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Title: No sound from high bitrate files
Post by: henry7780 on February 17, 2017, 12:54:39 am
I have high bitrate (ie 5604) FLAC files, but they do not seem have to play back with sound at all.  These files are fine when I use VOX.
Title: Re: No sound from high bitrate files
Post by: blgentry on February 17, 2017, 06:01:45 am
Do other files play ok in MC for Mac?  What happens when you try to play back one of these problem files?  Is there an error message?

Brian.
Title: Re: No sound from high bitrate files
Post by: Daverich4 on February 18, 2017, 07:13:48 am
I have high bitrate (ie 5604) FLAC files, but they do not seem have to play back with sound at all.  These files are fine when I use VOX.

Are those DSD files? If so, you need to set MC up to play them.

Tools > Options > Audio > Settings > Bitstreaming > (select DSD )
Title: Re: No sound from high bitrate files
Post by: henry7780 on February 18, 2017, 11:09:02 pm
There is no error message when I played these "no sound" files.  I also tried the suggestions to set the bitstream to DSD, and still no sound.

It seems that all files with bitrate > 4000 will not generate any sound in MC.  These files are OK with VOX.
Title: Re: No sound from high bitrate files
Post by: blgentry on February 19, 2017, 08:00:52 am
I only have one FLAC with a bitrate > 4000 .  I just played it with no problem.  It is a 24bit, 192 kHz FLAC.

What is the sampling frequency and bit depth of the file(s) in question?  I have a suspicion that your sound playback device might not be able to handle certain sampling frequencies.  Or perhaps this is a really funky file with a non-standard sampling frequency or bit depth.

I sort of recall someone with 32 bit WAV files a while back that would not play.

Brian.