Yeah WMA lossless requires much more CPU power than FLAC to decode. I highly recommend converting everything to FLAC, which a far superior format.
On Jan 29, 2011, at 8:15 AM, JIJ3 <jij3.4obv8o1296306...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com> wrote: > > Mnyb;606401 Wrote: >> I tried server transcoding to my Touch it's still 96k according to my >> DAC . >> But I only experimented with flac and wav. >> >> Flac sent w/o transcoding is 96 resp 88.2 without problems . >> >> it can be a bug in wma lossles to flac or wav that wrongly re-samples >> to 44.1. >> >> On the other hand lossles is lossles so why not make flac of the wmal >> files and Touch handles flac natively . >> >> If you don't want to take the plunge to 7.6 ? >> >> Further FLAC seems to the most well tested file format you can use on a >> squeezebox, it very seldom fails , possibly only with to high >> compression rate use -5 on hirez files , otherwise they may not play on >> a transporter > > I agree. FLAC and WAV play fine at 88.2 and 96. It appears the WMA > lossless decoder doesn't work well at high sample rates. I have already > converted my single WMA lossless album to FLAC, and guess this will be > necessary until 7.6. > > Jack > > > -- > JIJ3 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > JIJ3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36534 > View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85169 > > _______________________________________________ > Touch mailing list > Touch@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
