[Emooze]

Concerning EAC, does anyone know how to turn off the beep it makes every time it finishes converting to FLAC?

And this should really be stickied, helped me out loads so far.

 

[olblueyez]

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Originally Posted by Emooze /img/forum/go_quote.gif Concerning EAC, does anyone know how to turn off the beep it makes every time it finishes converting to FLAC? And this should really be stickied, helped me out loads so far.

Mention it to Jude and the moderators.

 

[Dublo7]

Thanks for this thread. It's brilliant.

Just one query, how do you change the Default Format to CD Quality on Windows XP? I can't seem to find the window for it. Is it already set to this on Default?

 

[olblueyez]

-Go to your control panel
-Double click the speaker
-Choose your device from the list (Highlight it)
-Click properties
-From the best of my knowledge you should see some tabs up top and one of them should contain this info or a way to get to this info.

 

[Vandal]

Amazingly helpful. I have bookmarked this and will use it once I get my DAC. Thanks!

 

[olblueyez]

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Originally Posted by Vandal /img/forum/go_quote.gif Amazingly helpful. I have bookmarked this and will use it once I get my DAC. Thanks!

You quite welcome, and feel free to ask any questions you may have.

 

[Zorlac]

I have a couple questions about Vista SP1 and Foobar2000/WASAPI (keep in mind I am using a X-Fi set to Audio Creation Mode with bit perfect output):

1. Can I set the Default Format for Shared Mode under the SPDIF Out Properties in Vista to anything I want without it effecting Exclusive mode (i.e. Foobar using WASAPI)?

Basically, if I set the Default Format to 2 channel, 16bit, 48kHz, then will my Exclusive mode 2 channel, 16bit, 44.1kHz .wav files still play bit perfect without upsampling to 48kHz in Foobar2000 using WASAPI?

...or what if I set the Default Format to 2 channel, 24bit, 96kHz, then will my Exclusive mode 2 channel, 16bit, 44.1kHz .wav files still play bit perfect without upsampling to 24bit, 96kHz?

2. If I set Foobar2000 to 24bit Output data format, then will 16bit files still output at 16bit when in Exclusive mode?

 

[olblueyez]

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Originally Posted by Zorlac /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have a couple questions about Vista SP1 and Foobar2000/WASAPI (keep in mind I am using a X-Fi set to Audio Creation Mode with bit perfect output): 1. Can I set the Default Format for Shared Mode under the SPDIF Out Properties in Vista to anything I want without it effecting Exclusive mode (i.e. Foobar using WASAPI)? Basically, if I set the Default Format to 2 channel, 16bit, 48kHz, then will my Exclusive mode 2 channel, 16bit, 44.1kHz .wav files still play bit perfect without upsampling to 48kHz in Foobar2000 using WASAPI? ...or what if I set the Default Format to 2 channel, 24bit, 96kHz, then will my Exclusive mode 2 channel, 16bit, 44.1kHz .wav files still play bit perfect without upsampling to 24bit, 96kHz? 2. If I set Foobar2000 to 24bit Output data format, then will 16bit files still output at 16bit when in Exclusive mode?

Tell me more about your rig. What is your X-Fi outputting to?

 

[Zorlac]

My signature shows my chain

...but to answer your question, my X-Fi is outputting via S/PDIF optical into an external DAC.

 

[Telix]

Awesome guide, thanks much for posting it.

 

[olblueyez]

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Originally Posted by Zorlac /img/forum/go_quote.gif I have a couple questions about Vista SP1 and Foobar2000/WASAPI (keep in mind I am using a X-Fi set to Audio Creation Mode with bit perfect output): 1. Can I set the Default Format for Shared Mode under the SPDIF Out Properties in Vista to anything I want without it effecting Exclusive mode (i.e. Foobar using WASAPI)? Basically, if I set the Default Format to 2 channel, 16bit, 48kHz, then will my Exclusive mode 2 channel, 16bit, 44.1kHz .wav files still play bit perfect without upsampling to 48kHz in Foobar2000 using WASAPI? ...or what if I set the Default Format to 2 channel, 24bit, 96kHz, then will my Exclusive mode 2 channel, 16bit, 44.1kHz .wav files still play bit perfect without upsampling to 24bit, 96kHz? 2. If I set Foobar2000 to 24bit Output data format, then will 16bit files still output at 16bit when in Exclusive mode?

Number 1 = yes
Number 2 = No

 

[olblueyez]

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Originally Posted by Telix /img/forum/go_quote.gif Awesome guide, thanks much for posting it.

Thanks and your welcome.

 

[Zorlac]

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Originally Posted by olblueyez /img/forum/go_quote.gif Number 1 = yes Number 2 = No

So why do you recommend folks to set Foobar2000 to 24bit output per your screenshot when using Vista SP1/Foobar2000/WASAPI? Shouldnt it be set to 16bit when playing 16bit files and 24bit when playing 24bit files to achieve bit perfect output?

Also, in general, what should we be setting Vista's Default Format to for Shared Mode? Should it be the maximum channels, bit depth and sample rate that our DAC supports?

Thanks for all the info, but this is a very confusing topic...especially when there is no way to test this stuff without essentially hooking up a high-end AV receiver that will tell you the channels, bit depth and sampling rate of the signal.

 

[olblueyez]

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Originally Posted by Zorlac /img/forum/go_quote.gif So why do you recommend folks to set Foobar2000 to 24bit output per your screenshot when using Vista SP1/Foobar2000/WASAPI? Shouldnt it be set to 16bit when playing 16bit files and 24bit when playing 24bit files to achieve bit perfect output? Also, in general, what should we be setting Vista's Default Format to for Shared Mode? Should it be the maximum channels, bit depth and sample rate that our DAC supports? Thanks for all the info, but this is a very confusing topic...especially when there is no way to test this stuff without essentially hooking up a high-end AV receiver that will tell you the channels, bit depth and sampling rate of the signal.

Number 1 = USB or Optical?
Number 2 = yes

 

[Zorlac]

Quote:

So why do you recommend folks to set Foobar2000 to 24bit output per your screenshot when using Vista SP1/Foobar2000/WASAPI? Shouldnt it be set to 16bit when playing 16bit files and 24bit when playing 24bit files to achieve bit perfect output?

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Originally Posted by olblueyez /img/forum/go_quote.gif Number 1 = USB or Optical?

This was in reference to S/PDIF Optical output