I have not played with it much since I got it working. Jurgen Kramer is the guy who put it together. I have not heard many complaints but that may be due to the real lack of content for the format. He can be found on the mpd dev mail list: [email protected] . The few times I tried it I did not see that behavior. What platform/motherboard and what DAC are you using? Demian
> -----Original Message----- > From: Kim-man 'Punky' TSE [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 7:15 PM > To: Jim Salk; 'Demian Martin'; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Voyage-linux] mpd.conf and DSD files > > Hi Jim, > > All of the .dff samples files downloaded from 2l.no have the same problem. > > I need to used Korg AudioGate to convert the file to .dsf to resolve. > > Regards, > Punky > > On 4/22/2013 10:09 AM, Jim Salk wrote: > > Thanks. I was able to play DSD files with the Auralic Vega by setting > > the > > following: > > > > usb_dsd "yes" > > mixer_type "disabled" > > > > However, upon occasion, if a .ddf file plays to the end, MPD freezes. > > This does not happen in mid-song, only occasionally at the very end of a > file. > > In a playlist, for example, it fails to go to the next selection and I > > have to restart MPD. > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > - Jim > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Voyage-linux > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > > Of Demian Martin > > Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 12:16 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [Voyage-linux] mpd.conf and DSD files > > > > If you have MPD 17.2 or newer MPD doesn't resample but instead it > > repackages the files into PCM frames using DOP when you have the > following set: > > dsd_usb "yes" # enables DoP 1.0 > > > > It will also package DSD into PCM and send it over spdif (but only up > > to 192/ DSD64) > > > > If you do not have that set and you do have the sample rate converters > > enabled in mpd it will try to convert to PCM on the fly. Its obvious > > when this is happening. Any of the following will be true. If you have > > an Alix or an Atom processor and sinc_best is selected the system will > > stall. If sinc_fastest, it will be noisy (and the Alix will still > > stall) if you have an i5/i7 at better than 2 GHz the processor use > > will spike near max. It works but is not really the first choice I think. > > -Demian > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Voyage-linux mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux > > > -- > Regards, > Kim-man "Punky" Tse > > * Open Source Embedded Solutions and Systems > - Voyage Linux (http://linux.voyage.hk) > - Voyage ONE (http://linux.voyage.hk/voyage-one) > - Voyage MPD (http://linux.voyage.hk/voyage-mpd) > * Voyage Store (http://store.voyage.hk) _______________________________________________ Voyage-linux mailing list [email protected] http://list.voyage.hk/mailman/listinfo/voyage-linux
