Quoting Chip Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> radish wrote:
> > OK, so the files you have tested it with are not "known good" (in fact,
> > they're quite unusual being such a low bitrate).
>
>       Although they're slightly unusual in their bit-rate, they're
>       perfectly fine.  It's an audiobook and not-at-all unusually
>       sampled for that genre.

not unusual, but also not supported by the SPDIF specification.  The SB2
resamples, but SB1 does not.  Thus low bitrates, those with under 22kHz
sampling, will only play via analog out.

>
>       However, yours is a good idea and I'm excited to test it.  I've
>       poked around a little bit and I don't see, anywhere, what the
>       limitation in this regard is for the slim.  Correct me if I'm
>       wrong - and I'm often wrong - but everything being sent up to
>       the box itself is being resampled to 320, right?  It shouldn't
>       matter?

This is only the case for bitrate limiting on a player, and only if the input
rate is higher.  MP3's of lower bitrate are left as is, playing natively.  This
saves any effort on the part of the CPU.

>
> > Also, you don't mention if you've tried the analogue outs from
> > the SB - try that.
>
>       No, that's definitely on the list to try, too.  Though,
>       obviously, if the optical stopped working and the analogs are
>       fine, it looks like a broken unit.  I'll find out shortly.

Not necessarily broken, if it is the case described above.
-kdf
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