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Title: 32 bit
Post by: dingane on January 11, 2013, 09:41:57 am
I have a M2TECH Young Dac.  I tried to play a 384/32 bit wave file by using Kernal streaming.  JRiver wants to change it to 24 bit.  It plays 384/24 bit fine however I cannot get it to stream at 32 bit.  What is the problem?  Support from M2TECH says that WASAPI and Direct are limited to 24 bit.  Since J River supports 32 bit, what configuration should I use to get 32 bit to work?
Title: Re: 32 bit
Post by: Matt on January 11, 2013, 09:43:42 am
32-bit integer mode was added to MC18 in DSP Studio > Output Format.

However, only some hardware will support this.  I don't know if the M2TECH does, but you could try.
Title: Re: 32 bit
Post by: dingane on January 11, 2013, 12:35:53 pm
Just downloaded MC18.  At the moment it is playing a 17.5 GB 384/32-bit Wave file with Kernal streaming into my M2TECH Young Dac. So far so good.   
Title: Re: 32 bit
Post by: dingane on January 11, 2013, 02:24:50 pm
Correction: I was not listening to 32 bit, MC changed the bit depth to 24 bits.  So MC18 is not the solution. 
Title: Re: 32 bit
Post by: mojave on January 11, 2013, 02:37:47 pm
Did you make sure Output Format was checked (selected) as well? Just changing the bit rate doesn't automatically activate the DSP.
Title: Re: 32 bit
Post by: mojave on January 11, 2013, 02:53:32 pm
Also, did you make sure you downloaded the latest (18.0.122) from the Media Center 18 subforum? In 18.0.69 the following was added:

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5. Fixed: 32-bit integer output was not working properly with Kernel Streaming or WASAPI output.
Title: Re: 32 bit
Post by: Matt on January 12, 2013, 08:06:55 pm
You might test 32-bit in Windows > Sound first.  If it doesn't work there, it won't work anywhere.

Instruction here:
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Audio_Setup
Title: Re: 32 bit
Post by: dingane on January 14, 2013, 11:33:53 pm
I tried the latest version and it worked.  I made the bit depth equal to 32 not 32 floating point or source

Thanks for your help.