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Streaming HD audio distorted [Solved]
blgentry:
MC may work just fine as a pure renderer. I was trying to say that most people use it as "the whole thing". Most of my experience is with MC as a standalone system.
For using it as a renderer, you probably want to change some of these options:
Tools > Options > Media Network > Client Options
In particular:
Audio Conversion > Conversion (I would set this to never)
You might also change the Encoder settings in that section.
It's possible that MC is converting everything to MP3 before playing. I believe that is the default.
Brian.
dpfels:
Got it.
Thanks Brian.
I will check those settings - I definitely don’t want to down sample to MP3 - that defeats the point of the high-def audio files.
Dan
JimH:
MC can load a DLNA Server from a NAS, for instance, but it's far better to just import the files.
There is a DLNA topic on our wiki that would help you with terminology.
dpfels:
OK - some additional test results and some conclusions.
I tried direct import of both my HD FLAC files and some mp3 & mp4 files. All of them suffer from the same distortion (and faster/higher pitched playback). This is all running on an M2 Mac Mini.
That said, I tested issues with the DAC (Focusrite Clarett 8Pre) by shutting it off and playing the audio through the tiny Mac Mini speaker. In that case, the audio sounded fine (for a crappy speaker). The audio playback was at the right speed and in the right key.
Therefore, my conclusion is that MC does not have the correct settings for interacting with my DAC. I was able to get it to work briefly by shutting off the DAC (with MC running), playing some music through the Mac Mini speaker, then switching the DAC back on and redirecting the audio back to the DAC. The sound was fine (great, actually). However, I have not been able to reproduce this.
I checked in the MacOS audio/MIDI settings, but I couldn’t find any parameters to change for the Clarett 8Pre (beyond reducing the maximum sample rate; the opposite of what was recommended in the help file).
Any suggestions on what else I could change to make this work?
Thanks,
Dan
Any pointers on
JimH:
Did you try the DAC manufacturer?
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