MinimStreamer configs and license

[simoncn]

(07-04-2017 23:20)nimitz Wrote:  Hi Simon,

First of all many thanks and congratulations for your effort and developing such a good piece of software.

Thanks, and welcome to the MinimServer forum!

Quote:I started recently (this week) using the MinimServer and MinimStreamer. I’m evaluating it, and so far I’m very happy with it.

I have a QNAP TS-420 (with Marvel ARM CPU) streaming to a netbook (connected to and USB DAC accepting up to 24/192) with Foobar and UPnP component and BubbleUPnP as an Android control point. Everything works as supposed.
I just want to confirm with you that I have the best settings.

Minimserver-0.8-update-99
*minimserver-0.8.4.5
Minimstreamer-0.6.2

Stream.convert: ffmpeg (default)
Stream.transcode: flac:wav, flac(16;44):wav24;176, flac(24;44):wav;176, flac(24;48):wav;192, flac(24;88):wav;176, flac(24;96):wav;192, flac(24;176):wav, flac(24;192):wav

Questions:
- Is the flac:wav option redundant? Should I remove it

I would leave it there.

Quote:- Should I use the ; after each option to use the ffmpeg converter, or leave as is?

Leave as is.

Quote:- Should I use stream.converter: /mnt/ext/opt/medialibrary/bin/ffmpeg with stream.options: convOut=-af aresample=resampler=soxr:precision=28

This is a newer version of ffmpeg, so I would recommend using it. The libsoxr resampler is highly regarded. I don't know what is the best value for the precision setting.

Quote:About minimstreamer license when you say: "You may use this software free of charge until 30 June 2017 for personal and domestic purposes.", what will really happen?

Not decided yet. A new version will be released before this date. This new version might have a free license until a later date or some other license terms might be applied.