Archimago wrote: > Hi guys, wondering how you all are running multichannel rigs and what > format you're enjoying? > > Like others have expressed, I also wish there were some way to integrate > multichannel into the Squeezebox system. Awhile back I remember that if > I tried to play a 5.1 song through SqueezeServer/LMS, it would hang the > system and put up a bug tracker tag. I hope this bug has been fixed. > > Although I have both SACD and DVD-A players, I've ripped the collection > and serve the multichannel FLACs these days through foobar running on > the HTPC in the room connected to my NAS server (in adjacent room so I > don't hear it). Controlled on my tablet with "FoobarCon Pro" on Android. > HDMI audio sent to Onkyo and decoded there... Preamps out to my stereo > end and the Onkyo amps to drive center, rears, and feed sub. Works > generally OK although on occasion I may lose the first couple seconds of > a song or foobar gets confused with audio output device. > > Are you folks doing multichannel streaming/playback like this? Still > playing SACD/DVD-A/Blu-Ray directly? > > Any favourite albums on multichannel?
My multi-channel system is (almost) completely separate from my SB-based two channel stereo. Which means there are a lot of speakers in my living room. And since there's no "W," WAF is not a factor. I rip DVD, BR and DVD-A discs to ISO images and store them on the same server that I use for LMS. It has HDMI out to the Denon receiver I use for HT. When I want to play one of those titles, I mount the ISO to a virtual optical drive using Alcohol 52% Free and play it using PowerDVD (my old version 9 install still plays DVD-A). I expect I could use almost any player software since the ISO looks like a shiny disc to the OS. I also have NAD and Denon players capable of playing DVD-A discs but I almost never use them anymore. In practice, I only use the multi-channel for video with it's accompanying audio and that generally means live concert video as far as music is concerned. Win7Pro(x64)[3.3Ghz i5, 8GB RAM, 120GB SSD system, 15TB storage], LMS 7.9.0 -> Logitech Squeezebox Classic V.3 -> Cambridge Audio DacMagic -> NAD C160 -> 2 x NAD C272 -> Quad 22L2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ get.amped's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10022 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102992 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
