Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can Touch play .aiff 24bit files natively and not transcoded to flac?

2012-09-11 Thread Mnyb
bb7668 wrote: > Dear Mnyb, > > Thanks for clarifying the "myth" about AIFF transcoding. For the > avoidance of doubt, please see my understanding below is correct or > not:- > > 1. For 24/96 music files in AIFF format, it is required to be > transcoded by LMS to FLAC (via ffmpeg). Current LM

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can Touch play .aiff 24bit files natively and not transcoded to flac?

2012-09-11 Thread bb7668
Dear Mnyb, Thanks for clarifying the "myth" about AIFF transcoding. For the avoidance of doubt, please see my understanding below is correct or not:- 1. For 24/96 music files in AIFF format, it is required to be transcoded by LMS to FLAC (via ffmpeg). Current LMS does not support native strea

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can Touch play .aiff 24bit files natively and not transcoded to flac?

2012-05-12 Thread audiocore
Mnyb wrote: > Ok one thing that message about 705k is bs it is wrong it is not true ( > old bug ) but it scares audiophiles . > It pops up every 2weeks for the last 8 years or so :) if exact rate can > not be predicted beforehand IMO logitech should change the message to " > transcoded " so the n

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can Touch play .aiff 24bit files natively and not transcoded to flac?

2012-05-12 Thread Mnyb
audiocore wrote: > Yes, I assume I did. Because if I don't my 24/96 aiff files are > transcoder for the touch as well (to flac 705 kbit/s). Ok one thing that message about 705k is bs it is wrong it is not true ( old bug ) but it scares audiophiles . It pops up every 2weeks for the last 8 years o

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can Touch play .aiff 24bit files natively and not transcoded to flac?

2012-05-12 Thread audiocore
Mnyb wrote: > These player can only do 24/48 so LMS should transcode ? Have you > disabled FLAC for aiff completely ? Yes, I assume I did. Because if I don't my 24/96 aiff files are transcoder for the touch as well (to flac 705 kbit/s). -

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can Touch play .aiff 24bit files natively and not transcoded to flac?

2012-05-12 Thread Mnyb
And remember if you synchronise several players, it is the least capable player that sets the rules on what to stream, as all players then share the same stream. Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?user

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can Touch play .aiff 24bit files natively and not transcoded to flac?

2012-05-12 Thread Mnyb
audiocore wrote: > I edited the AIFF.pm file, and now aiff 24/96 is playing on my touch. > but there's still hiss on my sb3s, sb_booms and sb_radios. can I do > anything about this? These player can only do 24/48 so LMS should transcode ? Have you disabled FLAC for aiff completely ? --

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can Touch play .aiff 24bit files natively and not transcoded to flac?

2012-05-12 Thread audiocore
I edited the AIFF.pm file, and now aiff 24/96 is playing on my touch. but there's still hiss on my sb3s, sb_booms and sb_radios. can I do anything about this? audiocore's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?us

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can Touch play .aiff 24bit files natively and not transcoded to flac?

2012-05-12 Thread Mnyb
Fluid wrote: > I would be interested in doing this as I run my LS on a Mac but would > need idiot proof step by step instructions to follow > > Can you provide that and I will try it out? Triodes instruction should read as remove lines with "-" in front of them and the lines with "+" in front

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can Touch play .aiff 24bit files natively and not transcoded to flac?

2012-05-12 Thread Fluid
I would be interested in doing this as I run my LS on a Mac but would need idiot proof step by step instructions to follow Can you provide that and I will try it out? Fluid's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can Touch play .aiff 24bit files natively and not transcoded to flac?

2012-05-12 Thread Triode
Mnyb wrote: > Usually the reason for not using FLAC is iTunes, that group of people > are larger than the lunatic fringe in audio by a very very large number > , so aiff is often used . > (You could of course make 16/44.1 aiffs and they are extremely likely to > sound the same ) > > To attract m

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can Touch play .aiff 24bit files natively and not transcoded to flac?

2012-05-11 Thread Mnyb
TheOctavist wrote: > there is no SQ difference whatsoever transcoding, no quality loss, no > loss of anything. > > > I wouldn't worry about it. Pay the audiophile stuff no mind. Usually the reason for not using FLAC is iTunes, that group of people are larger than the lunatic fringe in audio by

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can Touch play .aiff 24bit files natively and not transcoded to flac?

2012-05-11 Thread TheOctavist
there is no SQ difference whatsoever transcoding, no quality loss, no loss of anything. I wouldn't worry about it. Pay the audiophile stuff no mind. TheOctavist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can Touch play .aiff 24bit files natively and not transcoded to flac?

2012-05-06 Thread Mnyb
A bit of a cross post http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?95067-Playing-24-bit-aif-files-natively-is-it-possible There is an aiff bug http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17163 with exactly one voter, me that don't have any aiff files :) so thye must adress this bug too

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Can Touch play .aiff 24bit files natively and not transcoded to flac?

2012-05-06 Thread Triode
Fluid wrote: > Playing 24 bit aif files natively is it possible > Hi recent convert to Touch and loving it but have a couple of questions > for the experts here please > > My music is stored on a MacBook (intel core 2 ) and running squeezbox > server > > All my music about 14000 files is in .

[SlimDevices: Touch] Can Touch play .aiff 24bit files natively and not transcoded to flac?

2012-05-05 Thread Fluid
Playing 24 bit aif files natively is it possible Hi recent convert to Touch and loving it but have a couple of questions for the experts here please My music is stored on a MacBook (intel core 2 ) and running squeezbox server All my music about 14000 files is in .aiff file format and includes