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Amazon music player and MC30
torgny:
--- Quote from: Awesome Donkey on April 25, 2023, 01:51:50 pm ---Audio from different apps can be piped through Media Center using the WDM driver. Not sure how well that'd do encoding everything to DSD though.
https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/WDM_Driver
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I followed the protocol and it wiped out all my audio devices! The Device Manager informs "Currently, this hardware device is not connected to the computer. (Code 45)". Truly, looking at the list of (hidden) audio devices, they have all been removed and I can't get any of them started.
Installing the latest Windows update - 2023-04 Cumulative Update Preview for Windows 11 Version 22H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5025305) did not help.
All audio out has been lost, nothing will install. The only remaining way now for me to listen is via the Bluetooth headset, which still works.
JimH:
Sorry you had that problem, but it's not MC doing it.
Reboot your machine and see if Windows finds any devices.
Try reinstalling MC and setting up audio so it plays. Then try WDM again.
webspider99:
--- Quote from: Awesome Donkey on April 27, 2023, 03:36:08 am ---It's a lossy conversion and there's no actual, real benefit doing so.
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I was under the belief that DSD gives you a more analogue type sound, there's definitely a difference to the sound, pretty much mouth open end result.
I've solved my latency issues, I'm using another DAC as my default sound output (tone board), then using JRiver WDM to bridge to my Mojo 2 DAC (ASIO) doing 4 x DSD. Then in Amazon music selecting the WDM as the sound output device. I'm then mixing both of the DAC analogue outputs using a cheap passive mixer. I can even do exclusive mode to the WDM without losing mixing audio from other sources. It works anyhow I'll see how well this setup works in the next few days.
webspider99:
--- Quote from: torgny on April 28, 2023, 08:46:37 am ---How do you go about setting the Amazon to play through the WDM driver? That's what I want also but haven't been able to figure it out. On my laptop (Win 11) it keeps bypassing my Output choices and plays back just the same as from their website (or app).
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I'm on windows 10, after I ticked the WDM driver option it popped up in my sound devices, I know windows 11 tries to give you a dumbed down version of the sound control panel. The WDM sound device from JRiver should be your output device for Amazon music and in Tools->Optoins->Audio->Audio device you need to select your output device and what format you want to use.
JRiver needs to be left open to bridge the audio from the WDM to your output device - sound card / DAC. It does also seem to take a few seconds after startup to start processing the audio.
torgny:
--- Quote from: JimH on April 28, 2023, 11:47:34 am ---Sorry you had that problem, but it's not MC doing it.
Reboot your machine and see if Windows finds any devices.
Try reinstalling MC and setting up audio so it plays. Then try WDM again.
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So I uninstalled the JRMC30 and a prior JRMC24, then downloaded and installed a fresh version. No difference.
Next I contacted the Microsoft help desk, the agent spent 20+ minutes with Remote Access and said he fixed the issues. Unfortunately, after he logged off only the hardware built-in audio (Realtek) worked, nothing else. I have now reinstalled the audio driver for my Chord Mojo DAC so that works. But my other DAC (Nuforce) - which is driverless - won't play and neither will the Blutooth headset (Sennheiser) not even after I reset the unit to factory default. The Blutooth connects but will not get paired.
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