Hi folks,
Apologies in advance if this has been answered - did a couple of searches but came up with nothing conclusive.
I'm running LMS 7.7.3 (last official release), streaming ALAC files from my Mac to my SB Touch. Works great - except I just discovered this strange issue.
In the LMS web interface, most - but, strangely, not all - 24-bit files are showing up as 16-bit instead. And they are showing up that way not only while streaming, but even when they're not playing.
I have not recently updated LMS or changed the SB Touch's firmware. But unfortunately I am not 100% sure it didn't always do this, since I haven't viewed the LMS Info window very often until recently.
The only files I've found so far that show up as 24-bit in LMS are files that use a 48kHz sampling rate. However, the files that show up as 16-bit include 48kHz ones (as well as 88.2 and 96khz ones).
The files show up properly as 24-bit in iTunes, and as far as I know they play through iTunes locally at 24-bit resolution (I have my Mac's audio output set to 24/96 in Audio MIDI setup - I realize this does not apply when streaming via Airplay; I am talking about the output at the Mac's optical/analog-out jack).
My questions:
(1) Is this just a glitch in the Info display, or is LMS really truncating most of my 24-bit ALAC files to 16-bit?
(2) Since the files show as 16-bit in the Info window even when they're not currently playing - in some cases, when I've never played them through LMS - doesn't that mean the issue is occurring during scanning of my library, rather than during actual streaming?
(3) If it's really truncating my files, does anyone have an idea why? I am willing to upgrade to LMS 7.8 (or 7.8.1?) if people think that will help - but I don't want to upgrade unless there's a reason.
Thanks for any info or insight folks can provide.
Best,
Matt
Apologies in advance if this has been answered - did a couple of searches but came up with nothing conclusive.
I'm running LMS 7.7.3 (last official release), streaming ALAC files from my Mac to my SB Touch. Works great - except I just discovered this strange issue.
In the LMS web interface, most - but, strangely, not all - 24-bit files are showing up as 16-bit instead. And they are showing up that way not only while streaming, but even when they're not playing.
I have not recently updated LMS or changed the SB Touch's firmware. But unfortunately I am not 100% sure it didn't always do this, since I haven't viewed the LMS Info window very often until recently.
The only files I've found so far that show up as 24-bit in LMS are files that use a 48kHz sampling rate. However, the files that show up as 16-bit include 48kHz ones (as well as 88.2 and 96khz ones).
The files show up properly as 24-bit in iTunes, and as far as I know they play through iTunes locally at 24-bit resolution (I have my Mac's audio output set to 24/96 in Audio MIDI setup - I realize this does not apply when streaming via Airplay; I am talking about the output at the Mac's optical/analog-out jack).
My questions:
(1) Is this just a glitch in the Info display, or is LMS really truncating most of my 24-bit ALAC files to 16-bit?
(2) Since the files show as 16-bit in the Info window even when they're not currently playing - in some cases, when I've never played them through LMS - doesn't that mean the issue is occurring during scanning of my library, rather than during actual streaming?
(3) If it's really truncating my files, does anyone have an idea why? I am willing to upgrade to LMS 7.8 (or 7.8.1?) if people think that will help - but I don't want to upgrade unless there's a reason.
Thanks for any info or insight folks can provide.
Best,
Matt