Tempatation, but I don't see FLAC support, dag-nabbit!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136416
ive seen 2 of these go bad via my work. ...the only 2 ive seen.
??? From everything I've seen, it does support flac (including the info from the newegg link you provided).
Too bad about Jim's reliability reports. It looks interesting. Seems like the new upgraded version, WD TV Live, supports an ethernet connection, including a connection to a wireless ethernet hub. Looks like it could be a cheaper solution than the squeezebox if you have a tv close by and don't mind using your tv as your music interface.
Anyway, I don't know that I'd want it for audio files since I already have a squeezebox, but it does have me wondering about using it for HT video. :hmmm:
keep in mind i generally show up when something is broken....so i might represent the bad side of the statistics.
Quote from: Jimna on November 03, 2009, 12:44:06 PM
keep in mind i generally show up when something is broken....so i might represent the bad side of the statistics.
Same here, aside from my personal gear
I would need FLAC to make it worthwhile
Quote from: 6o6 on November 03, 2009, 06:23:27 PM
I would need FLAC to make it worthwhile
You keep coming back to this. Could you please explain what is missing? Everything I read on this thing says it has FLAC support.
Quote from: Todd R on November 03, 2009, 12:33:24 PM
??? From everything I've seen, it does support flac (including the info from the newegg link you provided).
Too bad about Jim's reliability reports. It looks interesting. Seems like the new upgraded version, WD TV Live, supports an ethernet connection, including a connection to a wireless ethernet hub. Looks like it could be a cheaper solution than the squeezebox if you have a tv close by and don't mind using your tv as your music interface.
Anyway, I don't know that I'd want it for audio files since I already have a squeezebox, but it does have me wondering about using it for HT video. :hmmm:
Looks interesting - with a nice price point too.
And as you mentioned, it lists FLAC as supported:
Media Formats
Video – AVI (Xvid, MPEG1/2/4), MPG/MPEG, VOB, MP4/MOV (MPEG4), RM or RMVB 8/9/10
Image – JPEG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, PNG
Audio – MP3, WAV/PCM/LPCM, WMA, AAC,
FLAC, MKA, OGG, Real Audio, APE
Playlist – PLS, M3U, WPL
Subtitle – SRT, SSA, SUB, SMI
Quote from: Jimna on November 03, 2009, 12:44:06 PM
keep in mind i generally show up when something is broken....so i might represent the bad side of the statistics.
:lol: I resemble this remark. Also when I show up said broken thing starts magically working as if sensing my jedi presence. It's better than being known as the guy who when he shows up things break.
Quote from: Todd R on November 03, 2009, 06:46:38 PM
Quote from: 6o6 on November 03, 2009, 06:23:27 PM
I would need FLAC to make it worthwhile
You keep coming back to this. Could you please explain what is missing? Everything I read on this thing says it has FLAC support.
I tested FLAC on it and verified that it was bit perfect by recording the audio stream. But it is only bit perfect when playing 48khz or under. 96kHz files are resampled to 48kHz. But it can play 24-bit 96kHz FLAC files.
Here is the thread: http://taperssection.com/index.php?topic=115295.0