Minim wishlist

[simoncn]

(23-06-2013 13:50)Alekz Wrote:  Since the thread is called "wish list"... What about ....

Thanks for these suggestions. See responses below.

Quote:o- Variable transcoding buffer?

Many transcoding programs (e.g. sox, JRiver) have this capability that in some cases affects sound quality. The bigger the buffer the less chance the stream becomes "shallow" (also, think of, for example, skips), but the bigger the first delay.

I have experimented with different buffer sizes and I haven't found any benefit from varying the size. Do you have real-world experience of a situation where the current buffer size has caused a problem?

Quote:o- One single connection to support gapless playback for devices that do not support gapless "by default" (e.g. PS Audio PerfectWave DAC)?

If several tracks of the same resolution are chosen, create only one connection and stream all files through it. It should look like "concatenation" and feeding through a pipe. E.g. in a "metalanguage":

cat f1 f2 f3 f4 | decode | stream

This doesn't work with UPnP control points because they send a separate HTTP GET request for each track.

Quote:o- APE (MonkeyAudio) and WV support?

It is unlikely that APE will be supported. What is WV?

Quote:o- CUE support?

I would like to add this, but I haven't investigated how difficult it would be.

Quote:o- Simple Web-GUI?

In this case you will not need a UPnP control point, so you can play/control from virtually any device with a web-browser.

I don't think it's "simple" to provide the equivalent of UPnP control point functionality. I would like to add a simple web GUI for configuration (similar to MinimWatch).