Very newbie question: how do I tell if minimstreamer is runnng?

[simoncn]

On the dCS Rossini (unlike any other DAC I've used), setting flac:wav24 for a 16/44.1 file is exactly equivalent to setting flac:wav.

Setting flac:wav24 causes MinimStreamer to extend each 16-bit sample to a 24-bit sample by padding it with zeros in the low-order bits. The Rossini detects these padded zeros and removes them before sending the sample to its internal DAC for processing. If you look at the front panel of the Rossini while a flac:wav24 track is playing, you will see 16/44.1.

When transcoding other stream types, wav24 transcoding does provide benefits compared with wav transcoding. I listen to BBC radio AAC 320k streams and using aac:wav24 on these streams creates true 24-bit samples where the low-order bits contain audio information. This is because aac:wav24 transcoding uses floating-point calculations with more than 24 bits of precision. In contrast, aac:wav transcoding only produces 16-bit samples.