Qobuz Lossless Streaming Service Thread

[tomwoo]

New Windows Qobuz Player version: 6.0.4-b017 available.

Thanks! The same version for Mac is available too.

 

[rkw]

New Windows Qobuz Player version: 6.0.4-b017 available.

Thanks! The same version for Mac is available too.

The only release note is "Several bug fixes"

 

[tomwoo]

The only release note is "Several bug fixes"

Another thing I noticed right away was they changed the low-res profile picture to first letter of your name ("T" in my case).

 

[blotmouse]

Another thing I noticed right away was they changed the low-res profile picture to first letter of your name ("T" in my case).

Maybe they are inching towards letting us add profile pics? Very essential stuff. haha. But seriously, I want it.

 

[tomwoo]

Maybe they are inching towards letting us add profile pics? Very essential stuff. haha. But seriously, I want it.

That was the first thing I did after seeing profile pictures got changed
Still not possible to upload our own profile pictures.

 

[herdingunicorns]

This may be a really dumb question, but how do I know if Qobuz is skipping my built in Dac for my external dac. I have it plugged in via usb and stream in wasapi exclusive mode under the name of my dac. Does this mean I am bypassing my onboard dac?

 

[ahmonge]

This may be a really dumb question, but how do I know if Qobuz is skipping my built in Dac for my external dac. I have it plugged in via usb and stream in wasapi exclusive mode under the name of my dac. Does this mean I am bypassing my onboard dac?

That’s right. Select your external DAC’s name inside Qobuz player.

 

[oniel459]

This may be a really dumb question, but how do I know if Qobuz is skipping my built in Dac for my external dac. I have it plugged in via usb and stream in wasapi exclusive mode under the name of my dac. Does this mean I am bypassing my onboard dac?

As a bonus, At least on windows 10, try looking for an ASIO driver for your external dac. Wasapi goes through a windows processing and then your dac, ASIO will give your dac the sound natively from Qobuz.

 

[ahmonge]

As a bonus, At least on windows 10, try looking for an ASIO driver for your external dac. Wasapi goes through a windows processing and then your dac, ASIO will give your dac the sound natively from Qobuz.

WASAPI in exclusive mode bypass the Windows mixing and resampling process and allows for bit-perfect playback, same as ASIO does.

 

[GlenAppleton]

WASAPI in exclusive mode bypass the Windows mixing and resampling process and allows for bit-perfect playback, same as ASIO does.

True, but there can be some differences in performance between the two. I would recommend trying both (for those that have both options) to anyone in order to find out which might sound better to your ears.

 

[kwilkins]

I've been purchasing music from HDTracks for use on various DAP's. I recently saw that if you have the Qobuz Sublime subscription you get a big discount off of the albums you can purchase from their store. I bought one and downloaded a .tar file of the album and then unzipped that to a folder on my Mac. All worked fine but the song names look like this 01-02-Graham_Nash-Teach_Your_Children-SMRP

If I import that onto my DAP it won't show up properly by artist, album, song, etc. Does anyone have a workaround for this? Thanks.

 

[ahmonge]

I've been purchasing music from HDTracks for use on various DAP's. I recently saw that if you have the Qobuz Sublime subscription you get a big discount off of the albums you can purchase from their store. I bought one and downloaded a .tar file of the album and then unzipped that to a folder on my Mac. All worked fine but the song names look like this 01-02-Graham_Nash-Teach_Your_Children-SMRP

If I import that onto my DAP it won't show up properly by artist, album, song, etc. Does anyone have a workaround for this? Thanks.

i’ve bought records from HDTracks, Qobuz an other sources as well. Yes, audio tags are a mess so, once the tracks are downloaded, I modify them using Mp3tag software and use Discogs.com as a main reference for their content. Although my experience is based on the Windows version, Mp3tag has launched recently the Mac version that I recommend you to try.

 

[kwilkins]

i’ve bought records from HDTracks, Qobuz an other sources as well. Yes, audio tags are a mess so, once the tracks are downloaded, I modify them using Mp3tag software and use Discogs.com as a main reference for their content. Although my experience is based on the Windows version, Mp3tag has launched recently the Mac version that I recommend you to try.

Thanks, I'll check out Mp3tag, but what a pain in the butt. With HDTracks I don't have to do anything to adjust the metadata and the album artwork is included. Just download and copy the files to the DAP. It would be nice if Qobuz offered something as easy for the music you purchase from them.

 

[blotmouse]

Thanks, I'll check out Mp3tag, but what a pain in the butt. With HDTracks I don't have to do anything to adjust the metadata and the album artwork is included. Just download and copy the files to the DAP. It would be nice if Qobuz offered something as easy for the music you purchase from them.

Must be the release. I usually don't have issues with Qobuz metadata. It shouldn't be an ongoing problem. Qobuz is better than most in that regard for me.

 

[kwilkins]

Must be the release. I usually don't have issues with Qobuz metadata. It shouldn't be an ongoing problem. Qobuz is better than most in that regard for me.

Can you tell me the process you use to download purchased music from Qobuz and have it copied to a DAP? When I download I get a file with a name like this 01-01-Graham_Nash-Carry_On-SMRP

The file plays fine but copying it to a DAP creates a mess with the metadata. I'm talking about a DAP that doesn't have access to the Qobuz app, for example, the LP P6 Pro.