Transcoding down

[simoncn]

(04-03-2015 22:46)Pastim Wrote:  I can't specify flac:wav24;192/wav24;96 (it is rejected), and so I assume that I have to set the transcoding to suit the least capable renderer that I have. Is that correct?

This incorrect error message is now fixed in MinimStreamer 0.5.7.

[Pastim]

(05-03-2015 13:46)simoncn Wrote:  

(05-03-2015 13:28)Pastim Wrote:  And thanks for your quick and straightforward responses to my sometimes daft queries. It is much appreciated.

I'll give it a whirl when available and report back.

This fix is now available in update 61. You should now be able to do L16 or L24 transcoding with downsampling.

Thanks very much for your help with finding this problem!

That's not quite worked. If I start testing with just flac:L16;44 again, CD quality plays fine, but 24/96 tracks play at the wrong speed/pitch on both my Marantz and my MF M1 CLiC. I rebooted after the update just to make sure there was no issue with the update, but the problem remained.

If I set the code to L24;192 and play a track of that quality on the M1 CLiC I now get "MinimStreamer: incorrect number format for property 'channels'" an it fails to play. If I use wav24;192 it plays.

I haven't tried other tests yet. I presume something's gone awry with the L16 and L24 processing.

[Pastim]

(05-03-2015 13:48)simoncn Wrote:  

(04-03-2015 22:46)Pastim Wrote:  I can't specify flac:wav24;192/wav24;96 (it is rejected), and so I assume that I have to set the transcoding to suit the least capable renderer that I have. Is that correct?

This incorrect error message is now fixed in MinimStreamer 0.5.7.

The error message has indeed gone. I can't currently test the effectiveness of the processing because, as you said previously, wav details are imprecisely reported from the devices so I can't make that work properly on my set-up, and the there's an issue with L16/24 processing as reported in my previous post so I can't try that either.

[simoncn]

(05-03-2015 14:29)Pastim Wrote:  That's not quite worked. If I start testing with just flac:L16;44 again, CD quality plays fine, but 24/96 tracks play at the wrong speed/pitch on both my Marantz and my MF M1 CLiC. I rebooted after the update just to make sure there was no issue with the update, but the problem remained.

If I set the code to L24;192 and play a track of that quality on the M1 CLiC I now get "MinimStreamer: incorrect number format for property 'channels'" an it fails to play. If I use wav24;192 it plays.

I haven't tried other tests yet. I presume something's gone awry with the L16 and L24 processing.

PM sent.

[simoncn]

These problems with playing L16 and L24 streams are fixed now in MinimServer update 62 and MinimStreamer 0.5.8. Thanks very much for your help with this!

[Pastim]

(05-03-2015 23:16)simoncn Wrote:  These problems with playing L16 and L24 streams are fixed now in MinimServer update 62 and MinimStreamer 0.5.8. Thanks very much for your help with this!

And thank you. I can now specify flac:L24;192/L16;96 and play all my flacs of all qualities on both my renderers. A big improvement.

[simoncn]

(06-03-2015 10:33)Pastim Wrote:  And thank you. I can now specify flac:L24;192/L16;96 and play all my flacs of all qualities on both my renderers. A big improvement.

I'm glad to hear this scenario is working now. Thanks very much for your help with testing this.

You might also like to try flac:L24;192/wav24;96. If this works, it would give you 24/96 playback on the Marantz.

[sedest]

Since latest update (ministreamer-0.5.8), I can no longer transcode dsf to dopwav.

[simoncn]

(06-03-2015 11:17)sedest Wrote:  Since latest update (ministreamer-0.5.8), I can no longer transcode dsf to dopwav.

What exactly is happening? Does the stream play? If so, what do you hear?

[Pastim]

(06-03-2015 10:51)simoncn Wrote:  

(06-03-2015 10:33)Pastim Wrote:  And thank you. I can now specify flac:L24;192/L16;96 and play all my flacs of all qualities on both my renderers. A big improvement.

I'm glad to hear this scenario is working now. Thanks very much for your help with testing this.

You might also like to try flac:L24;192/wav24;96. If this works, it would give you 24/96 playback on the Marantz.

Strange. That doesn't work on the Marantz. Playing a 24/96 track:

flac:wav24 works
flac:L24/192;L16;96 works
flac:L24/192;wav doesn't work
flac:L24/192;wav16;44 doesn't work
flac:L24/192;wav24 doesn't work
flac:L24/192;wav24;96 doesn't work

So it would appear that the combination of Lnn and wavnn doesn't work