Re: high quality audio output
Re: high quality audio output
- Subject: Re: high quality audio output
- From: Stephen Davis <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:01:05 -0800
On Nov 29, 2006, at 7:26 AM, Olivier Tristan wrote:
Cor Jansen wrote:
Hello all,
I'm new to this group. I want to use my Mac-Mini as high quality
audio player.
My question is if I can do this by writing an audio subunit.
I want uncompressed audio files (probably wav files) to be played
back such that each sample is exactly send
to the digitail output port. Without modification. Each bit exact
as it is in the uncompressed file.
Is this possible?
Do you mean opening the audio device as 16 bits/24 bits output
stream and feed it with 16bits/24bits audio data ?
I would say that iTunes use float representation internally so
indeed it does not fit your requirements, but I don't think you can
tell the difference.
If you disable all effects (crossfade, sound enhancer, sound check,
per-track volume adjustment) and set the master volume slider to max,
iTunes passes your data through untouched. Internally, the data path
_is_ floats but, as has been mentioned already, float <--> int
conversion is exact for <= 24-bit integer data so there will be no
modifications to the data whatsoever.
Of course, if you find this to not be true, please file a bug. :-)
Be sure to set your audio output device to 2-ch 24-bit or whatever
your requirements are.
stephen
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