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In Reply to: RE: Popcorn Hour A-110 NMT with FLAC posted by JGT on December 08, 2008 at 20:27:48
With the latest firmware update, I believe it can, at least according to a number of posts I have read at the A-110 forum. You will probably need to turn off audio via HDMI to get the full resolution out of the S/PDIF or Optical outputs.
I do not have personal experience with this device, but I am considering either the Popcorn hour A-110 or the HDX 1000. Right now, I am leaning towards the HDX 1000. I will also have an internal hard-drive in it. The idea of using a TV as the interface is appealing.
The GUI is I imagine quite clunky, but user-applications are being written and improved upon continuously.
A link to the post on the A-110 forum that discusses 24 bit/96kHZ playback is given below. You can also search for the string "96kHz" at that forum and pull up a number of threads on the subject.
Best regards..
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Thanks for your response.
I had since found this same thread as well. I can report that I have received the A-110, and am happy with it so far. It does work for 24/96 FLAC and probably WAV too -- but I didnt try WAV yet as I dont store files that way.
The use for 24/96 FLAC content was more incidental for me, as this box is a video box. I have about 10 or so disks with 24/96 content on them (DVD lplex). Now I can stream them over the popcorn to my DAC. Works well. Interface is clunky for audio, but then again -- I dont have that much content I need to listen to this way. For all other FLAC content, it is squeezebox for me. I am happy that I am now 100% capable of streaming audio now. I do think it sounds better than reading the bits off the disk -- and certainly more convenient.
The fact that this $250 box can do all the video functions, plus play hi-res FLAC like a Transporter (to external SPDIF DAC), is quite cool. Definately a fun geek toy -- not a lot of user friendliness to this product -- but good for the technical audience.
Regards
JGT
Good to know that you got it working, and that FLAC at 24 bits / 96kHz is working. Did you try to install the music jukebox user-written application? I tried it on my PC, and it looks pretty reasonable. There is no shuffle function yet, but it does appear functional.
Also shown are a couple of pictures of the jukebox running on my laptop.
I just pulled down the Docs for this. The music jukebox doesnt even scan for IDv3 tag information -- it relies completely on filesystem structure to build the music database. This is useless for me then on my home PC setup. Myihome at least can read the tags, but it doesnt do anything for album art and good playlist support. So, these are examples where things will get better for both these. A great start.
BTW, the PCH plays multichannel 24/96 WAV files fine -- but not stereo -- they play at 1/2 speed seemingly -- anyway not correct speed. 24/96 FLAC stereo is fine though. Some more kinks to work on -- but fun box.
Jim
It does look quite nice. No I haven't used that. I may experiment with it now that I have seen the interface, but I generally like the idea of listening to my music without any TV involved. Sort of an audio purist from that standpoint ;)
It is my feeling that this is a new, open platform that will inspire much innovation -- much like the Squeezecenter project has.
what's the UI like for Video? is there server software that needs to be installed on a PC/Mac (UPnP)?
also, i'm assuming it'll play Video_TS files?
The UI is simple. There is a nice remote that comes with it, with a screen navigation. You basically tell it where to look for media by clicking the remote:
1) Local USB, or internal drives -- if any
2) NFS, SMB, UPnP Servers, if any
Nothing needs to be installed on the client if using NFS, SMB to share files. If you are using UPnP, you may need some client software to broker the discovery process and run the underlying HTTP server required.
I am using the MyiHome free UPnP client from my server, as using HTTP over 802.11g is more efficient, without the overhead for the network filesystem (SMB, NFS). I am using my Squeezebox 3 Ethernet port as a Wireless Bridge to the A-110. So far this seems to work well without dropouts. The unit caches a good chunk of data in some kind of FIFO, to make it somewhat immune to variability in TCP performance.
The unit will play just about anything but MJPEG for instance which I just found out -- a rare format that mostly Canon point-shoot cameras use for video. I am converting these as a current project, and one of the main reasons for getting the box as I have 100s of these. It will play VOB files straight out as well, to answer your question. If you use SMB/NFS it can even read the ISO file and decode the VOBs directly from within it -- right over the network. I haven't tried that. I am converting a select few videos of my collection to XVID for more efficient archival.
Again, audio is a major after-thought for the product, but it fills the small gap that I had mentioned earlier in my FLAC collection.
Hope this helps.
thanks, that's very helpful.
assuming that it will play all VOBs in a movie, seamlessly? i have a PS3, and it sucks at this, will only play one at a time, after which you have to find the next one manually, and hit play.
This is a good question. I think you need to use the ISO decode feature from either SMB/NFS or a locally connected HDD. Only then will the .INF files be read, just like it was a real DVD -- providing instruction on proper VOB sequencing. Otherwise, the parser will play the files as they appear in the media list in lexicographic order. I am going to try the ISO feature soon, as I have a complex disk that doesnt lend itself to AVI conversion, to see how well this works.
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