Michgelsen
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Have you been able to get it to work on your machine?
I am not in the Insider Ring, so I'm still waiting for the official release, and have therefore not tried the Microsoft driver yet.
The only player I know of that supports native DSD playback is Jriver(?), but if you want to get native DSD playback working at all on Foobar2000 I recommend doing these steps:
1. Update to the latest version of Foobar2000 which is v1.3.14 beta 1. This build includes several fixes and a new feature for native playback of WavPack 5 DSD files.
2. Follow this guide: http://www.audiostream.com/content/how-play-dsd-file-using-foobar2000#2fOxkRDLY2GhsubK.97 (Make sure you download the latest version of both the ASIO component and the SACD component for best results)
But as you have said, it most likely won't work as the new built-in Windows USB Audio 2 driver doesn't support ASIO, but you tested WASAPI exclusive mode and it seems to work for the most part so it may be worth it to test out DSD afterall. I would go for it!
- InsanityOne
This guide is outdated. You no longer need to have the separate ASIO proxy, nor do you need to use ASIO at all. WASAPI works great and is native to Windows 10. You do need to have the WASAPI output component for foobar of course.
Does native usb2 support have the same effect when using Kernel Streaming?
Because my setup is stable I'm hesitant to uninstall drivers, it's been awhile since I have last updated and wasn't planning to. However if sound quality will increase drastically I might just do that...
Seagate Backup ext. HDD -> USB 3 -> mini PC Windows 10 pro -> (USB 2) -> M2Tech HiFace Evo (mk1) -> (AES/Ebu) -> M1DAC -> ... ->
When uninstalling M2Tech driver and updating FB2K, will I have to re-install plug-ins and settings as well after re-installing Windows driver for M2Tech?
Kernel Streaming is something used on older Windows versions, but WASAPI exclusive mode is the same thing on Windows 10. I never could get kernel streaming to work properly, and would suggest using WASAPI if possible, because that's the new Windows 10 way of doing things.