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Title: BUG: Bit depth tag is misinterpreted
Post by: ksvane on February 06, 2012, 03:17:56 pm

Some of my audio files wrongfully show a bit depth of 64 in MC even though they are just 16... :-\

Title: Re: BUG: Bit depth tag is misinterpreted
Post by: Matt on February 06, 2012, 03:27:15 pm

What type of file?

Also, if it's a lossy format, you might look at this:
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Audio_Bitdepth#Bitdepth_of_Lossy_Formats

Title: Re: BUG: Bit depth tag is misinterpreted
Post by: ksvane on February 06, 2012, 03:31:46 pm

Oh. :)

They are lossy .m4a files.

Title: Re: BUG: Bit depth tag is misinterpreted
Post by: Matt on February 06, 2012, 03:33:28 pm

It might be better to report the bitdepth as 16 in these cases, since it's likely the source was 16bit.

But like the link above says, there's no true bitdepth.  And it's a good thing that Media Center uses 64bits of precision in these cases.

Title: Re: BUG: Bit depth tag is misinterpreted
Post by: ksvane on February 06, 2012, 03:40:36 pm

So... MC doesn't show the actual file properties but rather its own preferred interpretation of them?

Title: Re: BUG: Bit depth tag is misinterpreted
Post by: Matt on February 06, 2012, 03:57:18 pm

Quote from: ksvane on February 06, 2012, 03:40:36 pm

So... MC doesn't show the actual file properties but rather its own preferred interpretation of them?

You might read this:
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Audio_Bitdepth#Bitdepth_of_Lossy_Formats

There's no "actual" bitdepth of a lossy file.