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Networks and Remotes => Media Network => Topic started by: stanzani on March 30, 2016, 03:42:35 am

Title: Streaming compressed music when source is not
Post by: stanzani on March 30, 2016, 03:42:35 am

Statement of the problem
- my media server is playing a library consisting of uncompressed files, some of them (hi-rex either PCM or DSD) very large
- my ADSL connection is only one Mbps upstream (which is marginal with 16@44.1 FLAC but not enogh for higher bit rates)
- I connect from office, remotely
- I experience latency and buffering issue remotely
Question
- can I tell the server to pre-encode music to compressed formats (I like m4a)? before streaming and play them remotely as compressed music?

Thanks much

Title: Re: Streaming compressed music when source is not
Post by: AndrewFG on March 30, 2016, 05:35:13 am

Tools > Options > Media Network > Client Options > Audio Conversion > Always Convert > MP3

or

Tools > Options > Media Network > Add / Configure DLNA Servers > Audio > Specified Output Format > MP3

Title: Re: Streaming compressed music when source is not
Post by: stanzani on March 30, 2016, 07:59:46 am

Thanks much
I'll try the option 'convert to PCM if necessary' since I have enough bandwidth for PCM
Curious to check / understand what 'if necessary' menas for JRIver (i.e. how does it speculate on the used bandwidth)

Title: Re: Streaming compressed music when source is not
Post by: AndrewFG on March 30, 2016, 09:27:54 am

Quote from: stanzani on March 30, 2016, 07:59:46 am

Curious to check / understand what 'if necessary' menas for JRIver (i.e. how does it speculate on the used bandwidth)

I think it means "if the file is already MP3, do not convert it to MP3 (again), and maybe do not convert it to PCM either"... (but I am very likely to be wrong on this..)