1. Roughly 50% for 192k ALAC files (the same file re-encoded as an AIFF file plays back at 3-4% CPU; FLAC is about 30%) - I am thinking seriously about re-encoding everything as AIFF.
Also, the only services I have running is MPD, USB Mount and SMB (sharing).
2. My SSD drive is in an enclosure with USB 3.0 connector and plugged into the lower-back USB 2.0 port. No external power seems to be needed.
The Manic Moose bench test reports: 15 MB/s for the SSD drive and 12 MB/s for the thumb drive.
3. FAT32 formatted as such using Mac OS Diskutil.
4. 2.17, newest version, datyed 2015-07-15.
Hope that helps.
Hi Krutsch!
Can you check something for me please?
1. play some 24/192 songs
2. go to the bottom of the screen where there is a line of icons named System, Disk information, Audio devices etc.
3. click on these icons in rapid succession focusing on the first three icons on the left
4. continue clicking on these icons for approximately 10 seconds
5. at this point my BDP-1 starts stuttering
6. if your BDP-1 starts stuttering, go to "Services" and monitor the CPU load
7. At this point my BDP-1 continues to stutter till you pause or stop playback for a couple of seconds
This is not at all complicate so I hope you can do it. That would tell us how much resources is spent elsewhere instead of playback and would at least give me some piece of mind.
Thanks!
Antun