transcoder for jukebox player

[fdemmer]

i have multiple apple airport express. i listen to music on them like this: mpd output to fifo, a simple ruby script (using raop-client gem) reads fifo and streams to airport. works really well, even if it sounds a bit strange.

there have been multiple requests to add a "airplay" player type in the forums, but i thought, why not use the fifo stuff i already have and a jukebox player? the idea is to configure a jukebox player with a transcoder, that writes the decoded (to pcm) music to a fifo and to stdout for the jukebox player.

the problem: it seems with 4.7 (have not tried older versions) transcoders are completely ignored with a jukebox player. i only see the "standard" ffmpeg call to transcode to "au" to a pipe for the soundcard in the log.

is this a bug or feature?