Apologies if this has been asked/answered elsewhere (I’ve searched, unsuccessfully) … why is the sample rate matching feature not available on the plexamp windows app? I like having the “strict” version of this feature on the Mac and iOS apps … even if I can’t always/easily tell the difference betw…

On macOS you can change sample rate w/o exclusive mode.

No, those are two sides of the same coin. When using the Mixer, Windows is in charge of the output.

I thought the same was true for Mac (no support for auto sample rate switching), but it appears there’s a way to do this without the use of exclusive/hog mode. Maybe it’s not possible for Windows, but I’m still looking for a clear reply from plexamp devs to the original posted question.

Maybe I’m misunderstanding. You’re asking if an app can change the mode of the mixer’s output device?

I’m asking if an app can change the output sample rate of the Windows mixer to match the file being played (as long as that sample rate is supported by the audio output device). I’m guessing, but this appears to be what’s happening in the Mac app when sample rate switching is enabled … it’s the fir…

OK, weird. I saw the macOS Plex app change the rate, with exclusive mode turned off - once. Then I was playing with settings, playing other music, turned exclusive mode on and off, etc. Now I can’t reproduce it again. I wonder if Plex was requesting the rate switch, or if it’s a macOS feature. No…

Just to be clear, here I’m only concerned with plexamp, which has no exclusive mode option

Thanks for confirming … to summarize, sample rate switching on Windows version of plexamp would require the addition of exclusive mode, currently no plans to implement … tricky to add vs relatively low perceived benefit (avoidance of resampling). Not the answer I was hoping for, but understood.

[image] ussalin: bypassing the Windows mixer is the minimum required for high fidelity reproduction. That was true – back then when we had Windows 95. Even Microsoft can learn to improve their software. I am listening with an external DAC which doesn’t support switching SR with any driver e…

Ah ok since it is damn complicated to add exclusive audio to a music player for Windows (in fact which player has it …) just convince yourself that is almost useless … ok

Non-exclusive mode means all audio is passed through the windows limiter. It only operate at about -0.2 dBFS but it’s a poor quality (low latency / no look ahead) limiter and the vast majority of modern music will be impacted by it. It’s main purpose is (very sensibly) to avoid harsh clipping when y…

Sample rate matching for windows app

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elan May 4, 2022, 11:53pm 34

That’s not happening any time soon, just to set expectations. It’s non-trivial to add.

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