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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 24 for Windows => Topic started by: Jackkan on May 13, 2018, 05:30:31 am

Title: MQA Core decoder ?
Post by: Jackkan on May 13, 2018, 05:30:31 am

When will you be doing what Roon and Audirvana is with MQA ? Audirvana's MQA Core decoder "enables the first origami 'unfold' and also authenticates the file using a blue or green light to confirm that the sound is identical to that of the source material." The MQA Core decoder's initial file "unfold" is claimed to recover all direct music-related information and make it available for either analog or digital output at 88.2 or 96kHz. Thus, even without an MQA-enabled DAC, listeners can expect to hear enhanced sound.  From Roon....MQA support is among our highly anticipated (and hotly debated) new features. We weren’t the first to implement MQA core decoding in software, but we can certainly claim a number of “firsts” now that we have! In addition to what you’d expect from an MQA source – detecting an MQA-capable DAC over USB and streaming to it appropriately – Roon offers some unique ways for anyone to experience MQA content.

Title: Re: MQA Core decoder ?
Post by: Awesome Donkey on May 13, 2018, 05:31:14 am

I'd recommend doing a search of the forums for MQA if I were you as this subject has been discussed extensively over the last few years. Or this might be easier with finding the answers you seek: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=jriver+mqa

TL;DR: JRiver has said multiple times that they have no plans for MQA. But it's also worth pointing out that you can already passthrough MQA through MC as long as you don't use any DSP whatsoever and have volume set to 100%.

Title: Re: MQA Core decoder ?
Post by: RD James on May 13, 2018, 06:33:45 am

Until there is a free or preferably open-source decoder that they can easily integrate, don't expect JRiver to support MQA playback.
 
Most of the claims about the format are lies anyway.
It's a lossy format designed for streaming and should never have been sold as a distribution format.
Why buy lossy-encoded high-res tracks that require a proprietary closed-source decoder when you can buy losslessly-encoded high-res tracks that work anywhere? (or why buy "high-res" at all? but that's for another topic...)

Title: Re: MQA Core decoder ?
Post by: JimH on May 13, 2018, 06:51:09 am

Quote from: RD James on May 13, 2018, 06:33:45 am

Until there is a free or preferably open-source decoder that they can easily integrate, don't expect JRiver to support MQA playback.

We won't add MQA even if it's free and easy.  It is a step backward for encoding formats.