![]() I'm starting to suspect this is the root cause- due to the structure of FLAC/WAV files, there may be no way to effectively or efficiently stream them since they might not be playable or have any seek functionality until the ENTIRE file is present on the rendering device. It makes me wonder if the cache setting on Universal Media Server matters at all (a separate issue). I checked in with the author of Bubble and he let me know that the cache setting on Bubble is not used at all when it comes to lossless formats such as FLAC "due to the size requirement". If I assume the file is somehow being transcoded and perhaps "buffered up" somewhere upstream.nothing ever happens- not even after 15-30 minutes. When my phone is connected via a 4G mobile network, the Bubble player displays "WAV | 44.1 kHz" apparently due to the FLAC-to-WAV transcoding, but no matter how many times I hit the play button (the white arrow head pointed to the right), it changes right back to the stop icon (a white square). ![]() Why can this not be accomplished via a 4G cellular WAN? Being that Android can play FLAC natively, I can only assume that FLAC files are not well-structured for streaming which might explain why they are transcoded to WAV either before they get to my phone or on my phone, although I'm not seeing any RAM or CPU spikes that would suggest that my phone is doing any transcoding.įurther adding confusion is that when my phone is connected to my LAN via Wi-Fi, the Bubble player clearly displays "FLAC | 44.1 kHz" and it works beautifully. What I can't tell is whether MinimServer is doing the FLAC-to-WAV transcoding before transmitting the data to me. The only indication I get from the Bubble player is that as soon as I press the start button, it changes it right back to the stop button, and so naturally the song never starts. Now I can't get any FLAC files to do anything. Now that I'm actually connected to the server, I managed to get two FLACs to start, stutter, and eventually stop altogether. Instead, Bubble was pulling MP3s from the SD card in my phone. Much to my embarrassment, I discovered that Bubble had lost my network configuration and I wasn't even accessing my FLAC files through the internet from my home media server.
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