Feature request- rescan individual libraries?

[simoncn]

(10-01-2016 17:11)tboooe Wrote:  Just for clarity here is my hardware and network setup

NAS>>Wireless router-----Wireless bridge>>PC#1 (Audiophile Optimizer, Jplay, Fidelizer) >>PC#2 (Audiophile Optimizer, Jplay, Fidelizer)

>> = wired cat 6 cable
--- = wireless AC

All of my music is on the NAS. I've been testing running Minimsever from either the NAS or PC#1.

Thanks for clarifying this.

Quote:Minimserver on NAS = music has more detail and more dynamics but sound is thin and a bit bright.

Minimserver on PC#1 = music is full bodied and warm

Perhaps the difference in sound has to do with the transcoding I am doing to Wav24? I am using different versions of ffmpeg on the NAS and PC#1. On the NAS I cannot use libsoxr since that version is not supported by ARM processors.

This is quite likely. It you are doing transcoding resampling without libsoxr, sound quality will be adversely affected.

The resampling transcoding setting in MinimStreamer is intended only to enable you to play files that would otherwsie not be playable. For example, you might have a renderer that is limited to 24/96 and you might have some 24/192 files. Any other use of resampling is very unlikely to improve sound quality and is more likely to reduce it.

What settings do you have for the stream.transcode property on the NAS and PC#1? What format (e.g., FLAC, ALAC, DSF) are the music files that you used for the comparison and what is the original resolution of these music files (e.g. 24/96 or 16/44.1)?