tmtomh wrote: > Thanks for the input and helpful replies. I think I found the source of > the problem, and it's a weird one: I discovered that every high-res file > LMS showed with the proper 24-bit sample size had been encoded by XLD. > And every one it showed as 16-bit had been encoded by Max. > > Max is an older program created by the same person who makes XLD (both > apps are Mac-only as far as I know). Max is no longer being updated and > in many ways XLD is more capable. But Max has a much more convenient > interface than XLD when it comes to batch-tagging digital files before > transcoding them, so I usually use Max. (For some reason, XLD won't let > you batch-tag files except when you rip them from a CD.) > > Every other app - iTunes, Foobar2000 in Windows, and others - sees > Max-encoded high-res files properly as 24-bit. And over the years when > I've had occasion to load Max-encoded high-res files into an audio > editor, there's been musical information beyond 22.05kHz, so I know Max > is indeed producing the proper high-res files. So my guess is that Max > is failing to include something in the metadata for the file that LMS > needs in order to see it as a high-res file. > > I was going to re-encode all my original FLACs to ALAC using XLD, but I > discovered that I could fix the problem slightly more easily by simply > running my Max-created ALAC files through XLD - "transcoding" ALAC to > ALAC. The resulting files are bit-identical, retain all the metadata I > added during the original FLAC-to-ALAC conversion, and properly show up > as 24-bit in LMS. The only drag is that I have to manually re-rate them > and copy over the album art in iTunes. And of course I have to add all > the new files and delete all the old ones. I am about 1/3 of the way > through. > > Ideally I would love to be able to load a Max-encoded ALAC into an > extended metadata app and find the missing bit, so I could just modify > the metadata and not have to re-transcode everything. Any ideas?
Sorry to revive an old thread, but I'm having nearly exactly the same issue. The only difference for me is that the problem encoder is ffmpeg. I am wondering if max uses ffmpeg under the hood to do the encoding? I have a group of 24bit files that were converted from flac to alac using ffmpeg. Other players such as iTunes, JRiver Media Centre and Kodi report them as being 24bit. 24bit files encoded using other software are reported correctly as being 24bit in LMS. I've just re-encoded one of those albums using JRiver (alac-alac) and rescanned the library. That album is now showing as 24bit. I'm not sure that this necessarily causes any playback issues except when using the UPnP/DLNA bridge. Playing these files through the bridge produces static only. This is feeling like a bug in the scanner. Anybody got any thoughts? Is it time to report it? Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ pssturges's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=66790 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=102059 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
