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Playing from card
The Lisa can play playlists from the memory card. A playlist is a text file with the “pls” extension, which
contains a list of songs (referred to as entries) in a specific format. This can be used for straightforward
'playing music from the card'.
However, the real power of using the card lies in Store-and-Forward and Fallback to card:
·
Store-and-Forward:
Store-and-Forward is a way of working with the Lisa that downloads the playlists and music tracks
during the night (or some other convenient moment), so that the playlists can be played at a later
moment, even if the internet connection is unstable, limited, or not available at all.
See
for more information.
·
Fallback to card:
'Fallback to card' makes the Lisa switch automatically and start playing from the card if there are
problems with the network connection or with the stream that is being played. More specifically, when
the Lisa receives no audio stream data, it will fade out, switch to the card and start playing tracks from
the card.
See
for more information.
Before you can start playback from the card, you need to place a playlist and the tracks that it uses
onto the SD Card, according to the
Requirements for playlists on the card
.
7.1
Supported cards
All Lisa devices equipped with a memory card connector can be used to play from audio from card, but
the card also can be used for fallback purposes (see
).
In order to be able to use the card, you need a Lisa edition that supports this.
The Lisa device supports all modern SD, SDHC and SDXC cards when they have the FAT32 file
system. Please note the SDXC cards are usually sold with the exFAT file system. Most if not all of these
cards however can be formatted to FAT32.
Although the Lisa supports many cards, it is strongly recommended to use the SD cards that Streamit
has on offer. These are strictly-specified cards that are custom-supplied by Transcend for Streamit for
professional applications.
Streamit will only officially support the use of these custom-supplied Transcend SD cards. Other
cards may always be used at own risk. Streamit will not offer free support for other memory cards.
See
