Hey all:
I just evaluated and bought JRiver MC17. Works fine, lasts a long time.
I acquired MC17 in addition to some new Audioengine 5+ speakers and Audioengine D1 USB DAC. Now I can buy 24bit digital music files and enjoy them on my Win 7 PC.
Win7 is configured with the USB DAC set at 24bit, 96000hz. MC17 is set for WASAPI exclusive and buffering of .5 seconds. All buffer flush options are selected. In DSP, output format: Input sample rate set to same as output (no change) except if greater than 96khz (my DAC is limited to that). Bit depth is set to 24 and channels=Source channels.
I am having problems picking the appropriate audio output mode that works with FLAC, m4a, mp3 music files of various bit rate and depth AND video files (AVI, WMV, MP4, etc).
After reading, it appears that modes that support directly talking to the USB DAC are desirable...WASAPI is recommended as the Windows 7 preferred, and WASAPI Event Style and ASIO to follow. Kernel Streaming and Direct appear to be less desirable.
I find that WASAPI exclusive works great for music but makes video files unwatchable because the sound is echoing and restarting...
So I went to WASAPI Event style. Videos all play great, but the music has some detectable areas that aren't exactly pops, but digital artifacts that interrupt the sound quality from time to time.
I prefer not to find, install and maintain ASIO drivers (and I've heard that with WASAPI it shouldn't be necessary).
I can use the direct sound mode and both audio and video will play, but I don't want to short change my audio experience though by adding the Windows mixer into the path. I can use Picasa for videos I guess, but MC should be able to handle both.
Where am I going wrong?
BannonB