LeeRankin wrote: > Can i add my weight to this question. I run a squeezebox touch via a LMS > on a home network with Tidal plugin. > > Over on the Meridian forums there has been considerable debate around > accessing MQA titles both via the Tidal desktop application, and via > Roon and Sooloos platforms. To be clear, those platforms are not > performing any software decoding at this stage, but allowing the titles > to be accessed and played on appropriate hardware rather than using the > Tidal desktop route. This can be done easily by accessing the masters > page in the Tidal desktop app, selecting titles as favourites and > creating named playlists which are then accessed and played via the > relevant/prefered CUI. > > I can therefore access and play this MQA material via the Tidal App in > LMS via the player and web interface. If played via an appropriate MQA > enabled device - ie a Meridian Explorer 2 connected to the Touch via usb > (via edo) the material 'should' render in the unfolded 24/96 or higher > resolution given the squeezebox's bit perfect chain - it isn't. The > material is capping out at standard Tidal hifi quality 16/44.1. Others > have tested this via the Roon / Squeezebox route and the MQA material > plays as it should, when swapping back to LMS however the high > resolutions are lost. > > This suggest an issue with LMS or the Tidal app interface in passing on > 'currently' undecoded MQA files. Any thoughts ideas? > > Clearly an ability to access decoded files is also very desirable, as > per the questions earlier in this thread - ie software decoding in LMS > or passthrough of the Tidal software decoded streams but the question > above at least provides for MQA if there is some capable hardware in the > chain via the LMS architecture. > > here's hoping.... Interesting stuff Lee, have you tried Tidal via the Ickstream proxy or only the official plug-in? Really hope this will be adressed by the guru's of ths forum :)
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