Playing Hi Res Flac Files

[motley]

Having just purchased Elton's "The Union" in Flac from HD Tracks and downloaded it to my Synology NAS I had hoped to be able to stream it to my BdpS770 and play it through my Amp, no such luck just get a what I can only describe as hi pitched stuttering.

Using Media monkey I burned a CD with a couple of tracks, put this in the Bdp message "no playable file"?

I am missing a trick here any pointers??
Thanks

 

[The_Lhc]

the BDP probably doesn't support 24-bit flac.

 

[motley]

How would I find this out?

Also should have added that the output from the Bdp to the amp is via optical.

 

[The_Lhc]

How would I find this out?

Look in the manual? Check the manufacturer's webpage?

Also should have added that the output from the Bdp to the amp is via optical.

You'd need to check if the amp supports 24-bit flac as well then and whether it'll do so over an optical connection.

 

[Anonymous]

I dont think the BDP-S770 can stream flac. I'd suggest a transcoding media server running on your pc - or if u can - on the NAS itself.

With some Linux knowledge it is possible to install a transcoding media server like 'Playstation Media Server' onto the Synology and use that to play them.

http://forum.synology.com/enu/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=30383

Alternatively I suggest converting the flac to LPCM.

As to burning the files - u would need to burn them to a dvd as dvd-a to keep the quality.

 

[motley]

Thanks for this, what I have found is that via the Ds Audio app on my Touch I can select the hi res FLAC files on my Nas and play them via Airplay on a Apple tv2 to an old Sony amp that has a optical input. I didn't think the Apple gear would look at the hi res files let alone play them and I know it is a Flac file playing as the file is only saved on the Nas in that format??
Strange.

 

[amcluesent]

>I didn't think the Apple gear would look at the hi res files let alone play them<

I'd guess that the DS Audio app is presenting an LCPM stream to the Airplay 'listener' on the iPod Touch. Regardless, Apple TV 2 transcodes everything to 48Khz, so what you're listening to isn't bit-perfect hi-rez.