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CD Hardware/Software / Re: Another HDCD thread...
Last post by danadam -
Quote from: Replica9000 on
Unlike SoX, I don't think ffmpeg has any options to control dither for audio.
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... -af aresample=dither_method=triangular out.wav
... -af aresample=dither_method=triangular:dither_scale=8 out.wav
... -af aresample=dither_method=triangular:output_sample_bits=12:osf=s32 out.wav
Although this seems to only add noise at appropriate level but doesn't zero the lower bits in the last two cases. And I don't know why "output_sample_bits" works only with "osf=s32".

Quote from: TheFamilyMan on
With the demise of this player, I now regret owning a few RR HDCDs that I knowingly purchased.  I now see HDCD as one of those "just because you can doesn't mean you should" sort of things.  All that's left is to deal with its sorry legacy (hdcd.exe anyone?).
Are you saying that there are some alternative versions that don't use HDCD or that the music on those discs is not worth the hassle? :-)

Quote from: Replica9000 on
These are the commands I used to make the separate waveforms. 

Original Audio - No alterations.

Audio after decoding with HDCD filter

Here's a screenshot of the two waveforms in Audacity
The hdcd filter also has the "analyze_mode" option, which helps to visualize where the PE or LLE happen (see https://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=High_Definition_Compatible_Digital#Analyze_mode).
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3rd Party Plugins - (fb2k) / Re: JSplitter (splitter + SMP x64 alternative)
Last post by Air KEN -
By combining Flowin (foo_flowin) and JSplitter (foo_uie_jsplitter) and overlaying JScript Panel 3 (foo_jscript_panel3) Sample Script "Text Display" and "Thumbs", a Track Info + Artist Image Panel can be created.
Turn off Thumbs and display only one image. Now you have an external display Panel where Artist images change one after another.
Register this in "Keyboard Shortcuts".

https://i.imgur.com/7hAUUbg.mp4

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Polls / Re: 2023 Lossless format poll
Last post by guruboolez -
If you want to open a dedicated poll for WavPack lossless settings, I'd suggest (5 votes max?):

  • LOSSLESS ONLY
  • HYBRID (lossy + correction)
  • DSD
  • ———
  • fast mode (-f) or FFMPEG -0
  • default/general mode (-g) or FFMPEG -1
  • high mode (-h) or FFMPEG -2
  • highest mode (-hh) or FFMPEG -3 to -8
  • ———
  • -x/x0, x1 or x2 additional setting or FFMPEG -1/-2
  • -x3 or -x4 additional setting or FFMPEG -3/-4
  • -x5 or -x6 additional setting or FFMPEG -5 to -8
  • no x setting or FFMPEG -0 or I don't know what -x means
  • ———
  • I'm using the official encoder
  • I'm using FFMPEG's encoder

      • I think you'll get most WavPack encoding options, and the list won't be excessively long
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    Polls / Re: 2023 Lossless format poll
    Last post by btc -
    Thank you Guruboolez for taking time and explaining it.

    one poll dedicated to FLAC: ~10 settings for REFERENCE encoder + other encoders (FFMPEG, CueTools, FLAKE…)
    Good point. Yes, flake is different encoder, as of FFMPEG and CueTools  - will see, it's open for discussion.

    These separate poll don't have to be renewed every year, just keep them open.
    Yes, it's better to set it to be open for 2-3 years. 
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    3rd Party Plugins - (fb2k) / Re: foo_vis_vumeter
    Last post by oops -
    Quote from: Majestyk on
    It's funny, this doesn't work for me unless I put gain to +17. Is there something in my fb2k prefs that isn't set right? If I use Peak instead of RMS I can set it to +9.
    The gain setting is content-dependent. Meaning for example, if you don't care about the exact accuracy, playing classical music means you might need to have higher gain to get the needle in the middle of the range vs. pop/rock music.

    Quote from: Majestyk on
    Minor bug... The radio button in the Decay menu is rarely displayed.
    Intentional. Will only have the radio dot next to the named setting if the current setting is that value. If I recall correctly, it is 0.75 for Slow, 1.00 for Normal and 1.50 for Fast. Little details :)
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    Polls / Re: 2023 Lossless format poll
    Last post by guruboolez -
    Quote from: btc on
    I suggest to open a new 'Lossless poll 2025' with compression  options.

    There are many settings, probably too much. On my recent comparison I ended with 28 WavPack settings. I also add 6 FFMPEG presets (and the two slowest are not included). DSD is also an option for users. And with Hybrid (lossy + correction) you'll juste double the choices. So you have far more settings than voters...
    You can't be complete, it won't be readable.

    But why don't you create separate polls for settings?
    - one 2025 poll, very basic and synthetic as usual
    - one poll dedicated to FLAC: ~10 settings for REFERENCE encoder + other encoders (FFMPEG, CueTools, FLAKE…)
    - one poll dedicated to WavPack: you can be exhaustive, it won't annoy anyone. You can even add DSD
    - one poll dedicated to TAK: same as WavPack, you can be exhaustive
    - one poll for Monkey's Audio

    These separate poll don't have to be renewed every year, just keep them open.
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    3rd Party Plugins - (fb2k) / Re: foo_openlyrics (not my release)
    Last post by gfxnow -
    I am confused about how the "Preferred lyric type" setting relates to the "Search order" list.
    I have local files set at the top of the search order followed by Bandcamp, Musixmatch, LRCLib and Genius.

    What if at present a song only has unsyncd lyrics available on Genius and that is what gets saved as a local file, but in the future that song might have synced lyrics available on Musixmatch. Will open lyrics continue to serve the local file because it is first in the search order or will it also search the other sources since the preferred lyric type is set to synced?