunately I am tech-challenged therefore I will wait for a fix instead of tinkering with codes. Trying to downgrade to 7.01 again. -- edkeller edkeller's Profile: http://forums.slimdevi

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless not playing in 7.2 (may be duplicate issue)

edkeller, The thread below proposes a temporary fix to your problem: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52048 Regards, Jean-Charles -- andlauer andlauer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?u

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless not playing in 7.2 (may be duplicate issue)

edkeller, I think you should add your problem to bug 9420 as it is a general Linux issue and not an Ubuntu one http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9420 -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.p

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless not playing in 7.2 (may be duplicate issue)

Running 7.2 on ReadyNAS and Apple Lossless won't play any more. I am very very frustrated. -- edkeller edkeller's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19771 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless not playing in 7.2 (may be duplicate issue)

its not Squeencentre - it seems only the Duet wont play back the tracks! What on earth is going on? Anyone familiar with this? graham -- gandt gandt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=586 View th

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless not playing in 7.2 (may be duplicate issue)

Ok I understand - maybe I just didnt happen to ever play one of the old AAC files and its never worked! I guess the probolem now is to find a version of Quicktime that will happily install in Windows Home Server (not the latest ones) does anybody know? graham -- gandt -

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless not playing in 7.2 (may be duplicate issue)

gandt;334892 Wrote: > Just ungraded to 7.2 to discover my (now somewhat elderly) apple > lossless (not drm just encoded to apple lossless using itunes - usually > with suffix m4a) dont play - just a click then nothing. I am using > Windows Home Server if that might make a differance to the stock

[slim] Apple Lossless not playing in 7.2 (may be duplicate issue)

Just ungraded to 7.2 to discover my (now somewhat elderly) apple lossless (not drm just encoded to apple lossless using itunes - usually with suffix m4a) dont play - just a click then nothing. I am using Windows Home Server if that might make a differance to the stock windows installation but its

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

Eric Seaberg;290801 Wrote: > You know, I'm not done yet. > > Now, about that pill you're taking I'd share but I really need them all. ;~( -- Nonreality *-If the rule you followed brought you to this, what good is the rule.-*

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

Nonreality;289449 Wrote: > Sell it's customers drm encoded music at a semi low bit rate for years > and put in it's own quality encoder paired with a lousy mp3 encoder. You know, I'm not done yet. Apple did this because people were ripping off the music industry every way possible, i.e. Naps

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

sgard9;289524 Wrote: > I think she gets it! > > -- Scott -- > Whoever said women were the smarter sex was WAY RIGHT!!! -- Eric Seaberg Eric Seaberg - San Diego - [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Mac MINI server w/ 500GB external - Multiple SB3s and Trans

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

So if I understand you right, everything Apple does or doesn't do is alright because of people's ignorance? I guess I can see your point although I don't think it's the right argument. -- Nonreality *-If the rule you followed brought you to this, what good is the rule.-* -

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

I don't use my iPod much as I find I don't like to go around with things stuck in my ears. However, my wife uses hers a lot and seem to like it quite well. I never hear her complain about iTunes and she seems to do quite well managing her media. I'll let her know about the bloated player-o

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

Kuro;289083 Wrote: > Basically, I'm running the slimserver on a NAS (Synology DiskStation > DS-207+). I'm trying to build a turnkey system for some of the people > I know. None of us here wants to have a PC turned on 7x24, hence the > idea of a NAS as mediaserver. > > I've been watching the sl

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

How about an Eee Desktop? http://www.ubergizmo.com/15/archives/2008/03/asus_eee_desktop_coming.html Not exactly a power house, but still a damned sight more powerful than a NAS box. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http:/

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

Hi Eric, The thought of buying a Mac Mini did cross my mind before I went for a NAS solution. The problems with Mac Mini are that: 1. it is too expensive for this application (overkilled), 2. Rumors say either Apple will drop the Mini or they'll bring out newer models using 3.5" internal HD. If

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

Kuro;289083 Wrote: > Seriously, Apple only needs to build an interface in iPod Touch to > wirelessly control iTune on the PC for wireless music distribution via > Airport express and slimdevices will be doomed. Ahh yes, the SD killer. Was Audiotron, then Roku, then Sonos, then Media Center, now

