[pulseaudio-discuss] Play audio files of high sample rates without hassle

[Milan Oravec]

Hi Arun, thank you very much for your effort and time. I'm aware of 
human listening ability and theory about it, but adding this feature 
will harm nobody, I hope so. :)

Kind regards,

Milan


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Milan Oravec

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On 28.01.2017 08:59, Arun Raghavan wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Jan 2017, at 06:31 PM, Milan Oravec wrote:
>> Hi, I'm trying to setup my HTPC Linux box as HQ/"Audiophile" player. By
>> default pulseaudio re-samples all played files that don't match default
>> or alternate sample rate to those rates which is not appreciated in this
>> scenario.
>>
>> After some trial and investigation found reason for not working original
>> patch of high sample rates playback without re-sampling posted here:
>>
>>   https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/124196/
>>
>> This patch alternates src/pulsecore/source.c, but for successful
>> implementation src/pulsecore/sink.c need to be patched too.
>>
>> With this implementation are files with high sample rates played with
>> their original sample rates without re-sampling if your HW supports
>> media encoded sample rates.
>>
>> I've successfully tested 44.1k,48k,88.2k,96k,176.4k and 192k flac files
>> played with VLC on SundBlasterX G5 DAC.
>
> I've posted a patch to deal with this at (should've sent it as a reply
> to this thread, but oh well):
>
>   https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/pulseaudio-discuss/2017-January/027409.html
>
> -- Arun
>