paul30d

There's another thread a bit further back about this. Apparently an incompatibility with the latest MACOS.

It does not have to "mount" the ISO image. In fact it is impossible to mount it like other disc images. ISO2DSD just reads it like any other file. So it should work. Maybe you need to give a few more details (error messages etc).

Did some searching in the Roon knowledge base. You can search within file paths in the tracks view. This will do it: https://kb.roonlabs.com/FAQ:How_can_I_find_tracks_by_path%3F Just tried it and it works. Still best to add a tag once you have found all the albums.

I don't think you can search the "version" field. I always found that strange, but perhaps they don't want you to search it because people use it in so many different ways. All I can suggest (since it is in your folder naming system) is to search your folder system using the finder or windows explorer, identify the albums and just tag them in Roon as "XRCD24". Searching for tags works really well. I don't know what else to do.

My milestone is 3.8 (USD449/USD119) due to initial discount on the lifetime licence. It will be "free" for me from April this year. Time goes quickly and it has been a great purchase for me. The best thing for me is that I have users connecting reliably and happily from 5 different "fixed" locations within my home (hifi system, headphone system and 3 Apple TVs) as well as a bunch of iPhone connections over wifi. While over software can do this cheaper (JRiver, Plex), I don't think any do it as well as Roon. And it will soon be free for me anyway. My only wish is that I could access my Roon server "on the road". Cheers Paul

Hi Vicks7 Transfer files from Windows formatted HD to another HD using a Mac - windows disks can be read on the Mac so no problem Download files using the mac to a mac-formatted HD - no problem Download files on the mac and write them to a windows-formatted HD - windows HD should be formatted as exFAT, not NTFS I hope this covers everything you might want to do.

If that is all he wants to do (and nothing else), then yes.

Not sure about that, if the Windows formatted drive is NTFS. Safest bet is to format the new drive as exFAT, which can be read and written by both operating systems without problems, respects long file names, large files, etc. Copy from the windows machine onto the exFAT disk at home then take it to the office and play from it on the Mac.

These units are silent - no moving parts. That's the advantage for me. It allowed me to put the pc/server and hard drives in other room, with just a network connection at the listening area. That was worth it for me. I know what you are getting at, but I won't buy into that debate. Sent from my iPhone using Computer Audiophile

It might be that the FLAC file is smaller, if there is no signal above 20 kHz. I am not really sure. A way to test it would be to do a conversion in AuIConverter with the filter set to optimized, then the same AuIConverter conversion with filter set to non-optimized. If they are the same size, then the difference between DSDMaster and AuIConverter would be just the FLAC compression settings. I would not worry about it too much. The dither button is just under the output settings (format and bit depth). As Yuri said, if the light is on, then dither will be applied. Except, apparently, if the input and output are both above 16 bit (I did not know that). Paul

My limited understanding of the disadvantages of CD/Low-Res audio is that there are audible compromises due to resampling. CDs need to be resampled to 22 kHz. AuIConverter's cutoff is even lower at 20 kHz. If there are any artifacts/distortions due to resampling, it seems to me that they might occur in the audible frequency range and perhaps affect the sound quality. My main use of AuIConverter has been to convert DSD to PCM, but I use it for other things as well. My personal, unscientific feeling is that your "non-optimized" cut-off (around 25-26 kHz) is about right, for converting DSD to PCM. Anything higher than that (super-wide option) has doubtful benefits. Anything lower than that, and the distortions caused by resampling are getting too close to the audible frequency range... in my opinion. That's why I choose to use the "non-optimized" filter option. I am not really comfortable resampling hi-res DSD files down to 20 kHz when converting to PCM. As with rodrigaj, I am a very satisfied customer. It's my "swiss army knife" for audio conversions. Just expressing my view of the two available filter options. Regards Paul

I gather you are only interested in converting DFF to FLAC, so I will limit my comments to that particularly process, on a mac. I use AUIConverter regularly (current version), but I have never tried to batch terabytes of DFF files at once - only a few albums at a time. It is very stable when batching a few albums at a time. It does have progress indicators. There are not many settings that need to be changed. When downsampling, the developer believes very strongly in limiting the maximum frequency to 20kHz, irrespective of the sample rate you want to convert to. For me, I don't agree with that. Fortunately, there is an option to chop it at around 26 kHz instead, by setting Filter Mode to "non-optimized resampling filter". That one is important for me. Under the metadata tab in settings, check "create subdirectories as performer/year" etc. That way each album will be given its own output subdirectory instead of having a mass of files in one output directory. There are many options for reducing or eliminating ticks or pops between songs, that sometimes happen with some converters. I have never found the need to use them, I would suggest not touching them, and listening to a few converted albums. If you find that there is a problem (particularly on a gapless album), go back and experiment with the relevant settings. One of the most important things when batching DFF or SACD ISO to FLAC is peak normalization. This should be done on a "per album basis". You can set up AUIconverter to do this by going to the "Levels" tab. For "Levels ajusting", select "to max peak" and "by directory". Then make sure each album is in its own directory. Each album will then have the level optimized individually to a peak album level of 0dB. If I am converting from DFF to 24bit flac, I switch off dithering, If I am converting to 16 bit, I switch on dithering. That's about it. I don't touch any other settings. I will admit that the english (both in the app and in the manuals/guides) is not easy to follow. But I have not found it to be a real issue for me. The purchase options are very confusing. In terms of other software for macs, I like DSDMaster. It is simple and the sound quality is very good (equal to AUIconverter). But there is a disadvantage for batching multiple albums. Peak normalization can either be done per song, or per batch of files being converted. So if you drag multiple albums into the app for conversion, they will be normalized as one large album. AUIconverter can handle each album separately. Paul

I use ISO2DSD to create a DFF Edit Master and cue file. I then convert the DFF file to one large flac file and split the file using XLD with the cue file. With this method, the only place that a click can occur is at the beginning of the first song of the album or the end of the last song of the album. But I have never heard (or perhaps noticed) a click at the start or end of an album. I think that is due to converting first to DFF, which apparently avoids the error.

Agree. But I they would extend trax to do DSD files as well. Their software for DSD conversion (ponophile) is lame.

Actually, it also does multi-room, which neither Fidelia, Amarra or A+ will do. Maybe not important to everyone, but is quite important for me.