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Audio path (solved)

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jamezua:
When I check the Audio path the Output changes every time from 16 or 24 bits to 32 bits, is it a way to avoid this? Why does this happen? Other players like Foobar are Input 16 => Output 16, I couldn't find any settings to change this, thanks for your help ...

Awesome Donkey:
MC pads the bit-depth to report the maximum that your DAC supports with zeros on-the-fly. It plays a 16-bit file, but while it's outputting it to the DAC it reports it as 32-bit (which is useful for things like using DSP and avoid issues with some DACs with bit-depth switching) so even though it says it's 32-bit but it's still actually 16-bit. It's only a cosmetic change with reporting what's being outputted to the DAC, so it's not doing any dithering or anything like that or making any actual changes to the audio.

And no, there isn't any way to disable that and this is considered normal.

jamezua:
Thanks for the quick reply, should have asked Google first ...

https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=104255.0

Awesome Donkey:
Indeed, that topic explains it perfectly. It's something that comes up from time-to-time and I can see how it can be a little confusing. That does give me a little idea though...

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