> Honestly I'm not exactly sure how it all works. Is this happening?>
> Spotify sends 320kbps Ogg Voris to LMS/Spotty, which converts it to PCM
> or FLAC depending on the options enabled in the file type settings? Is
Exactly: no matter whether you choose PCM or FLAC, the data is the same.
It's only an optimization for the LMS -> player transport. The data is
the based on the Ogg stream received from Spotify. Unfortunately the
helper I'm using is outputting PCM rather than Ogg itself. Therefore we
have to go this extra mile.
> Spotty always transcoding? Does that potentially add coloration to the
> original signal?
No. FLAC is "Free LOSSLESS Audio Codec". Which means that the PCM you
compress using FLAC is exactly the same as you'd get after decoding it
using FLAC.
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Michael
> Spotify sends 320kbps Ogg Voris to LMS/Spotty, which converts it to PCM
> or FLAC depending on the options enabled in the file type settings? Is
Exactly: no matter whether you choose PCM or FLAC, the data is the same.
It's only an optimization for the LMS -> player transport. The data is
the based on the Ogg stream received from Spotify. Unfortunately the
helper I'm using is outputting PCM rather than Ogg itself. Therefore we
have to go this extra mile.
> Spotty always transcoding? Does that potentially add coloration to the
> original signal?
No. FLAC is "Free LOSSLESS Audio Codec". Which means that the PCM you
compress using FLAC is exactly the same as you'd get after decoding it
using FLAC.
--
Michael