Another thread piqued my interest in Moode Audio for the Raspberry Pi. Since I had a spare micro SD card I thought I would try it out. Now I have a problem. I have a sneaking suspicion that MPD in Moode sounds better than Squeezelite. I have no idea how this could be true and I don't want it to be true. Has anyone else compared them? I hoped @Archimago might have tested both but it appears not.
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Thread: Moode vs Squeezelite
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2021-08-08, 15:58 #1Senior Member
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Moode vs Squeezelite
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I will agree that there is a difference
Originally Posted by slartibartfast
I have dallied with MoOde over a number of years and just this weekend I have started to set up a playback system as an internet radio.
It's a faff to upgrade the urls for Radio France and the metadata is pants (I think this is a MPD thing)
Radio Paradise sounds really nice
ronnie
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It might sound “better” in a sense that better can mean a lot of different things to different people Originally Posted by slartibartfast
. A bit of signal processing and some equalization or even non linear transformation…
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The whole interface is pants Originally Posted by Man in a van
I will agree that there is a difference
I have dallied with MoOde over a number of years and just this weekend I have started to set up a playback system as an internet radio.
It's a faff to upgrade the urls for Radio France and the metadata is pants (I think this is a MPD thing)
Radio Paradise sounds really nice
ronnie
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That is what I can't be sure of. As far as I can tell all processing is turned off but how can I be sure. That is where Archimago comes in Originally Posted by philippe_44
It might sound “better” in a sense that better can mean a lot of different things to different people. A bit of signal processing and some equalization or even non linear transformation…
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MoOde
Audio information
Input / Output
Source http://icecast.radiofrance.fr/fip-hifi.aac
Encoded at VBR compression
Decoded to 16 bit, 48 kHz, Stereo, 181 kbps
Output rate 16 bit, 48 kHz, Stereo, 1.536 Mbps
Output mode ALSA Direct (hw)
Output chain MPD -> hw -> Device
DSP operations
Resample rate Off
Selective rate Off
Resample quality Off
CamillaDSP Off
Volume mixer Software (MPD)
Audio Device
Device Pi Headphone jack
Mixer name Headphone
Chip Broadcom SoC
Interface SOC
Formats U8, S16_LE
Platform Pi-3B+ 1.3 1GB
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Squeezelite
File Format: AAC
Bitrate: 192kbps CBR
Sample Rate: 48.0 kHz
URL: http://icecast.radiofrance.fr/fip-hifi.aac
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I have the same settings. Did you switch between MPD and Squeezelite in Moode? There must be a measurable reason for the sound difference. Originally Posted by Man in a van
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No, it was just a quick attempt to find some info Originally Posted by slartibartfast
The squeezelite was LMS output to a SBRadio
It was too late at night.
I might try later in the day if I feel like it
ronnie
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Connect MoOde via the upnp/DLNA bridge and all the interface and metadata issues disappear Originally Posted by Man in a van
I will agree that there is a difference
I have dallied with MoOde over a number of years and just this weekend I have started to set up a playback system as an internet radio.
It's a faff to upgrade the urls for Radio France and the metadata is pants (I think this is a MPD thing)
Radio Paradise sounds really nice
ronnie
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Is that diplomatic code for "distortion"? Originally Posted by philippe_44
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