2016-10-09, 23:46
I can confirm - have the box now since 2 days, done a lot of testing.
Conclusion is:
I'll keep my HTPC and will give him an upgrade with a GTX1060 in order to get HDR Video played and keep the capability, to play Multi-Channel FLAC up to 96kHz.
The Difference between 24bit and 16bit is hearable - and if the Q10 Pro cannot play it, its not the right box for me - but probably for most of the users might be sufficient.
Conclusion is:
I'll keep my HTPC and will give him an upgrade with a GTX1060 in order to get HDR Video played and keep the capability, to play Multi-Channel FLAC up to 96kHz.
The Difference between 24bit and 16bit is hearable - and if the Q10 Pro cannot play it, its not the right box for me - but probably for most of the users might be sufficient.
(2016-10-08, 19:35)alekseyzimin Wrote:(2016-10-07, 03:07)wesk05 Wrote:(2016-10-07, 03:03)alekseyzimin Wrote: I have Himedia Q10 pro with the latest firmware 1.0.7 and using built-in Himedia Player I can play 44100Hz wav file bitperfect from wav container. My HDMI output is set to RAW. So maybe flac has a problem playing 44100 at 48, but not wav? That would be odd.
I used diatonis_hidden_universe.wav -- one of the popular demos online with Marantz sr7002 receiver connected to Q10 pro via HDMI. This wav is actually DTS packaged into wav, with "fake" 44100Hz sampling and my receiver correctly showed the input as DTS. In Kodi of course I got stereo 48KHz resampled 2-channel output, because Kodi always resamples audio in PAPlayer.
The difference is DTS wav vs PCM; Passthrough vs Decoded PCM.
I confirmed today -- indeed WAV files at 44100Hz or 48000Hz are played bitperfect by Himedia media center.
FLAC and APE at 44100Hz are resampled to 48000 and are NOT played bitperfect in Himedia Media center.
Kodi resamples everything to 48000Hz.
