Foobar hi res set up

[Jaysz]

Hi just installed foobar trying to play hi res and mqa tracks
All I can get is 48khz
J

 

[Enkay25]

Have installed the WASAPI plugin? If not please do so.

And change the output setting accordingly....DAC/pc soundcard/onboard audio etc.

 

[Jaysz]

Yes installed wasapi playing hires now
Output needed to be set to wasapi push
Foobar shows 44khz
Dac shows 352khz
Thanks j

 

[daftcombo]

Yes installed wasapi playing hires now
Output needed to be set to wasapi push
Foobar shows 44khz
Dac shows 352khz
Thanks j

Hi,
Which DAC?
How is the quality of the file you're trying to play?
How is configured Windows? 48kHz?

 

[Jaysz]

Its smsl m500
Windows is set to output to dac at about 24 /352khz need to look again

 

[Enkay25]

Driver issue perhaps?

(I had a similar issue with Sabaj D5. Uninstalled foobar and installed xmos driver from their site..and reinstalling foobar solved the problem. The DAC was then recognised as usb dac....previously it was recognised as speaker in sound setting.

Was not sure how it got corrected.

WASAPI shared defaulted to whatever frequency i chosed in the windows sound setting. Avoided the WASAPI shared plugin in the reinstall. Btw I now defaults to portable installation of foobar)

Check with other players like MusicBee/AIMP etc with WASAPI exclusive setting.

I guess you are not setting resampler?

 

[Jaysz]

Not sure as shenzhen audio sent me a flac mqa track
Foobar shows sample rate of 44khz
Dac shows 352khz
Don't know what it's really doing
Just tried 24 96 track and foobar and dac show 96khz
Windows outputs 24 bit 352800khz and dac sees it
Is mqa 44 before rendered

 

[daftcombo]

Driver issue perhaps?

(I had a similar issue with Sabaj D5. Uninstalled foobar and installed xmos driver from their site..and reinstalling foobar solved the problem. The DAC was then recognised as usb dac....previously it was recognised as speaker in sound setting.

Was not sure how it got corrected.

WASAPI shared defaulted to whatever frequency i chosed in the windows sound setting. Avoided the WASAPI shared plugin in the reinstall. Btw I now defaults to portable installation of foobar)

Check with other players like MusicBee/AIMP etc with WASAPI exclusive setting.

I guess you are not setting resampler?

Me too, I had the same kind of problems with the FX-Audio Dac X7. Xmos Driver showed more sample rate options.

 

[Jaysz]

It's only the flac track that i not sure what it's doing
There is a driver on smsl but wont open
windows shows look for app to open it

 

[Jaysz]

Installed xmos driver now
that also shows different rate to dac

 

[daftcombo]

The DAC seems embarrassed with MQA. Can you try with WAV and various sample rate FLAC, mp3 and report?

 

[Jaysz]

Shows same on all with sample rate of wav 24 192
Have flac file mqa xmos and foobar show 44000hz dac shows 352800hz
When switch of exclusive mode in tidal dac shows 352800hz all tracks
Sure it's not

 

[daftcombo]

At this point, the best would be to send a message to SMSL IMHO. The unit behaves strangely.

 

[Enkay25]

Can you check with other app like musicbee?

 

[jae]

See attached.

 

[Vincent Kars]

When switch of exclusive mode in tidal dac shows 352800hz all tracks

You mean Windows instead of Tidal?
If you have set 352800 in the Win audio panel and you disabled exclusive access , this is normal behaviour.