Transcode on NAS?

[simoncn]

(03-11-2013 15:46)Oroperplex Wrote:  One question about flac format and embedded cover jpegs. I am not a engineer. My flac tracks have embedded cover jpegs inside (named folder.jpeg), also the cover resides in the album folder.
My non engineer imagination has a question in mind, if it´s better to delete the cover out of the flac tracks, because these extra kb`s where copied into the streamer buffer.
My Minim config is WAV24, so the track is copied as wav into my Linn Akurate. Is the cover also in the Linn buffer or is it elimated before the track is copied into the Linn buffer ?

At all: Is it better to delete the folder.jpg out of the flacs and only hold it in the album folder ?

If you are not transcoding in MinimServer, the images will be downloaded by the renderer (streamer), but they will not take space in the renderer's audio buffer. The renderer will just skip and discard the extra data. The extra downloading should not be significant unless you have a very slow connection, a very large cover art image, or a very low-powered renderer.

If you are transcoding to wav or wav24 in MinimServer, any embedded album art in the original FLAC files will not be sent to the renderer.

My personal preference is to keep these images with the tracks, because it makes the tracks fully self-contained. Some people prefer to save the space by deleting them from the tracks. It comes down to your own personal preference for which approach to choose.