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[progerman]

Hi,

I am sending a FLAC file to an SDHC card, and I have indicated the following settings (see attached screenshot for confirmation):

• Mode = Specified output format
• Encoder = FLAC Encoder
• Apply DSP = (checked)

I chose the following DSP Studio plug-ins, in the order indicated below:

• Volume Leveling
• Adaptive Volume
• Parametric Equalizer 2
• Equalizer
• Parameter Equalizer

I expected "Specified output format" to perform a forced conversion for me (even though it is a "FLAC to FLAC" conversion). I wanted to change the compression level of the FLAC to be different than that stored on my PC. However, I can sort of understand why this isn't taking place.

... but I am guessing that because the FLAC conversion isn't taking place, that the "Apply DSP" setting is being ignored.

I confirmed that this was not taking place by taking a copy of the file that was transferred with the "Apply DSP" setting both on and off and performed a SHA-256 CRC check on the files, and they were both identical.

Any assistance with this will be much appreciated, as I cannot get the X7's equaliser to function using the Stellios music player and the music sounds awful when it is flat.

Many thanks!

[progerman]

I just tried it with some different FLAC files, and these showed as "Converting" then "Uploading" in the device's transfer window... while the FLAC album that I reported the issue with only shows "Uploading". So I am guessing MC is intelligent enough to realise the compression level of the FLAC! If so, that is very very neat.

It is almost 5am here now, so I can't confirm my theory of "skipping of DSP settings if conversion is not necessary"... but I will test this tomorrow as I now have test files.

[BryanC]

If you use a conversion cache and the file existed prior to your conversion setting changes, then MC is just transferring the old file.

[progerman]

Thanks - that makes a lot of sense! I discovered the conversion cache last night, when my drive went to 19Mb of free space...

I will give this another try later.