This is done in AdvancedProperties/Advanced/serverOptions with “mimeType.dsf=audio/dsd, mimeType.dff=audio/dsd”. To play DSD files using the Sony Blu-ray player from Minimserver 2, one has to define the mime types in MinimServer 2. The advantage of these Blu-ray players over Kodi is they are capable of sending DSD over HDMI. The Oppo 103 has a more lengthy gap between tracks than does the Sony UBP-x800m2. Without the sub, no direct DSD even if you’re playing 5.0ch file.) However playback by this method is NOT gapless for network files (regardless of whether HDMI carries PCM or DSD), and the user interface is cumbersome for browsing hundreds of albums (dozens is ok). Both players can access files over network (and play SACD) and send DSD over HDMI to Denon AVR, some of which can play “DSD Direct” and “DSD Multi Direct” respectively with 2ch and Mch (I noticed for 5.0 or 5.1ch files, DSD Multi Direct on AVR-3808 requires 5.1 speakers including the 0.1 subwoofer. (Denon AVR-3808 shows 192khz PCM from that stream and plays fine perhaps because PCM is converted from 352.8 to 192 khz for HDMI.) However, I don’t see the DSD-to-PCM conversion as a true disadvantage in my use case because when listening to 5.0 and 5.1 music, I use the Audyssey room correction in the Denon AVR, which cannot be done with DSD.įor DSD playback, one can also use certain Blu-ray players such as Oppo 103 or Sony UBP-x800m2. One potential disadvantage of using Kodi is that it converts DSD64 to 352.8 khz PCM before sending over HDMI. The advantage of using Kodi is for gapless playback with a user-interface that allows easy browsing of many hundreds of albums, via a remote app on a tablet. To play those files over the network in gapless way, I’ve been using LibreELEC (Kodi) on an intel i5 laptop, which transcodes the DSD to PCM and sends to Denon AVR-3808 via a mini-displayport to HDMI connection. dsf (DSD) files-on a network music server using MinimServer 2-in 2.0, 5.0, and 5.1 channel formats. Many of them can play back 2ch DSD over DLNA already. Only if AV amplifier could just directly decode the Mch DSD over DLNA. (But they are out of production) Recently released Reavon UBR-X200 could be also a good one but it's manual doesn't say anyting on supported file format. UDP-LX800, Oppo UDP-205 would do becuase it's manual did say it. I feel the difficulty to achieve Mch DSD on DLNA is the scarcity of capable renderer device, though we know what AV amplifier to use. But i was able to hear the Mch DSD sould coming out of speaker with very good quality using some Mch DSD files I purchased. This could be coming from the quality of the home LAN that I use or my old QNAP jittering the streaming. And on rare occasion, it disrupts the playback in the middle. Strangely i don't have this when plaing back 2ch DSD with Pure Direct mode. And it must be coming from the way Bubble UPnP controls the renderer and the way RX-A3080 turns on it's Pure Direct mode, when playing the entire Mch DSD album with Pure Direct mode on RX-A3080, it generates the gap and clicking sound from the relay device from the Amplifier inbetween music titles. Mch DSD tends to become large and UDP-LX800 only has 100Mbps ethernet port, so downloading the file to start playing back takes longer than FLAC file. Bubble UPnP app displays playing back 24bit +96khz FLAC but UDP-LX800 and RX-A3080 says it's receiving DSD so i think it's just a bug on the Bubble UPnP. I used Bubble UPnP app on smartphone to control the playback. But both Asset UPnP + UDP-LX800 supports DLNA 1.5, so I can use DLNA controller. Also, for some reason UDP-LX800's internal DLNA browser menu doesn't pickup the DSD files (but FLAC is OK) on Asset UPnP's music directories. The built in DLNA server function on my QNAP didn't seem to support streaming DSD over DLNA(potentially because it is an old QNAP) so I downloaded the trial version of Asset UPnP server app for QNAP. And I own QNAP NAS TS-659 as DLNA streaming server(very old NAS). I also own Yamaha RX-A3080 which supports receiving DSD bitstreaming over HDMI(out of production but successors came out recently without having much change). I didn't realize until recently that this device's manual says supporting multichannel DSD over DLNA. The universal disk player that I own is pioneer UDP-LX800 (out of production) supports Mch SACD playback. But I recently discovered streaming multichannel DSD using DLNA is possible by accident. I have been wondering about the same stuff for long time and have been listening Mch SACD only on direct disk playback.
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