Issues with Large Files

[Budge]

Thank you for the suggestion Richard, one of several I have received. 
Of course I could re code these files and I am sure I would not be able 
to hear any differences between file formats.  These types of argument 
have been well explained here 
https://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html

My problem is I have 450+ of these files and to do the job properly, 
breaking each work up into acts and scenes etc, naming and tagging the 
files would take months.   I would very much enjoy having the resulting 
library but do not have the time.

I am also very reluctant to use my time even transcoding in order to 
prop up a deficiency in a bunch of doubtful proprietary 
software/firmware which cost me several thousands of pounds rather than 
have the admitted deficiency to be rectified by Linn.  Meanwhile they 
play beautifully on my RPi.

I understand the issue is probably one of buffering and the buffer size 
written in the firmware.  Linn are aware of the issue but I have no idea 
when they will fix it.  It is possible your problem is similar.




On 18/01/17 12:50, RS wrote:
>> From: Budge
>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2017 13:11
>>> The issue could be that Linn's player doesn't have enough memory to
>>> read the sample tables from the file's MP4 container, so it refuses
>>> to play the file. If >>so, splitting the file or transcoding to FLAC
>>> are probably the best options.
>
>> Breaking up the download into acts would be a huge task and one I
>> cannot contemplate for more than a couple of favourites and with my
>> RPi working so well the Linn devices may be destined for ebay!
>
> It seems a bit extreme to throw out the amplifier.  At 320kbit/s can you
> tell the difference between AAC  and MP3 in a blind comparison?  You can
> convert to MP3 after a download fairly effortlessly using a preset as
> described here under Option Presets and Shortcuts and then Custom commands.
> https://github.com/get-iplayer/get_iplayer/wiki/documentation
> It takes about 6% of real time.  If MP3 is not acceptable, as suggested
> you could convert to FLAC.
>
> If the Linn player moves seamlessly from one file to the next you could
> split it into fixed length files of half an hour or an hour.
>
> What I haven't yet understood, both from the problem you have and the
> problem I have, is why it is more difficult for a player to play a long
> piece in AAC than in other formats.  I thought this was something
> segmentation and fragmentation was supposed to deal with, to facilitate
> streaming.
>
>
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