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

My server is a Mac MINI with external 500GB drive... that's what I bought it for and it does nothing else. It's been on 24/7 for 18+ months. No monitor, no kbd... just power and an ethernet cable. All my files are ALAC and transcoded to FLAC without issue. It boots up, it works. It seems li

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

Basically, I'm running the slimserver on a NAS (Synology DiskStation DS-207+). I'm trying to build a turnkey system for some of the people I know. None of us here wants to have a PC turned on 7x24, hence the idea of a NAS as mediaserver. I've been watching the slimdevices for many years now, an

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

Kuro;288891 Wrote: > I do not see any option in changing from ALAC to WAV. All I see on the > streaming column is to disable flac, disable mp3 or disable wav. I > disabled the 1st two, and left the last one in, but I still experience > pauses during the initial stream. > That's the correct ap

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

JimC wrote: Kuro;288891 Wrote: I do not see any option in changing from ALAC to WAV. All I see on the streaming column is to disable flac, disable mp3 or disable wav. I disabled the 1st two, and left the last one in, but I still experience pauses during the initial stream. As I under

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

Kuro;288891 Wrote: > I do not see any option in changing from ALAC to WAV. All I see on the > streaming column is to disable flac, disable mp3 or disable wav. I > disabled the 1st two, and left the last one in, but I still experience > pauses during the initial stream. As I understand it, that

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

Kuro;288891 Wrote: > > > At the present moment, my option is to convert all the ALAC files to > FLAC via dbPoweramp :( > Why's that a problem? Thats what i would do, FLAC's a better format in some ways anyway and you wont lose any sound quality as both are lossless. I would set up Foobar2000

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

Thanks to all the replies. I do not see any option in changing from ALAC to WAV. All I see on the streaming column is to disable flac, disable mp3 or disable wav. I disabled the 1st two, and left the last one in, but I still experience pauses during the initial stream. At the present moment, m

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

Kuro;288833 Wrote: > Why are you guy doing transcoding from ALAC to FLAC? It seems more > logical to me the software should simply just decode ALAC to WAV and be > done with it. Transcode is going to demand lots of CPU cycles, which > explains the playback issue I'm having. We transcode to FLA

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

Kuro;288833 Wrote: > Why are you guy doing transcoding from ALAC to FLAC? It seems more > logical to me the software should simply just decode ALAC to WAV and be > done with it. Transcode is going to demand lots of CPU cycles, which > explains the playback issue I'm having. Then just change you

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

That explains the performance issue I'm having: I use the Synology DS207+ NAS with SSODS to run SC7. When I play an album full of ALAC files, the first track always skips and pauses in the first 30 secs. After that, the track seems to play normally. Subsequent tracks seem to play fine. After

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

ALAC is transcoded to FLAC on the server first, we don't have ALAC decoding in the firmware. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/sh

[slim] Apple Lossless - who is doing the decode? Squeezebox or SC7?

I've got the Duet. My collection is in Apple Lossless (ALAC). Is the Squeezebox receiver doing the music file decode or SC 7 is doing the decode? I'm getting some performance issue and I'd like to pin point the problem... -- Kuro --

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless (.m4a) files don't play?

Perhaps you don't have latest socketwrapper, see this thread http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36144 Also make sure that your scanned db refs & file system files match -- y360 y360's Profile: http://forums.sl

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless (.m4a) files don't play?

After some searching, I tried turning on debug mode 'd-source' and I finally got some results in the log file. Here's what I get when playing a .m4a non-DRM file from iTunes Plus (audio plays normally via Squeezebox): 2007-06-16 15:43:17.8141 openSong on: file:///Volumes/media/Music/The%20Specia

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless (.m4a) files don't play?

OK, an update: I was wong before; iTunes Plus non-DRM files play correctly. These are 128k files updated via the iTunes Plus update offer to 256k, plucked right out of the iTunes Library directory and copied to the directory (on the NAS) where all audio files for SqueezeBox are stored. I don't dis

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless (.m4a) files don't play?

This is probably related to the issue I was having: [Bug 4019] SB2 plays wrong track ,says it's playing correct track. The issue there is that the file length is too long and is unsupported by SlimServer (only for m4a files though). Try to copy your files to c:\temp, add them to your library a

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless (.m4a) files don't play?

