![]() If you apply any digital processing, including volume, the sound quality will be worse.Transitioning between 16-bit and 24-bit source material will require reopening the audio hardware (so make gapless transitions impossible).This will at best sound the same as outputting 24bit. If you play 16bit input, you might feel inclined to output 16bit data even though your DAC is 24bit. It is recommended to output to your soundcard or DAC using the highest bitdepth that the hardware supports. The transition from 16bit to the output bitdepth (often 24bit) is bit-perfect. When outputting data to a soundcard or DAC, the 64bit data is converted back to the format required by hardware. ![]() It also puts the data into a format that is efficient for a computer to handle, and makes it so that tracks of varying bitdepths can seamlessly transition. This ensures that any processing like digital volume, Replay Gain, or any other DSP (if any is enabled) is done with as much precision as possible. When Media Center inputs data, all audio is first converted to 64bit. For example, the number "10" might become "10.0" or "10.00" if you add more bits, but all three representations are perfectly identical. Conceptually, imagine adding bits like adding zeroes at the end of a decimal. Each bit is worth 6dB, so:Ĭonverting from less bits to more bits is perfectly lossless. It's also possible to represent the bitdepth in decibels. This means each measurement of the sound wave will have one of 65536 (2^16) values.Ī good DAC is 24bit, meaning each measurement will have one of 16777216 (2^24) values. This is where the name bitdepth comes from.īitdepth describes the number of 0's or 1's (computers are binary) used for each height measurement of the sound wave.įor example, an audio CD is 16bit. One common unit in digital audio, and the unit used inside Media Center, is bits. However, once I do master it, I would be taken by the fact I can stream tv/music/movies effortlessly and also browse/tweak and play my local content.There are several ways to describe the precision used for measuring the height of the sound wave. Like I said I haven't given Kodi enough of a go so I personally don't rate it that highly from a content management perspective. I have a feeling you didn't give it a good enough go. I even did full audio analysis on the audio import so I can apply some processing when playing back different albums/tracks.īit perfect is the same sure, but I no longer like Bit Perfect because my listening room isn't built perfect(ly). I can see this being a pain in the A*** if it didn't work. This is strange i have been trying different sources/servers and have rebuilt my library across 3 devices with 10,000 songs and 500+ movies didn't have a problem. ![]() I just re-read how you started the thread above. I started with the PC plugged into Integra 60.6 with hdmi cable so I thought to try some music concerts first, well after pointing it to my nas to add 320 files to the library it only showed about 100 of them and most with no cover art which I have placed in all the folders, not good so after playing around with settings and google searches I gave up and just ![]() First was Earth,Wind and Fire Fantasy in 24/96 and that classic clear low bass thump was lacking compared to what I am used so next Stevie Wonder Master Blaster and same thing very flat and lifeless so nope not mucking around with settings just unplug, connect back into Kodi and the difference was really night and day.Ī cool feature with Kodi is that you can set audio output to USB dac but leave pass through to HDMI avr so best of both worlds with no mucking around with settings for audio and video. I started with the PC plugged into Integra 60.6 with hdmi cable so I thought to try some music concerts first, well after pointing it to my nas to add 320 files to the library it only showed about 100 of them and most with no cover art which I have placed in all the folders, not good so after playing around with settings and google searches I gave up and just tried playing one and yes it sounded no different than what I am used to but the library side of it is an absolute mess so I deleted the video section and moved to audio.įor this I plugged into the USB of the Klein II dac and downloaded the drivers for windows and added my files to the library, once again this is no where as good as Kodi in looks or ease of use so I began to play some music. I have been a long time user of Kodi and just love it's quality and ease of use but after I kept on seeing absolute no mention of it on computer audio forums and constant mentions of Jriver I started to wonder so I grabbed a spare pc that had windows already installed and downloaded Jriver. Had a media player test today with Kodi and Jriver.
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