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DSD files on Pono
JohnT:
The new build (20.0.75) supports DSD sync to the PonoPlayer.
jonboy71:
I purchased Alan Parsons Project, The Turn Of A Friendly Card from Acoustic Sounds. Track 6 is stopping playback on my Pono player at around the 4 minute mark. This is a long track, so wondering if it might be an issue with Pono player or do I have a corrupt file?
REShaman:
--- Quote from: jonboy71 on April 05, 2015, 07:33:17 pm ---I purchased Alan Parsons Project, The Turn Of A Friendly Card from Acoustic Sounds. Track 6 is stopping playback on my Pono player at around the 4 minute mark. This is a long track, so wondering if it might be an issue with Pono player or do I have a corrupt file?
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My experience has been with FW 1.05 playing DSD that some files cut off and do not play to the end. I believe Pono Music support is aware. But the problem persists. Open a support ticket and add your requests to the pile. Note not all DSD files of length just certain files. What the difference is that makes the difference has not been clarified nor remedied. Very disappointing.
Enjoy the music,
Richard
Charles Hansen:
--- Quote from: jonboy71 on April 05, 2015, 07:33:17 pm ---I purchased Alan Parsons Project, The Turn Of A Friendly Card from Acoustic Sounds. Track 6 is stopping playback on my Pono player at around the 4 minute mark. This is a long track, so wondering if it might be an issue with Pono player or do I have a corrupt file?
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Not only is Pono aware of the problem, they have already fixed it. They are just waiting for the next firmware update to include that fix. (Nobody wants to have a string of endless firmware updates to fix one single problem.)
In the meantime the work-around is to convert the file from .DFF format to .DSF format (or the other way around, I can't remember). If you do an internet search you will find software that can do this for you. One is the Philips format and the other is the Sony format. The Sony format has better metadata support.
Hope this helps,
Charles Hansen
Ayre Acoustics, Inc.
REShaman:
--- Quote from: Charles Hansen on April 23, 2015, 01:05:46 pm ---Not only is Pono aware of the problem, they have already fixed it. They are just waiting for the next firmware update to include that fix. (Nobody wants to have a string of endless firmware updates to fix one single problem.)
In the meantime the work-around is to convert the file from .DFF format to .DSF format (or the other way around, I can't remember). If you do an internet search you will find software that can do this for you. One is the Philips format and the other is the Sony format. The Sony format has better metadata support.
Hope this helps,
Charles Hansen
Ayre Acoustics, Inc.
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Dear Charles,
Thank you for the good news. The work-around, at least for me, is not satisfactory. As the work around for converting AIFF files into FLAC for those files that were listed in the main music directory but on the Pono Player screen were neither displayed or playable. In any case, glad it has been addressed and will made available to us as it has taken considerable time. I'll ignore your meta comment that borders on the hyperbole about nobody wanting a string of endless firmware updates to fix one single problem as there have been more than one and for some time. Speaking for myself, I would prefer frequent firmware updates to lengthy interim where problems that are discoverable by us users in milliseconds accompany software updates after the update. If we can discover them immediately so should beta testers or the engineers who write the software. I understand that not everyone has every impediment discovered.
And yes, it helps to be so informed by you about the intended firmware updates.
With appreciation,
Richard
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