Hello,
I currently have a Dac (Benchmark DAC2 HGC) that is only able to handle DSD64 data.
I downloaded several DSD128 and DSD256 files, and managed to play the DSD128 files without any problem, either by downconverting them to PCM with the Sample Rate setting "176.400 Hz for files > 384.000 Hz" in DSP Studio, or by downconverting them to DSD64 with the Output Encoding set to (1x)"DSD in DoP format".
But when I try one of those settings with a DSD256 file, I get the message "Something went wrong with playback.", and "Playback could not be started on the output ... using the format '176,4 kHz 2ch'." (when trying to downconvert to PCM), or "... using the format '1,4 MHz 2ch'." (when trying to downconvert to 1xDSD).
For my tests, I tried both the Benchmark WASAPI and ASIO Audio Devices, but that didn't make any change.
So, is JRiver only able to handle DSD256 files at their native sample rate, but not to downconvert these files ?
Or is it something that is fixed in version 20 ?