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RP streams. Which one minimizes CPU activity?

For a long time, I have been streaming RP at the PC-workstation using the 320 kbps AAC feed through foobar2000 v.1.3.1. Works great and the quality is overkill for what I am doing as the music normally plays in the background. (OK, I do crank it up every now and then.

Now RP offers several mp3 streams and a FLAC stream through the website. (We use the FLAC stream on the HTPC system along with the out of sight, superb slide show.)

Could or rather should I simply use the ultra mp3 or the FLAC stream through the web browser? Which method minimizes CPU load?

P.S. This is indeed a First World problem. With the plethora of first rate choices RP provides based on voluntary contributions, we are spoiled rotten.

T33-b0n3

Posted: Jul 23, 2018 - 10:26am
marco79cgn wrote: Here you go: click It's perfect! THANK YOU! (My Elac speakers say "hi" and "thank you" too ; )

radekker

Location: Amsterdam

Posted: Jun 4, 2018 - 7:26am
The RP FLAC stream can also be played on many DLNA players. You need a Squeezebox Server (LMS) running on a PC, NAS or preferably a Raspberry Pi (I use Max2Play). Install the Radio Paradise plugin. Install the UPNP/DLNA bridge plugin and your DLNA player will pop up in the server. Select the RP plugin in your control app and stream FLAC to the selected player, voila.

marco79cgn

Location: Cologne, Germany
Gender: Male

Posted: May 18, 2018 - 8:30am
T33-b0n3 wrote: BillG wrote: If we could, we would. But it's just not that simple. If I have a bit more time later, I can explain in more detail. No worries, take your time. I'm just a thankful listener who would freak out to have RP in FLAC quality (I'm using Volumio on a Raspberry with custom DAC - I will make it work, what ever it takes ;) Here you go: click

left_channel

Posted: Apr 5, 2018 - 9:09am

ra990 wrote:

Is there any way to listen to this flac stream if we use our own audio player? I use musicbee/winamp and manually connect to the 320AAC stream right now but would love to try out the flac stream, if anyone has found a way.

Sorry, no. This is not a standard stream, so in MusicBee I also listen to the 320k stream. For the FLAC stream I use the plugin for Squeezebox Server / Logitech Media Server serving players on a PC, a Mac, and several dedicated devices around the house. I also use the Android app.

ra990

Location: USA
Gender: Male

Posted: Apr 4, 2018 - 2:04pm
Is there any way to listen to this flac stream if we use our own audio player? I use musicbee/winamp and manually connect to the 320AAC stream right now but would love to try out the flac stream, if anyone has found a way.

T33-b0n3

Posted: Mar 1, 2018 - 2:41am
BillG wrote: If we could, we would. But it's just not that simple. If I have a bit more time later, I can explain in more detail. No worries, take your time. I'm just a thankful listener who would freak out to have RP in FLAC quality (I'm using Volumio on a Raspberry with custom DAC - I will make it work, what ever it takes ;)

William

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Location: Eureka!
Gender: Male

Posted: Feb 28, 2018 - 11:33am

T33-b0n3 wrote:

Can anyone provide a stream url for the FLAC stream yet? {#Frustrated}

To make my point clear. Most Hi-Res players are in their early stages and not that advanced. A simple url is what most people will want. So - I hope it's just not up there yet!? Every thing else would just make absolutely no sense to me. {#No}

If we could, we would. But it's just not that simple. If I have a bit more time later, I can explain in more detail.

T33-b0n3

Posted: Feb 28, 2018 - 5:43am
Can anyone provide a stream url for the FLAC stream yet? To make my point clear. Most Hi-Res players are in their early stages and not that advanced. A simple url is what most people will want. So - I hope it's just not up there yet!? Every thing else would just make absolutely no sense to me.

jbuhl

Location: Boulder,CO

Posted: Jan 25, 2018 - 3:37pm
siriuss wrote: and what does it has to do with Flac stream... Tangent. Ignore it

siriuss

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Location: Trois-Rivières, Canada
Gender: Male

Posted: Jan 25, 2018 - 3:24pm

earthbased wrote:

My Logitech Media Server Community Edition 7.9.1 with RadioParadise FLAC Plugin is reporting ~870 VBR.

