Just placed another order at cdbaby.com - they got some nice solo piano
pieces, and send them an email if they're planning to offer lossless
downloads.
They replied enthusiastically that they just started to offer non
DRM-ed downloads... which of course happened to be MP3. I wrote back
right on !
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I started a new thread on safe resampling, so any new info will be
appreciated. In a light of already posted there information secret
rabbit code doesn't look good anymore...
BTW, anyone knows what sample rate converter used by Audacity? Their
wiki states Audacity uses more then one SRC, but
Even downsampled to 44.1 (using Audacity) these Linn 24-bit files sound
fantastic.
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I am very interested in the Linn 24 bit material. However, I am
committed to FLAC for long term use. Could someone point me in the
right direction on how to go about converting WMA to FLAC? URL
references are fine.
Is the Linn WMA stuff DRMed in any way?
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Eric Carroll;182010 Wrote:
I am very interested in the Linn 24 bit material. However, I am
committed to FLAC for long term use. Could someone point me in the
right direction on how to go about converting WMA to FLAC? URL
references are fine.
Is the Linn WMA stuff DRMed in any way?
The
Phil Leigh;182014 Wrote:
The Linn is not DRM-d!
I used the Microsoft utility (WMA2LPCM) to convert the 88.2/24-bit WMA
to WAV and then Audacity to 44.1 24-bit WAV. Then I used the FLAC
front-end to create a 24-bit 44.1 FLAC. A bit long-winded but worked
fine...
I use wmal2pcm to create
i did the upsampling to 96 with audacity, but with straight wav
files...
they now play fine in transporter...
no problem to convert them into flac now...
make sure you check out all the settings in audacity first (high
quality sampling with 32bit floating integers and so on...)
wav export
yes you'll probably be right there.
but resampling a 24 bit 88.2 kHz source up to 24 bit 96 kHz with all
the features on (high quality sampling and 32 bit floating integer
for calculations), I assume that the target file is at least sounding
the same as the source.
may be just a little bit
truckfighters;182067 Wrote:
there are those dithering algorythms which guess the missing bits and
calculate the (speaking of 88.2 kHz source!) very tiny, missing
spaces...
The reason why I'm asking is that I remember that some older DSP
algorithms usually did more harm then good, and the word
Looks like this issue deserves a dedicated thread...
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Phil Leigh;181986 Wrote:
Even downsampled to 44.1 (using Audacity) these Linn 24-bit files sound
fantastic.
Agree completely. These are great audiophile grade recordings.
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It would be nice if this really worked as I'd hoped for.
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jmourik;181558 Wrote:
I'd say with the TP being able to handle 96/24, wmadec should be able to
handle it too :-)
Enhancement request created: bug 4774 (
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4774 )
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bobschneider;181831 Wrote:
Same here, now that I have my Li Te DAC-60. Using 88kHz FLAC files, SB3
shows 88.2kHz, DAC shows 44.1kHz, and the music is at half speed from
either the DAC or the SB3's analog outputs.
I'll get the 88kHz WAV files scanned back in, and see how those work
with
I started a thread 'here'
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32951) about the Linn
Records studio masters. If people could post there experiences there,
maybe we could make a wiki page on how to get this 24 bit sources to
work.
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johann;181586 Wrote:
I converted a 88.2 kHz/ 24 bit WMA to WAV and then to FLAC.
The SB3 plays it and shows it to be 88.2 kHz but an external DAC shows
the S/PDIF output as 44.1 kHZ.
Same here, now that I have my Li Te DAC-60. Using 88kHz FLAC files,
SB3 shows 88.2kHz, DAC shows 44.1kHz,
jmourik;181383 Wrote:
Because for -b it says Valid values are 8 or 16 I assume it doesn't
handle 24 bits.
Asumption is the mother of all f**kups.
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jmourik;180892 Wrote:
I just tried this on a 24bit 44.1khz file from Linn Records (Barb Jungr
- Waterloo Sunset, studio master). The wav file doesn't play, but the
flac file encoded from that wav does (on my SB2)! They both show as
24bit in Foobar, flac=1474kbps, wav=2116kbps. They both play
bobschneider;181515 Wrote:
I had the same thing. I transcoded a Linn Records WMA file to WAV using
wmal2wav, and all I got through my SB3 was hiss. That file played fine
on my computer, though.
I then coverted the WAV to FLAC using xACT. I had to change some
settings to let it accept
johann;181436 Wrote:
Assumption is the mother of all f**kups.
