>> Is 24-bit support being worked on? I'd like to buy a new DAC that >> oversamples everything to 24-bits (more and more DACs are doing this) >> so I'd really like to see mpd support for this. > > Hi Grant, > > Andreas Claesson worked on a branch to support 32-bit long ago. I'm not > sure what ever became of it or if it was ever good enough to be merged, > but his work is still available here: > > https://svn.musicpd.org/mpd/branches/ancl > > The lack of hardware and audio sources is definitely a hinderance to > supporting it. I certainly don't have any hardware capable of more than > 16-bits nor do I have any music of that quality. I'm pretty certain > that 99.9% of users are in the same boat as I am. But yes, I'd like to > see mpd support higher quality audio. > >> Also it would be great to have the option for replaygain to operate on >> the hardware mixer. The reason for this is explained here: >> >> http://www.musicpd.org/forum/index.php?topic=1663.0 > > The mixer code is in the need of an overhaul, but it'll probably have to > wait until 0.15.0. I hope to have 0.14.0 (with a rewritten core) > stabilized and ready for release by October/November, if not sooner. > > mixer("hardware")-based replaygain would be huge win for machines with > weak CPUs, especially on portable devices with FPU-less ARMs. So yes, > I'm definitely in favor of doing this. </me shakes his cane at > kids and their loudness wars> > >> Is anyone available to implement these features on a paid basis? If >> so, how much would they cost? > > My schedule is unfortunately too busy to accomodate (unless I get > paid enough to quit my day jobs and work on mpd full-time :) > > Perhaps somebody else is willing to step up to it.
Thanks for the info Eric. I'm glad you're in favor of both of these features. The need for 24-bit support will increase even before the supply of 24-bit source material does. More and more DACs are going to oversample everything to 24-bit. Looking forward to 0.15.0 for mixer-based replaygain too. - Grant ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Musicpd-dev-team mailing list Musicpd-dev-team@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/musicpd-dev-team
