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Title: Transcoding flac
Post by: dennis_k85 on March 28, 2011, 09:43:00 am

How do I get J river to transcode flac to wav?

Title: Re: Transcoding flac
Post by: JimH on March 28, 2011, 10:00:24 am

There's no advantage to doing that and there are some disadvantages.

Right click on the file(s) and choose Library Tools/Convert format.

Title: Re: Transcoding flac
Post by: dennis_k85 on March 28, 2011, 10:33:12 am

Does J river allow transcoding on the fly?

Title: Re: Transcoding flac
Post by: JimH on March 28, 2011, 10:41:42 am

Yes.

Title: Re: Transcoding flac
Post by: dennis_k85 on March 28, 2011, 11:15:48 am

How do I set it up to transcode flac to wav on the fly?  Right now it transcodes flac to MP3, and I want it to transcode to wav. How do i set it up?

Title: Re: Transcoding flac
Post by: craigmcg on March 28, 2011, 03:37:49 pm

While I don't see why someone would want to transcode from FLAC to WAV, I believe that this can be done under Options- Media Network- Client Options- Audio conversions- Conversion (always) or Encode- Uncompressed stream.

Title: Re: Transcoding flac
Post by: Alex B on March 28, 2011, 04:13:18 pm

Dennis,

What do you mean by "on the fly"?  Library Server, DLNA, Handheld, or CD-burning?

Title: Re: Transcoding flac
Post by: dennis_k85 on March 28, 2011, 04:37:10 pm

DLNA I have a renderer that will not play flac.


craigmcg: I tried that, and it is still converting to mp3's.

Title: Re: Transcoding flac
Post by: Supersnake on March 28, 2011, 04:47:46 pm

Would you consider having MC convert your FLAC files to WavPack?

EDIT 3:37 PM: Disregard my suggestion because...

Quote from: Alex B on March 28, 2011, 05:18:50 pm

Supersnake, I guess you didn't notice this:

If a DLNA device does not play FLAC it will propably not play WavPack.

Title: Re: Transcoding flac
Post by: Alex B on March 28, 2011, 05:18:50 pm

Supersnake, I guess you didn't notice this:

Quote from: dennis_k85 on March 28, 2011, 04:37:10 pm

DLNA I have a renderer that will not play flac.

If a DLNA device does not play FLAC it will propably not play WavPack.


Dennis,

Perhaps you did not set the actual DLNA conversion options:
Media Network > Options > Add or configure DLNA servers... > Audio >
- Conversion: Always convert
- Encoder: Uncompressed stream (or Uncompressed stream - L16 - No header).

See the attached screenshot.


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Title: Re: Transcoding flac
Post by: dennis_k85 on March 29, 2011, 06:41:54 am

Thanks I changed it in the wrong place. Works great!!!