FYI it's now possible to natively play back DSD files from Logitechmediaserver using a Squeezebox Touch or Wandboard. To enable this you need to have a DSD capable DAC and encapsulate the DSD stream in a FLAC file. LMS believes it's putting out 176.4 PCM, but in fact it's passing through the untouched DSD stream - as will be confirmed by your DAC. Encapsulating the DSD files in FLAC format has the added advantage of being able to add album metadata to the files (something the DSD format does not natively support).
To encapsulate your DSD files in a FLAC wrapper you need to use a 'Foobar2000 plugin' (https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4jZ4NDGECzEczBjYVByNUdjdDg/edit?pli=1) to "convert" the DSD files to FLAC. Thereafter you can tag them like you would any FLAC file, add them to your LMS library and play them just as you would any other audio track (you will not get any sound if trying to play back through a non DSD capable DAC). INSTRUCTIONS (WORKS UNDER LINUX AS WELL): 1. download the "foo_input_packeddsd.dll" file and place it in the Foobar Component folder 2. Install the FLAC plugin 3. After restarting Foobar you should see "SACD" under "File->preferences ->Tools" within Foobar Set up as follows: [image: http://i1227.photobucket.com/albums/ee434/audiomuze/foobardsd_zps699a12e0.png] Restart Foobar, open the folder containing your DSD files or drag the files into Foobar, edit tags if you wish, right click, select "Convert" and choose FLAC. Try playing the resultant files through USB to your DSD capable DAC, check to make sure it is playing DSD not PCM. If you're not getting DSD playback, recheck your Foobar config. digital groove | 'Vivere DAC MKI' (http://vivereaudio.com/post/2013/08/16/DAC-I-is-Born!.aspx) | 'ATC SCA2' (http://www.atcloudspeakers.co.uk/hi-fi/electronics/source-pre-amplifiers/sca2/) | 'ATC SCM100ASLT' (http://www.atcloudspeakers.co.uk/hi-fi/loudspeakers/tower-series/scm100aslt/) *'Linux finally gets a great audio tagger' (http://www.ubuntugeek.com/linux-finally-gets-a-great-audio-tagger.html): 'puddletag' (http://puddletag.sourceforge.net/)* - now packaged in most Linux distributions. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ audiomuze's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=33613 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99958 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
