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giva:
Hello,

I'm working with MC 21 and haven't been able to play DSD native via HDMI. Is this something that I will be able to do with MC 26?  Thanks!

Awesome Donkey:
Nope.

DSD via HDMI from any sort of computer (PCs, Macs, Raspberry Pis, etc.) isn't possible. This is because no HDMI port on a computer whether it be on a motherboard, on a graphics card or whatever has any driver support whatsoever for DSD output over HDMI. DSD via HDMI is only possible when using something like a SACD capable DVD/Blu-ray player connected via HDMI to something like a receiver (like a Oppo, Sony, etc.) that supports DSD.

DSD from a computer only works via USB (from a computer via USB to a DSD capable DAC) depending on what the DAC supports the output whether it be native DSD and/or via DSD-over-PCM (DoP) or via DLNA via DSD-over-DLNA (DoPE).

bmoura:

--- Quote from: Awesome Donkey on October 24, 2019, 04:31:02 pm ---DSD from a computer only works via USB (from a computer via USB to a DSD capable DAC)

--- End quote ---

DSD from a computer also works via Ethernet (from a computer via Ethernet to a DSD capable DAC).....   :)

Awesome Donkey:
Never had a DAC which supported that and it isn't that common and I'm not even sure if MC even supports DSD over ethernet at all in the first place. I'm inclined to think it doesn't because I've never seen a bitstreaming option for ethernet, just "normal" bitstreaming (which I'm not sure applies to ethernet) and DLNA bitstreaming (which I'm not sure applies to ethernet either) but please correct me if I'm wrong. That's why I omitted it from my list above and only mentioned the 2 methods I know work for MC.

mojave:
Yamaha receivers and other brands support DSD via DLNA streaming over the network (wired or wireless). I know it worked fine starting with MC22 so it may work with MC21.

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