Ja, of course. I thought it was if you assume you make an ass out of u
and me :-)
I see you tested it too, you'll notice that the output wav of wmadec is
a lot smaller than the output wav of wmal2pcm. Plus foobar can't play
it...
jmourik;181547 Wrote:
Ja, of course. I thought it was if you assume you make an ass out of u
and me :-)
I see you tested it too, you'll notice that the output wav of wmadec is
a lot smaller than the output wav of wmal2pcm. Plus foobar can't play
it...
That works too. :)
I've noticed. I
johann;181546 Wrote:
My first thought was: Good work!
Then I reflected over the 88,2 kHz and I'm not sure wheter you asked a
question for that perticular or not. In case you did, many of the files
over at Linn Records actually are 88,2 kHz so if your song was such a
file, that is just
johann;181552 Wrote:
I expect a new version of wmadec that does this properly.
Well, if Sean Adams is still following this thread, maybe he can tell
us if they're working on it or should we open a bug or enhancement
request. Sean, please?
I'd say with the TP being able to handle 96/24, wmadec
bobschneider;181556 Wrote:
The album I'm using is Vivaldi by La Serenissima.
I'm going to try a track of that album, see how that sounds :-)
bobschneider;181556 Wrote:
I should be receiving a DAC that's capable of up to 96kHz (a Lite
DAC-60) in the next couple of days.
Me too, the PS
bobschneider;181556 Wrote:
Thanks. The album I'm using is Vivaldi by La Serenissima. I checked
the WMA file in Windows Media Player, and Properties says it's an 88kHz
file. So it looks like I got this right.
Still quite a pain to have to do two conversions to get the file to
play on my
bobschneider;181556 Wrote:
I should be receiving a DAC that's capable of up to 96kHz (a Lite
DAC-60) in the next couple of days. When I get a chance, I'll check to
see if the SB3 can pass an 88kHz signal to it, using either WAV or FLAC
files.
It probably can - the SB3 passes along digital
I converted a 88.2 kHz/ 24 bit WMA to WAV and then to FLAC.
The SB3 plays it and shows it to be 88.2 kHz but an external DAC shows
the S/PDIF output as 44.1 kHZ.
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bobschneider;181556 Wrote:
Thanks. The album I'm using is Vivaldi by La Serenissima. I checked
the WMA file in Windows Media Player, and Properties says it's an 88kHz
file. So it looks like I got this right.
Still quite a pain to have to do two conversions to get the file to
play on my
MusicDownloads.com uses DRM ...
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'Halo A21'
pfarrell;181192 Wrote:
I tried to see what selection they had, and got this:
We're sorry, only Microsoft Internet Explorer is supported.
so they clearly don't want my money.
Should Read:
We're sorry, it's much easier for us to scrutinize files on your hard
drive and insert rootkits
seanadams;181147 Wrote:
It sounds like these files are not really 88.2 khz. What is the size of
the WAV file in bytes, and how long is the track in seconds?
They are for sure, one of your support guys have one from me.
His name is is Anoop, I think.
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jmourik;181154 Wrote:
When you use the wma - wav decode (wmadec) it will be 16 bits, not 24.
Which is why I used truckfighters method, using wmal2pcm.exe, then wav
- flac...
I had slimserver setup to to wma - flac and wma - wav, both worked
too.
I'm not sure how you know it's 16 bit in any
johann;181314 Wrote:
I'm not sure how you know it's 16 bit in any of the cases.wmadec.exe Wrote:
D:\Purchased Musicwmadec.exe -help
wmadec.exe: illegal option -- e
wmadec [-dqhw] [ -b bits_per_sample ] [ -r sample_rate ]
[ -n num_channels ] [ -o outputfile ] [input]
-dAdd
jmourik;180892 Wrote:
I just tried this on a 24bit 44.1khz file from Linn Records (Barb Jungr
- Waterloo Sunset, studio master). The wav file doesn't play, but the
flac file encoded from that wav does (on my SB2)! They both show as
24bit in Foobar, flac=1474kbps, wav=2116kbps. They both play
It sounds like these files are not really 88.2 khz. What is the size of
the WAV file in bytes, and how long is the track in seconds?
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johann;181129 Wrote:
Works straigth away for me. Just downloaded the all the WMA files for
that album, rescanned slimserver music lbryary and then they all played
fine.
When you use the wma - wav decode (wmadec) it will be 16 bits, not 24.
Which is why I used truckfighters method, using
Jitterbug;169971 Wrote:
I came across musicgiants.com but its selection is pretty limited.
I tried to see what selection they had, and got this:
We're sorry, only Microsoft Internet Explorer is supported.
so they clearly don't want my money.
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Pat
I'm wondering what download stores are selling music in lossless
formats, ideally without DRM. I came across musicgiants.com but its
selection is pretty limited. Have any of the big vendors started this
yet? It's a nonsense to me to pay for lossy downloads.
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