>> >A high-end audio company has asked me to get their newly released USB >> >DAC working in Linux at 24-bit. 16-bit playback is said to be >> >working. I'm hoping I only need to use a 24-bit music player like >> >mpd, but if that doesn't work, where should I look next? Can a DAC >> >work in Linux at 16-bit but not at 24-bit? >> > >> >- Grant >> >> Two stages- >> First test the card from aplay to make sure it does work at 24 bits, with 24 >> bit files. If it does then you need the latest version of MPD to get 24 bit >> audio support (0.15. alpha). > > MPD 0.14 will also play, IIRC, 24 bit files. 0.14 is available in > Debian unstable. In case the OP finds compiling 0.15 too troublesome... > > >>I have been working on a host pc solution to >> specifically support HD audio playback, and was responsible for getting the >> MPD team the necessary info to get 24 bit playback working. It does support >> through 192/24 correctly. The remaining issue is seeking on wave files. >> >> I have not been able to get the other audio programs to work as cleanly. > > What kinda host pc solution is this? Do share. I've got MPD nicely > installed on a PC Engines ALIX single board computer. Dead silent > little box. Nary an issue for over a year feeding a Wavelength Brick > USB DAC. Nice DAC. How does it sound? Are there tubes in that one? Gotta love that asynchronous USB mode. - Grant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