The mov123 app used to decode aac/m4a file is linked into the Quicktime libraries and has nothing to do with "use iTunes" checkbox. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thre

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless (.m4a) files don't play?

If you haven't indicated "use iTunes" then does SS know enough to use quicktime to transcode the m4a files? ~A -- alZmtbr alZmtbr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8773 View this thread: http://fo

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless (.m4a) files don't play?

Maybe try turning on the debugging flag '–d_formats', open up the log file, and then line up a few files to play. The output in the logfile may give you a better idea what is happening, or you can post it here. Have you ever got these files to play before via SB? I don't know Audio Hijack Pro

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless (.m4a) files don't play?

SqueezeBox is set up and working nomally. All the FLACs play as expected. The only difference is if I cue one of these .m4a files, nothing happens. It *looks* like it wants to play, and under v6.5.2 acts as if it is playing (but no progress on the progress bar or time change). Just checked, and t

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless (.m4a) files don't play?

Ya got your volume turned up? How are you connected to your stereo? Analog RCA's or thru an external DAC? A mystery to solve -- good luck! ~A -- alZmtbr alZmtbr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?useri

[slim] Apple Lossless (.m4a) files don't play?

OK, strange behavior from SServer regarding Apple Lossless file playback. Here's what I see: Under GA release v6.5.2, a file chosen to play from the SqueezeBox UI will cue up and appear to be ready to play, but no audio emerges and the countdown timer doesn't increment. If I leave it, it seems to

Re: [slim] apple lossless and stopping intermittently

Yes I thought that it was something like that too, running qt 7.1.6. I'm going to try running it with the buffer displayed and see if I see anything. The music is on an external fw drive. The strange thing was when I looked at the perl process the other day whilst the music was playing, it was at

Re: [slim] apple lossless and stopping intermittently

It sounds like it's re-buffering. What version of QuickTime do you have? SS uses QuickTime as part of the transcoding process. -- Eric Seaberg Eric Seaberg - San Diego [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eric Seaberg's Profile: http://fo

[slim] apple lossless and stopping intermittently

Just recently started to use Apple lossless and I have noticed the music would stop for around 2 seconds then start again from the place it left off. It only happens on Apple lossless, mp3 tracks are fine. The log shows nothing. Has anyone else noticed this? imac g4, 10.4.9, ss 6.5.2, sb1 wired.

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - stream format for best sound?

Thanks very much for your help. Richard -- Richard62 Richard62's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4995 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32844 __

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless - stream format for best sound?

On 17-Feb-07, at 11:01 AM, Richard62 wrote: > > Most of my iTunes (Mac) files are Apple Lossless. > > Which file format box should be ticked (Slim Server FILE FORMAT > CONVERSION SETUP) for the best sound quality on my Squeezebox 3? > > FLACalac/flac > MP3 alac/lame > WAValac > leave

[slim] Apple Lossless - stream format for best sound?

Most of my iTunes (Mac) files are Apple Lossless. Which file format box should be ticked (Slim Server FILE FORMAT CONVERSION SETUP) for the best sound quality on my Squeezebox 3? FLACalac/flac MP3 alac/lame WAValac Thanks for your help. Richard -- Richard62 ---

[slim] Apple Lossless Files Delay on Playback

Hi everyone, I've just purchased a SB3 and I'm very happy with it indeed. However there is one niggle that I can't seem to fix despite scouring the threads here for a solution. When running Apple Lossless files wirelessly into the SB3 the first fraction of a second is lost before the DAC kick's

[slim] Apple lossless on ubuntu linux server

Hello, I have a sb2 and sb3. My server is ubuntu linux 5.1. I'm trying to get apple lossless files to play. I followed the directions in the FAQ (I think), but it won't play the files. I installed faad and flac on my box. I changed convert.conf like this: Code: #

[slim] Apple Lossless files best streaming method

If resources are not a problem is the best method of streaming Apple Lossless files to do it via Mplayer/Flac ? Is the end result as lossless as it gets ? Thanks for your help. Regards, Eliw -- eliw eliw's Profile: http

Re: [slim] Apple lossless on SB 2: is there any advantage with the native FLAC?

