Pugnax555;613964 Wrote: > I'm sure there will be errors in what I say, so I welcome any > corrections if anyone has any. It's been a while since I experimented > with this, plus it's early and I'm still drinking my coffee. > > My understanding of the situation is that Microsoft now owns the > patents for HDCD encoding/decoding, and that they aren't letting anyone > have any new licenses to use the tech. Any new equipment out there that > utilizes HDCD decoding is covered under prior licenses that haven't > expired yet. So you won't ever see HDCD decoding covered natively or > officially on the SBT. > > However, you can still get the same effect as the Foobar2000 plugin on > the SBT. Basically, you add the HDCD plugin into the conversion chain > in Foobar, then export your HDCD-encoded FLAC to a new 24-bit FLAC. You > end up with a 20-bit file padded with zeros to make up the 24 bits. > Since it's FLAC-compressed, those extra zeros essentially get nulled > out, so they're not taking up any hard disk space. The SBT plays it > back as a 24-bit file, thus giving you the extra decoded bits. > > EDIT: I stand corrected on the licensing aspect. And at $400,000+, it's > understandable why so few devices use it.
Yeah, I know about ripping HDCD to padded 24-bit - I was hoping I could avoid having to do this, but looks like I'll have to. Thanks for the reply :) -- Dave1972 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dave1972's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85934 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
