Squeezebox Ape Files
You’ve downloaded a show or two from and now you want to convert the ape files to mp3 to take with you on your iPod or MP3 player. This tutorial will walk you through the steps to do just that, using Windows. Note: this is another tutorial in the series. First things first, make sure you’ve downloaded and installed and, both of which are free. There are two steps in converting your.ape files to.mp3. The first is to decode the.ape’s into.wav files.
The Squeezebox Touch supports most formats including WAV, AIFF, Apple Lossless, FLAC, WMA, WMA lossless, AAC, and MP3. It can also transcode formats through its Squeezebox Server software (more on this later). The Touch does not require a computer running Squeezebox Server to play internet radio or on-line music services.
After that’s done, you’ll encode the.wav files into.mp3’s. Open Monkey’s Audio and select the arrow next to the Compress button. Select Decompress from the drop-down list. Drag all of the ape files you want to convert into the main Monkey’s Audio window. Click the Decompress button.
Watch as Monkey’s Audio converts your.ape files to.wav files. When it’s finished, check to make sure all of the.wav files were created (they’ll be in the same folder as your.ape files). First you need to make sure that iTunes will encode the songs to.mp3 (rather than the default, which is.aac). Start by selecting Edit and then Preferences. Select the Advanced tab, and then the Importing tab. Select MP3 Encoder from the Import Using: list, and then choose a quality from the Setting list.
Converting Ape Files
You may want to remove the check-mark from Play songs while importing (I find it annoying, and it makes the encoding time slightly longer). Click OK when you’re done. Back in the main iTunes window, select File and then Add Folder to Library. Navigate to the folder that you saved the.wav files in and select it. Click OK.
Find the newly imported.wav files in iTunes and select them all (single-click the first file, hold down the Shift key on your keyboard, and then single-click the last file). Right-click on any of the selected files and choose Convert Select to MP3. You may want to get a cup of coffee right now, as this step will take a while (depending on the number of files you’re converting). iTunes will let you know it’s done converting the files by playing a little “beep”. Now is also a good time to remove the.wav files from your iTunes library so you don’t confuse them with the (identical looking) mp3 files. With the.wav files still highlighted, click the Delete key on your keyboard. If prompted, click the Remove button.
Skunk Ape Files
That’s it, you’re done! Rename the files in iTunes (if you wish), give them a listen or transfer them to your iPod/mp3 player. Don’t forget to delete the.wav files if you no longer need them – they’re pretty big and take up quite a bit of space on your hard drive. The.mp3 files can be found by going to My Documents - My Music - iTunes - iTunes Music - Artist Name - Album Name.
Whitebear Media Server Whitebear Media Server / Renderer Description Whitebear Media Server is a very specialised Media Server application, that is specifically designed to interface with Logitech's Squeezebox music server (Squeezebox Server). Media Server Whitebear is a UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) and DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) compatible Digital Media Server (DMS) that acts as a front end for Logitech's Squeezebox Server. This enables UPnP/DLNA compliant Digital Media Players (DMP) to access, browse and play tracks from your Squeezebox Server library. Media Renderer In addition Whitebear is an individual UPnP/DLNA compatible Digital Media Renderer (DMR) that acts as a front end for each Logitech Squeezebox player that it finds in your home audio network. This enables UPnP/DLNA compliant Control Points to control and play music files on the respective Squeezebox player by means of the 'Play To' context menu. Download You can download the Setup program to install Whitebear Media Server Software Pre- Requisites Whitebear can be installed either as a Windows stand-alone executable, or as a Windows service.
Whitebear Media Server requires Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7, and also Squeezebox Server to be installed (and running) on your machine. Transcoding Support Whitebear can transcode music files from AAC, AIF, ALAC, APE, FLAC, MOV, MP3, MP4, MPC, OGG, WAV, WMA and WVP format to players capable of playing PCM, MP3, WAV and FLAC formats. Screen Shots Here you can see an example of music files being shared by Whitebear on Windows Media Player 12. Here you can see how Whitebear makes your Logitech Squeezebox players available in the 'Play To' menu of Windows Media Player 12. And here you can see some music files actually being played to a Logitech Squeezebox player by Whitebear after having been selected by the 'Play To' menu of Windows Media Player 12. Firewalls In order to be visible from other computers, Whitebear must be given access through your firewall. If you use Windows Firewall, then the Whitebear setup program will make the necessary changes in the firewall settings.
However if you use a firewall other than Windows Firewall, you will probably need to make the necessary firewall adjustments manually. Note: Whitebear relies on the UPnP communication framework. This means that on both your server and connected client computers, the respective Windows UPnP services must be turned on, and the respective ports also opened up on the firewall.
Forum Follow the forum discussion concerning Whitebear on the Squeezebox Community Forums: Current Version The current version is mentioned in the Revision History below. This version of Whitebear Media Server is fully functional, but nevertheless it may still have some minor glitches. Please feel free to try it out and kindly please give me feedback via the link below.
Improved in this Version The Play To functionality has been substantially re-engineered. The interworking with J. River Media Center has been greatly improved. A Squeezebox Server plugin has been added so that players now support track meta data and album art on the Play To function. Some bugs in the UPnP discovery functions have been fixed. And browse tree now includes a Random Tracks folder, and an Artists All Songs folder.
Known Issues The following are known issues, not yet solved:. On the Oppo BDP-83 blu-ray player, track tags and album art are not displayed.