2012-01-29, 09:38
Gryph Wrote:@DDDamian - How does this audiophile mode work? I have already compiled the latest commit with this in it, wanted to test it out.
It'll involve quite a bit more in the next while, but right now what it means is that music (or other audio streams) are played back true to their source format.
For example, if I'm playing a stereo mp3 and add a 6-channel flac at 96/24 next, the flac will be played back in it's original format instead of being down-converted to stereo at 44.1khz. It means we don't lose audio quality when we bounce around different formats.
Same applies to going from a DD5.1 trailer to a DTS-MA movie.
The downside is: not cross-fading and a slight pause while your receiver switches it's internal processing to accomodate the new sample rate or channel count.