On Sun, 3 Jan 2010 05:47:36 -0800
Grant <emailgr...@gmail.com> wrote:

> >> Can the conversion to S24_3LE be lossy?
> >>
> >> - Grant
> >>
> >
> > The conversion is to 24 bits. So, if the conversion is from lower numbers
> > of bits,it's lossless, if from higher - it's lossy.
> >
> > Regards,
> >  Sergei.
> 
> I think mpd outputs in a 32-bit format.  If plughw converts that
> 32-bit format to S24_3LE, will it be lossy compared to the original
> audio which is 16-bit or 24-bit?  Or would mpd pad the 16-bit or
> 24-bit audio with zeros, and then plughw strips some of the zeros off?
> 
> - Grant
> 

MPD may use as many bits as it likes, but are the bits present in the
original music file ? AFAIK not, i.e. the added buts are zeros and the
stripped bits are zeros.

Regards,
  Sergei.

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