Thanks for the info earthbased..... Flac 800+ VBR is good enough, we don't really need the cd rate of 1,400 . Many places where we buy music , we download it at 800 - 900 kbps.

This will amount to around 400 megs/hours. ( average of 850 kbps) if it's at 16 bits...

siriuss

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Location: Trois-Rivières, Canada
Gender: Male

Posted: Jan 25, 2018 - 3:22pm
jbuhl wrote: My finance director flew the coupe so I is free to bankrupt my self. Sure is fun, albeit a bit lonely sometimes. and what does it has to do with Flac stream...

jbuhl

Location: Boulder,CO

Posted: Jan 25, 2018 - 3:18pm

cc_rider wrote:

jbuhl wrote:

Here is an intriguing product that is starting to get people to convert off some pretty serious and expensive power generation stations. I will be watching this technology closely and if I find one on the used market may snap it up.

Dang, they sure are proud of those things! Ouch. The Finance Director would never sign off on that.

I'm looking for a rack-mount conditioner/protector, Furman is one common brand. I'd even get a used one and replace all the thyristors (?), whatever they are that sacrifice themselves to surges. A handful from Digikey might be $20.

I have a long wish list for the audio/video closet...

My finance director flew the coupe so I is free to bankrupt my self. Sure is fun, albeit a bit lonely sometimes. {#Neutral}

cc_rider

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Location: Bastrop
Gender: Male

Posted: Jan 25, 2018 - 9:22am

jbuhl wrote:

earthbased

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Location: By a Big Lake
Gender: Male

Posted: Jan 25, 2018 - 7:21am

siriuss wrote:

what will be the bitrate of this Flac stream ? if it's 1,400 , it will make a hell of a large download.... if it's 700-800 vbr it won't be too bad. Anyway, I phoned my ISP and took the unlimited plan, so I'm ready for it. Time for another donation... ( damn Canadian money, we loose quite a lot when we make a donation.)

My Logitech Media Server Community Edition 7.9.1 with RadioParadise FLAC Plugin is reporting ~870 VBR.

useanaim

Posted: Jan 22, 2018 - 7:28am

siriuss wrote:

I was talking about the number of gigabyte that will be downloaded if i listen to the Flac stream for 5 hours. I actually have a 60 megs/sec download speed, so I'm not worrying about the stream being fluid, just curious to know how heavy it will be. If the stream is at 1,400 kbps, you might start to hear some hicups with a 4.5 mb download if someone else is also watching movies or playing a multiplayer game. We'll see soon enough.

I see what you mean! You're right, our slow speed is fine until someone else wants to stream TV but it can't manage both. I've found with other lossless streams (such as Tidal) that download speed is not always a good indicator of reliability. A fast connection with poor latency can be worse - only way to find out is to try it and see.
I always look for unlimited download contracts from ISPs!

jbuhl

Location: Boulder,CO

Posted: Jan 20, 2018 - 6:25pm

kurtster wrote:

When we moved into our present place, I bought an APC UPS / power conditioner for designed for AV needs. It was one of the best things I did for improving both the sound through the stereo and picture quality of the TV. Picture quality was one thing, but the improvement in the sound was stunning.

PS Audio makes one as well.

http://www.psaudio.com/products/dectet-power-center/

siriuss

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Location: Trois-Rivières, Canada
Gender: Male

Posted: Jan 20, 2018 - 10:04am

useanaim wrote:

siriuss wrote:

My rural UK 'broadband' ADSL is only 4.5MB, but I can stream 16/44 FLAC from RP, and from Tidal, with no problem.

useanaim

Posted: Jan 20, 2018 - 2:24am

siriuss wrote:

My rural UK 'broadband' ADSL is only 4.5MB, but I can stream 16/44 FLAC from RP, and from Tidal, with no problem.

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