[yay101]

I have a feeling your mpd log is going to be answer here, as mpd should only output as plain pcm as fallback from actual dsd, never when dop is enabled.

 

[yay101]

Also might be worth seeing if straight DSD plays properly with dsd_usb "yes"

 

[420204]

Also might be worth seeing if straight DSD plays properly with dsd_usb "yes"

not changing anything.
weirdly enough I can't get a log with mpd --verbose, there's also nothing in the folder "~/.mpd/log"
 
I'm now thinking of switching distributions because of this... thinking Manjaro
what are you guys running?

 

[yay101]

Got manjaro at home for web app/ Dev/ daily use. Love it to death, can recommend.

I use headless arm players for playback though (cuboxi's).

 

[420204]

Got manjaro at home for web app/ Dev/ daily use. Love it to death, can recommend.

I use headless arm players for playback though (cuboxi's).

cool, thanks!
I will test it this weekend and then decide if I'm going to install it on both of my machines
 
What DE do you use? I really want to keep KDE/Plasma

 

[yay101]

Same. KDE user here as well, my only gripe with the default install is I don't like guake/ drop down terminals and its installed/ starts on boot by defualt but that took all of 4 seconds to remove. The default install is quite nice otherwise.

 

[420204]

Same. KDE user here as well, my only gripe with the default install is I don't like guake/ drop down terminals and its installed/ starts on boot by defualt but that took all of 4 seconds to remove. The default install is quite nice otherwise.

huh, drop down terminals... never seen that before (I think).
How's KDE in Manjaro? It's incredibly well implemented in SUSE, never been more happy with it than with OpenSUSE.

 

[yay101]

I haven't used suse for like 8 years, but its comparable to kubuntu as far as completeness. Just not as nice of a store, but I'm sure that will change.

 

[420204]

not in my opinion, SUSE is way beyond Kubuntu. Been using it for 2.5 years now never had any problem (aside from ALSA/mpd/DSD now).
looking forward to Manjaro, the things I've heard so far were only positive.

 

[420204]

found the solution to my problem:
 
Cantata does store a custom mpd.conf file under ~/.local/share/cantata/mpd/ which is used if at first setup option number one is chosen (simple setup). 
I simply created a shortcut to the systemwide mpd configuration file and am now good to go.

 

[rootsandculture]

I follow those instructions. I have an EMU Creative DAC, but when I put a custom "hw:EMU0404" command inside alsa device in gmusicbrowser the music plays accelerated. If I clear that commend and leaves empty, plays fine. I'm trying to get the best sound I can with that nice soundcard. Any ideas how to fix it?
 
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/69141415/Screenshot%20from%202016-04-25%2022%3A45%3A13.png
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/69141415/Screenshot%20from%202016-04-25%2022%3A45%3A23.png

 

[yay101]

Do your alsa settings designate the emu0404 as default?

 

[rootsandculture]

How can I check that? I uploaded 2 screenshots with my config. The audio is playing trough emu0404, but accelerated.

 

[yay101]

cat $HOME/.asoundrc

Or

cat /etc/asound.conf

Depending on whether your config is system wide or user based.

If in doubt do both.

 

[rootsandculture]

rootsandculture@Roots:~$ cat $HOME/.asoundrc
cat: /home/rootsandculture/.asoundrc: No such file or directory
rootsandculture@Roots:~$ cat /etc/asound.conf
cat: /etc/asound.conf: No such file or directory