I also believe that native formats like FLAC on the SB2 allow for fast forwarding and rewinding while non native formats that need trans coding do not. That is a HUGE advantage to me. On 7/2/05, kdf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Jim McCall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Is there any advantage

Re: [slim] Apple lossless on SB 2: is there any advantage with the native FLAC?

Quoting Jim McCall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Is there any advantage with Apple Lossless files using a SB2 vs. SB1? > well, if you can handle uncompressed over your wireless setup, or have it wired, then SB1 will be less intense as far as CPU since it only uncompresses without having to compress back

[slim] Apple lossless on SB 2: is there any advantage with the native FLAC?

Is there any advantage with Apple Lossless files using a SB2 vs. SB1? I know it natively decodes flac. If there is not advantage, what is the advantage when using FLAC as a source? Is it that you only have to stream the compressed file? So maybe you save 40 to 60% of file network traffic? Thanks

[slim] apple lossless

I have os x 10.3 slimserver 6.1 sb1 I can get AAC to play, but lossless doesnt work at all. Slimserver recognizes the track, tries to play it, then skips over the track. Any suggestions? sb -- Scott ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevic

Re: [slim] Apple Lossless

Frank Xavier Ledo wrote: First, It seems that all songs start out with a pop. I am guessing that the command line options I set in convert.conf were incorrect and are resulting in a linefeed or space at the start of the song. What I used is: mov wav squeezebox * [alac] $FILE$ As a test

[slim] Apple Lossless - User Genre Tags - 5.4

I'm sure this has come up before - but in a search the only thing I could find related to an itunes related problem. I'm re-ripping using Apple Lossless. Slimserver 5.4 picks up everything fine, except the Genre Tags where I have typed my own Genre. EG I use a genre of 'Jazz Vocal' or 'Indie'. T

[slim] Apple Lossless

I recently purchased a used SB1 from a coworker upgraded to an SB2. Since purchasing it I have tried and failed to get SlimServer running on Linux to play Apple Lossless files. I tried FAAD (various versions as suggested by many sources) and got nowhere fast (could not find stream in ... blah

Re: [slim] Apple lossless vs Flac

Chris Glushko wrote: But, what if you have a very large music collection and use an iPod where you interchange tracks often? This would mean that for every new track you want on your ipod, you'll have to go to your flac library, decompress the file, import it into iTunes, tag it in iTunes, compres

Re: [slim] Apple lossless vs Flac

> aac is allegedly better but I don't think the iPod > has the sound > quality to really tell the difference between aac > and mp3 at the same > bitrate. I could of course be wrong. Sound quality on the iPod isn't an issue. I agree the difference between AAC and MP3 on the ipod is most likely n

Re: [slim] Apple lossless vs Flac

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:06:14 -0800 (PST), Chris Glushko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't use Apple Lossless for the iPod. I keep all > the files in Appple Lossless on iTunes. When I want > to put something on the iPod, I just convert the files > to AAC in iTunes, transfer them and then de

Re: [slim] Apple lossless vs Flac

> iTunes. A bit of script can drive command-line > tools to convert FLAC to And for those who don't know any code? > > Also, isn't it a bit wasteful to use Apple Lossless > encoding for iPod > playback? Doesn't it result in decreased music > storage ability, longer > transfer times onto th

Re: [slim] Apple lossless vs Flac

Chris Glushko wrote: But, what if you have a very large music collection and use an iPod where you interchange tracks often? This would mean that for every new track you want on your ipod, you'll have to go to your flac library, decompress the file, import it into iTunes, tag it in iTunes, compres

Re: [slim] Apple lossless vs Flac

>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/30/05 4:37 PM >>> > But, what if you have a very large music > collection and use an iPod where you interchange > tracks often? This would mean that for every > new track you want on your ipod, you'll have to > go to your flac library, decompress the file, import > it

Re: [slim] Apple lossless vs Flac

> What happens when Apple Computer loses any court > battle with Apple Records and is forced to either > get out > of the music business or give its music technology > to > Apple Records? > > I love Apple, but I hate their music distribution > ideas > and anything having to do with proprietary

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