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libmad produces samples of more than 24 bit. Rounding that down to 16 bits using dithering makes those people lose quality who have a 24 bit capable sound device. Send 24 bit PCM data, and let the receiver decide whether to apply 16 bit dithering.
Music Player Daemon (MPD)
http://www.musicpd.org
A daemon for playing music of various formats. Music is played through the
server's audio device. The daemon stores info about all available music,
and this info can be easily searched and retrieved. Player control, info
retrieval, and playlist management can all be managed remotely.
To install MPD, see INSTALL.
MPD includes mp4ff in the source, due to licensing issues of the newer
version and includes bugfixes with the properly licensed version. mp4ff is
released under the GPL and copyrighted by M. Bakker, Ahead Software AG
(http://www.nero.com) and is distributed as a part of the FAAD2 - Freeware
Advance Audio (AAC) Decoder.
MPD is released under the GNU Public License.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
For the full license, see COPYING.