HiRez download confusion

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rab1234

HiRez download confusion
« on: 4 Sep 2012, 11:04 am »
Can anyone provide guidance / comments on the following downloading results from 2l test bench

2l file - DXD / FLAC
81MB
24 Bit
96K

After download Macbook Air iTunes / Pure Music

300 KB - Apple Lossless
6 kbps
96 kHz

2l file - DXD / FLAC
142 MB
24 Bit
192 kHz

After download

1.1 MB - Lossless
12 kbps
192kHz

2l file - DXD / FLAC
125 MB Stereo DFF
DSD 64
2.8224MBit/s

After download

6.1 MB - Lossless
176 kbps
2822.400 kHz

Thank you for any info, I am confused.

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Re: HiRez download confusion
« Reply #1 on: 4 Sep 2012, 01:04 pm »
What are you asking?  Do the Apple lossless files work?   Do they sound good?  What did you use for conversion?  How did you convert the DSD file? 

Net/net, we need a little more detail.  :)  If this is a result of using Rob's DSD and FLAC import capabilities in Pure Music (I'm speculating since you didn't mention doing this special import window process), then there is a simple response....    His DSD/FLAC import process uses proxy file generation, is proprietary, and creates "bookmark" files that sit in iTunes and point to the real file (since neither FLAC nor DSD can be played in iTunes).  So the Apple lossless files are small for one simple reason, they are there to point, nothing else.  The good news is you can edit them (tag) and find them via browsing (Apple remote app, etc).

http://www.channld.com/support-troubleshooting.html

Scroll down to Foreign File Support, FLAC file playback....and follow directions.  Rob describes the process.  Again, realize that iTunes was never intended for DSD or FLAC, so this is a bit of work, but once setup, will do imports fine.  But if you wonder what the Apple lossless files actually consist of, ask Rob.  :)

rab1234

Re: HiRez download confusion
« Reply #2 on: 4 Sep 2012, 06:58 pm »
Thank you, I got it now. My confusion was the low bit rate (so I guess that "low bit rate" designation or the difference in the file size does not mean what I thought it did).

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Re: HiRez download confusion
« Reply #3 on: 4 Sep 2012, 07:42 pm »
Thank you, I got it now. My confusion was the low bit rate (so I guess that "low bit rate" designation or the difference in the file size does not mean what I thought it did).

It would if those were actual music files, but they aren't.

rbbert

Re: HiRez download confusion
« Reply #4 on: 4 Sep 2012, 10:23 pm »
Thank you, I got it now. My confusion was the low bit rate (so I guess that "low bit rate" designation or the difference in the file size does not mean what I thought it did).

The bit rates look pretty accurate to me.  Remember, 16/44.1 PCM is 1.411 kbps.