The device setup page is very confusing. It seems to say that the server streams mp3 to my transporter. How do I get my 24-bit downloads to play in 24-bits on the Transporter?
Results 1 to 10 of 12
-
2015-01-06, 16:44 #1Senior Member
- Join Date
- Aug 2005
- Posts
- 622
What actually goes to my Transporter?
-
2015-01-06, 17:00 #2Senior Member
- Join Date
- Dec 2014
- Posts
- 122
What format are your files stored in? What are your settings for file formats?
PiCorePlayer 6.1 on Allo Digi One Signaturewith (Lounge)
PiCorePlayer 6.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry Dig+ (Office)
PiCorePlayer 6.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry DAC+(Kitchen)
Radio (Bedroom)
PiCorePlayer 6.1 with pi official touchscreen and USB DAC (Bedroom)
Squeezelite=x (Garage)
PiCorePlayer 6.1 with hifiberry AMP+(Patio 2)
PiCorePlayer 6.1 with hifiberry AMP+(Patio 2)
LMS 8 on DIY Unraid 6 Server (i5)
Squeeze user since the SB1
-
2015-01-06, 17:04 #3Senior Member
- Join Date
- Aug 2005
- Posts
- 622
File formats
For the past 3 years, they have all been lossless-- FLAC or M4a. And I get hi-bitrate downloads from eclassical.com in FLAC.
But before that, I did 320kbps mp3 and am in the process of reripping half of my 72000+ track library to m4a. P{ainful!
-
2015-01-06, 21:38 #4Senior Member
- Join Date
- May 2008
- Location
- United States, Florida
- Posts
- 12,217
Just play the files in lms and they will be delivered to the transporter exactly as they are. You don't have to do anything special. Flac files will be delivered as flac. Transporter will play hires files up to 24/96.
All this assumes you haven't turned on bitrate limiting in your lms settings - player.- audio.Home: Pi4B-8GB/pCP7.x/4TB>LMS 8.1.x>Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet)
Cottage: rPi4B-4GB/pCP7.x/4TB>LMS 8.1.x>Touch>Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (Radio WIFI)
Office: Win10(64)>foobar2000
The Wild: rPi3B+/pCP4.0/4TB>hifiberry Dac+Pro (LMS & Squeezelite)
Controllers: iPhone11 & iPadAir3 (iPeng), CONTROLLER, Material Skin, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win10(64)
Files: Ripping: dbpoweramp > FLAC; Post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes, TuneFusion; Streaming: Spotify
-
2015-01-06, 21:40 #5Senior Member
- Join Date
- May 2008
- Location
- United States, Florida
- Posts
- 12,217
And why rip to m4a? That's lossy. Why not rip to FLAC or Apple lossless?
Originally Posted by jarome
Home: Pi4B-8GB/pCP7.x/4TB>LMS 8.1.x>Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet)
Cottage: rPi4B-4GB/pCP7.x/4TB>LMS 8.1.x>Touch>Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (Radio WIFI)
Office: Win10(64)>foobar2000
The Wild: rPi3B+/pCP4.0/4TB>hifiberry Dac+Pro (LMS & Squeezelite)
Controllers: iPhone11 & iPadAir3 (iPeng), CONTROLLER, Material Skin, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win10(64)
Files: Ripping: dbpoweramp > FLAC; Post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes, TuneFusion; Streaming: Spotify
-
2015-01-07, 01:46 #6Senior Member
- Join Date
- Dec 2010
- Posts
- 950
Not necessarily, according to Wikipedia: "Apple Lossless data is stored within an MP4 container with the filename extension .m4a. This extension is also used by Apple for lossy AAC audio data in an MP4 container (same container, different audio encoding)." Originally Posted by garym
I suppose m4a is a filename extension rather than a file format?
RobertHome: Raspberry Pi 4/pCP7.0/LMS8.0.1/Material with files on QNAP TS-251A
Touch > DacMagic 100 > Naim Audio Nait 3 > Mission 752 (plus Rega Planar 3 > Rega Fono Mini; Naim CD3)
2 x Squeezebox Radios, 1 X Squeezebox 3 (retired), spare Pi2/piCorePlayer
Office: LMS8.0.0 running on Raspberry Pi3; Raspberry Pi 3 player with touchscreen/piCorePlayer/IQaudIO DAC and Amp
Portable: Raspberry Pi 3B/pCP6.1.0/LMS8.0.0/Material, files on Seagate portable drive, powered via power brick
-
2015-01-07, 06:24 #7Senior Member
- Join Date
- May 2008
- Location
- United States, Florida
- Posts
- 12,217
Aha. Got it. Originally Posted by Grumpy Bob
Home: Pi4B-8GB/pCP7.x/4TB>LMS 8.1.x>Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet)
Cottage: rPi4B-4GB/pCP7.x/4TB>LMS 8.1.x>Touch>Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (Radio WIFI)
Office: Win10(64)>foobar2000
The Wild: rPi3B+/pCP4.0/4TB>hifiberry Dac+Pro (LMS & Squeezelite)
Controllers: iPhone11 & iPadAir3 (iPeng), CONTROLLER, Material Skin, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win10(64)
Files: Ripping: dbpoweramp > FLAC; Post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes, TuneFusion; Streaming: Spotify
-
2015-01-07, 06:51 #8Senior Member
- Join Date
- Dec 2010
- Posts
- 950
I only knew this because I ripped a CD into Apple Lossless via iTunes, and was surprised to see m4a files! Originally Posted by garym
RobertHome: Raspberry Pi 4/pCP7.0/LMS8.0.1/Material with files on QNAP TS-251A
Touch > DacMagic 100 > Naim Audio Nait 3 > Mission 752 (plus Rega Planar 3 > Rega Fono Mini; Naim CD3)
2 x Squeezebox Radios, 1 X Squeezebox 3 (retired), spare Pi2/piCorePlayer
Office: LMS8.0.0 running on Raspberry Pi3; Raspberry Pi 3 player with touchscreen/piCorePlayer/IQaudIO DAC and Amp
Portable: Raspberry Pi 3B/pCP6.1.0/LMS8.0.0/Material, files on Seagate portable drive, powered via power brick
-
2015-01-07, 07:46 #9Senior Member
- Join Date
- Aug 2005
- Posts
- 622
My m4a is lossless
But, how can I tell whether the lossless files are indeed sent to the Transporter?
The device/sound page only allows you to select the goodness, which I suppose applies to mp3s.
I wish iTunes let me rip to FLAC, but it does not.
-
2015-01-07, 07:50 #10Senior Member
- Join Date
- Dec 2014
- Posts
- 122
the advanced tab formats settings page in LMS what settings do you have for FLAC?
PiCorePlayer 6.1 on Allo Digi One Signaturewith (Lounge)
PiCorePlayer 6.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry Dig+ (Office)
PiCorePlayer 6.1 with pi official touchscreen and hifiberry DAC+(Kitchen)
Radio (Bedroom)
PiCorePlayer 6.1 with pi official touchscreen and USB DAC (Bedroom)
Squeezelite=x (Garage)
PiCorePlayer 6.1 with hifiberry AMP+(Patio 2)
PiCorePlayer 6.1 with hifiberry AMP+(Patio 2)
LMS 8 on DIY Unraid 6 Server (i5)
Squeeze user since the SB1
Reply With Quote
