Music streaming sounds less than FM quality Version 6.3.2

[mkanet]

How can I make streamed/transcoded music sound CD quality? I certainly have more than enough upstream Internet bandwidth. I can understand when the audio for television needs to be kind of low, but when doing music only, more bandwidth should be allocated. Is there a setting I've overlooked? I already have media extender quality set to high.

I am using SageTV 6.3.2 and Placeshifter 6.3.2

[CollinR]

Whats your source quality? I have never been able to tell any difference, now if you have a 28k MP3 thats going to sound bad regaurdless.

[mkanet]

320Kbps mp3s, FLAC lossless.

My Internet upstream speed is ~768kbps.

Again, the audio sounds less than FM quality... im guessing 20kbps or less.

Originally Posted by CollinR

Whats your source quality? I have never been able to tell any difference, now if you have a 28k MP3 thats going to sound bad regaurdless.

[CollinR]

How are you measuring the bandwidth at both ends?

[mkanet]

Im not.. rough guess... close enough to know the audio sounds nowhere near as good as a standard 128kbps mp3.

Originally Posted by CollinR

How are you measuring the bandwidth at both ends?

[sainswor99]

Are you using the Dynamic Streaming System or a fixed rate? In either case, you may want to set the fixed rate to slightly less than your upload (like 512) and see if that resolved the problem.

Stu

[mkanet]

Its set at auto/dyanmic... seems to do a very good job with TV transcoding. I'll give it a shot...

Thanks!

Originally Posted by sainswor99

Are you using the Dynamic Streaming System or a fixed rate? In either case, you may want to set the fixed rate to slightly less than your upload (like 512) and see if that resolved the problem.

Stu