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Support for streaming OGG #18

Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Set up the Subsonic Server to transcode FLAC->OGG.
2. In the transcoding page, set this instead of the "flac > mp3":
flac > ogg | flac | ogg | oggenc2 -Q -b 500 -q 10 --resample 44100 %s -o - | 
-blank- |
3. Using Subgadget, play a Flac encoded file.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
SubGadget to be able to stream or play music encoded in OGG.
Currently SubGadget is "changing media" when playing a song and then after a 
few seconds moves to the next song until all songs are over and then it stops.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
2.9, W7 64Bit

Please provide any additional information below.
This is an enhancement.
The native browser player doesn't support playing OGG, only external players 
like Foobar2000 or Winamp currently do.
I am an audiophile and transcoding to OGG lets me achieve almost identical 
quality to the original format (most of it encoded in FLAC).

Original issue reported on code.google.com by TheF...@gmail.com on 25 Aug 2011 at 9:28

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago
Hey,
Would it be possible to get guest access to your SS server with the artist and 
track name of a file that will be coming through the pipe as ogg? If so, you 
can send the information to the email listed in the About page of the gadget. 
Also, are you planning on running the gadget on the same network as your server 
or over the internet? I have no experience with ogg or flac but they can get 
pretty large, correct?
Thanks

Original comment by scotttm...@gmail.com on 25 Aug 2011 at 2:01

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago
Hey,
I have created a guest account for you, with the sub-domain name as well, the 
details are sent to the mail address you mentioned.
The Gadget is intended to work over the internet.
FLAC and Ogg can be large files but bandwidth is not an issue for me since I 
will be using this at my office which has high speed internet.

To be honest, my upload at home is fast enough for full FLAC which is usually 
averaging at 0.5-1MB while my upstream is 1MB.
Unfortunately, I read that FLAC cannot be streamed natively over Http protocol, 
hence why choosing Ogg, which can and also provide higher quality than MP3.
Ogg at its highest quality preset can go up to 500Kbps.

Both FLAC and Ogg are VBR formats by default so the bitrate varies.

I will take the liberty to thank you a lot for the great gadget you have 
created, the super quick response on this and the willing to enhance your tool.

Original comment by TheF...@gmail.com on 25 Aug 2011 at 3:24

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago
No problem - just glad to know that the gadget is useful.
Sadly I don't have high hopes for getting Ogg to work with the gadget 
[unfortunately] - the limitation is that the gadget is using an embedded 
Windows Media Player to play the files. So it works great for [most] mp3 files 
but anything else and it doesn't do very well. I tested the stream in the full 
WMP after installing the filters from here: 
http://www.vorbis.com/setup_windows/ but it never would stream. Have you ever 
tried or been able to play Ogg files in WMP?

Original comment by scotttm...@gmail.com on 25 Aug 2011 at 8:12