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zooropa320
2006-03-23, 17:13
I only play flac and mp3 files so I have deselected all others.

There are 3 flac settings:
FLAC - FLAC - (built-in)
FLAC - MP3 - flac/lame
FLAC - WAV - flac

1 for mp3:
MP3 - MP3 - (built-in)

and 3 for wav:
WAV - FLAC - flac
WAV - MP3 - lame
WAV - WAV - (built-in)

I'm on a wired network so what should I select for the best performance/sound quality/gapless playback?

Thanks

JJZolx
2006-03-23, 19:34
I only play flac and mp3 files so I have deselected all others.

There are 3 flac settings:
FLAC - FLAC - (built-in)
FLAC - MP3 - flac/lame
FLAC - WAV - flac

1 for mp3:
MP3 - MP3 - (built-in)

and 3 for wav:
WAV - FLAC - flac
WAV - MP3 - lame
WAV - WAV - (built-in)

I'm on a wired network so what should I select for the best performance/sound quality/gapless playback?

Thanks
For Flac, you can just leave it as-is. Then make sure that you don't have bitrate limiting set in your player settings.

The server will then stream Flac as Flac to Squeezebox 2s and Squeezebox 3s, while transcoding to WAV for older Squeezeboxes.

zooropa320
2006-03-23, 19:46
So leave all flac. mp3 and wav options selected? I have bitrate limiting turned off and I'm using a SB3. Thx

Pale Blue Ego
2006-03-23, 20:26
Just select the built-in options and you'll be golden. The SB decodes both FLAC and MP3, no need to transcode.