sbellon wrote: > First of all, thanks a lot for your reply. > > Yes, that there's no D/A and A/D conversion is clear. My question is > rather regarding the transcoding. > > The native capabilities of the Touch and those of the DAC obviously need > not be the same. So, the Touch could play files natively the DAC cannot > and/or vice versa. If Touch and DAC can handle a file, the Touch could > pass on that data 1:1 via TOSLINK to the DAC. Does it do it? > > However what happens, if the DAC cannot play a certain file type the > Touch can (e.g. Ogg Vorbis)? Will the Touch just stream it and the DAC > plays silence? > > And vice versa, the Touch can play up to 24bit/96KHz ... what if I > stream a 24bit/192KHz file to the Touch and the DAC could handle it? > Will the Touch just pass it on bit-by-bit or will it refuse to play it > (or transcode it to 24bit/96KHz)?
If the Touch can play a file and the DAC can play a file, it will be passed on 1:1 to the DAC. If the DAC can handle 24/96, I know the TOUCH won't pass on 24/192 (without the EDO applet). Thus the 24/192 file will be transcoded to 24/96 when sent to the Touch even though the DAC can handle 24/192. Not 100% sure about all the permutations you're asking about. But most can be tested by simply playing the file and seeing what happens. In LMS logfiles you can see info about transcoding. Forget exactly where (maybe SERVER logs or PLAYER logs). *Home:* VBA 4TB (2.4)>LMS 7.9.1>Transporter, Touch, Boom, Radio (all ethernet) *Cottage:* VBA 3TB (2.4)>LMS 7.9.1>Touch>Benchmark DAC I, Boom, Radio w/Battery (ethernet, Radio WIFI) *Office:* Win10(64)>LMS 7.9.2>Squeezelite *The Wild (no internet): *PiCorePlayer 4.0 on rPi 3B+, hifiberry Dac+Pro, 4TB USB (LMS & Squeezelite) *Controllers:* iPhone6 & iPadAir2 (iPeng), CONTROLLER, or SqueezePlay 7.8 on Win10(64) laptop *Files:* ripping: dbpa > FLAC; post-rip: mp3tag, PerfectTunes; Streaming: Spotify ------------------------------------------------------------------------ garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110639 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
