transcoding only for selected devices

[simoncn]

(09-12-2014 10:40)freshman Wrote:  

Hello,

I would like to ask, wether it is possible to setup transcoding from FLAC to, for example, MP3, or WAV only for selected devices...
The reason is called PS3 . This damned device is quite good, but has very limited number of audio and video formats supported. Additionally to that I have two Linn DSes, and - since then - would prefer FLAC as a basic format. I could, of course, store my music in WAV, which is understood well by these two kind of devices, but ... I have at the moment over 22 000 music tracks, and converting them to WAV (apart from HD space consumption) would be a big pain ...

Regards, Freshman

There are two options for solving this problem.

The simplest and probably best solution is to enable flac:wav or flac:wav24 transcoding for both your Linn DSs and your PS3. If you haven't tried this with a Linn DS, you might be pleasantly surprised at what you are hearing (especially with wav24).

The other option is to specify multiple transcode targets (for example, flac:wav/L16 or flac:-/wav/L16). This presents a choice of streams to the control point and enables the control point to select a stream based on the renderer capabilities.

Edit: removed incorrect reference to mp3 as a transcoding output type for FLAC files.