Escient FireBall Media Management system user manual Selecting the Audio Encoder Type

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SELECTING THE AUDIO ENCODER TYPE

You can specify which audio encoder (MP3 or FLAC) you want to use for recording audio in to your FireBall. The MP3 format allows the most flexibility and compatibility for efficiently storing many audio files while the FLAC format uses considerably more space than MP3 files, but preserves an exact bit-for-bit recording of the original, using half the space of the original CD.

Follow these steps to select an audio encoder:

1.Press the SETUP key on the remote to display the Setup menu.

2.Select the AUDIO menu.

3.Select the RECORDING PREFERENCES menu.

4.Select MP3, WAV, or CD Quality (FLAC) as your preferred encoder

5.If you selected MP3 as your preferred encoder, select a bitrate.

The MP3 bitrate is used to determine the relative quality and compression level. The higher the bitrate, the better quality and more space each song will occupy on the hard drive. Selecting a lower bitrate will provide lesser quality audio and will use less space for each song, allowing you to store more songs on your FireBall.

FLAC audio will always take up approximately 50% of the original WAV/AIFF file size. The FLAC compression level has been optimized to FireBall’s processor speed and is not user adjustable. Creating a mix CD from FLAC audio files creates a CD which is identical to the original, thus it is referred to as “CD Quality”.

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Contents SEi USER’S Manual Typing Characters with the Remote Testing a Broadband ConnectionView By Artist View By Title View By Song View By Cover Changing the Current Play Mode Viewing by GenreSetting the Screen Saver Preferences Recording from the Internal CD Importing Music FilesCentral Distributed ID3 Tag SupportNetworking Server Selection About this Manual Record Your Serial Number FireBall SEi User’s Manual FireBall SEi User’s Manual FireBall SEi User’s Manual How to Return a Product Contact your dealer Escient Privacy Policy Terms and Definitions Power States Transport Controls & Favs Ethernet Transport Controls Power Guide Channel /Volume Control Universal Source SelectTyping Characters with the Remote FireBall SEi User’s Manual Audio Outputs = Ntsc RS-232 Connections Ethernet Connections FireBall SEi User’s Manual Registration Getting Music Into Fireball Recording from the Internal CD System Requirements Importing from a PC Importing from a MAC FireBall SEi User’s Manual Recording from Other External Sources Erasing a CD-RW Disc Browsing Your Music Library Playing the Current Title View By Artist Changing the Current Play Mode Viewing by Genre FireBall SEi User’s Manual Playing the Current Station Creating Playlists Creating Groups Adding Internet Radio Stations Updating the Internet Radio Stations List Editing Disc Info Editing Track Names FireBall SEi User’s Manual FireBall SEi User’s Manual Selecting an Existing Cover Editing Radio Information FireBall SEi User’s Manual Editing Groups Deleting Music Deleting Playlists Deleting Groups Creating a Custom MIX CD FireBall SEi User’s Manual Duplicating a CD Recording from AN External Source Activation Idle Time Retail Demo Mode Photo Screen Saver Mode Specify which US time zone your FireBall is located Setting Your Time ZoneCustomizable User Interface Enabling Password Protection Ethernet Settings Server Settings Fireball Music Sharing Selecting the Audio Encoder Type Setting the Disc Insert Preferences Video Format Centering the Fireball Screen Adjusting Your TELLY’S Brightness Adjusting Your TELLY’S Contrast Adjusting Your TELLY’S Sharpness Adjusting Your TELLY’S Color and Tint Installing the ETP Touch Panel Calibrating the Touch Panel Changing the Touch Panel Button Overlay Using Your Touch PanelIR Remote Control Direct Access Codes Function Multi-Key Combinations Function Multi-Key Combinations Playlist HOT Keys Serial COM Ports AMX Getting Information about Your Fireball Restarting the System Updating the Software Using the WEB User Interface Setting UP the Fireball WEB ServerRemote Control Mode instead of Streaming Client Mode Fireball Music Backup ID3 Tag Support Servers Central Distributed Networking Configuring a Fireball ServerNetwork Problems NTSC/PAL Video SpecificationsFireBall SEi User’s Manual