Chip - I think you're confusing bitrate and sample frequency, they are
related but are not the same thing. Formally (for CBR anyway) : BitRate
= SampleFreq * SampleSize. 

Whilst the SB (and pretty much any other decent mp3 decoder) can play
virtually any _bitrate_ you throw at it, the digital output on the SB1
can only work with certain specific _sample frequencies_. You'll have
to look at the files to see what frequency they're using, but given the
low bitrate I'm guessing it's pretty low too (maybe 16kHz?).

> The only difference was that I set them to be CBR 40kps
> vs. something else. Is that below the SB1 spec?
> 

No, 40kbps is not below the SB's spec, but 16kHz is below the SPDIF
output spec. 

The fix is to reencode the files at one of the SPDIF compatible
frequencies (which will result in a higher bitrate, but not that much
higher).


-- 
radish
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