On 05/02/2016 14:18, Jim Lesurf wrote:
In article , RJH
wrote:
On 04/02/2016 09:36, Bob Latham wrote:
In article , RJH
wrote:


An alternative (such as that used by Jim Lesurf) is to access the files
directly, and use the NAS as you would an internal drive on a computer.
I've just given this a quick try, using VLC on Mac OS. And it almost (!)
works - a split second gap between tracks. Better than the Synology - a
good 2s between gapless tracks. it's not a playback route I use, but
I'll look into it . . .

Might be worth experimenting with VLC's buffer size/number settings. I
guess this can be done as it is so flexible, but I can't recall getting
into this.


Mmmm, had a look but still can't make it happen. It does work fine with
iTunes.

Still not sure why you don't use a media server. You can still select
'old school' by folder. Plus all the other stuff - vast search and sort
(composer, year, artist etc). Also my latest toy - lyrics :-)

I sometimes notice a delay in getting the 'first file'. I've wondered if
the NAS is wanting to load the files I've listed by dnd into RAM and so is
trying to get ducks in a row before going much further. Or if its the first
file(s) of the session that make it do some sorting out. Not sure for the
reasons I give below...

Gapless recording is where, by design, there is no gap between tracks.
For example, live music.

In practice I tended to assume this might happen anyway before I got into
playing audio files.. So when generating files from Audio CD I usually make
'contiguous' tracks into one long flac file. Became a habit I found
convenient anyway. However in practice, when I haven't, it doesn't normally
seem to give me a noticable 'gap'. So its not really been a problem here.
How lucky I've been, I dunno.


Obviously, the problem with one large file is selecting tracks. And as
you say, it should 'just work'.


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Cheers, Rob