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Support - (fb2k) / Re: Bitperfect audio in v2.x?
Last post by RJVB -It allows you to make a choice. The non-exclusive output is always 32-bit floating point as that's the native format of the mixer. For those bit-perfect outputs you should select the highest supported by your hardware.
Interestingly my AV amp only goes up to 24 bit, and so I have to guess that the "auto" setting in the non-exclusive mode picks the highest format that is accepted. I can confirm that selecting a 32bit depth will cause playback to be aborted with an error, so yeah, sure I'm allowed to make a choice but I'm also obliged to make one (if 32bit is the default; I think it was).
Out of curiosity, how much overhead would there be in decoding to a higher bit depth than the one the content provides? (And how much to bypassing the mixer completely if no filters or other processing is/are to be applied? )