Forget FLAC!!! WP8 can play WMA lossless 5.1 files

[ogracia]

Well i discovered that my Little Nokia Lumia 620 can play perfectly fine WMA LossLess Multichannel 5.1 files and well i can tell you the difference is AMAZING actually i am Ripping some of my fav Concerts directly from the DVD 5.1DTS... and well the results are amazing
you can try it downloading this file i put up for you guys to test it Madonna - Future Lover vs I…wma (64,46 MB) - uploaded.net when you transfer the file to the SD card or the phone memory you'll be warned with the you cant play this file...would you like to convert...just select no just copy ... trust me it will!!! well hope this helps someone that cares like me about sound quality :smile::smile::smile::smile:

 

[N_LaRUE]

Thanks for the information. Big files though.

 

[ogracia]

Yes but actually smaller than flac... but for live music the quality its just amazing

 

[mjrtoo]

Why multichannel?

 

[Fiann]

I agree. There's no way that I'm aware of to get that multi-channel audio back out is there? I'm assuming that OP is using mutli-channel because their source is the DTS CD. But DTS is already compressed. Use a high bit rate MP3 or WMA and you could get the same quality I'm pretty sure. OP, DTS is a lossy codec and not a particularly efficient one. 5.1 DTS provides about a 256 kbps stream per channel. Downmix that to 2.0 and you could easily get equivalent quality with a VBR MP3 at the extreme settings or using WMA Pro of around 256 kb+.

 

[ogracia]

Try it it doesn't sound like a VBR MP3 IT'S A LOT BETTER

 

[ogracia]

Sorry the source is a DVD 5.1 DTS and WMA lossless doesn't make it on to 2 channel it keeps the 5.1 channels and what you hear is the 5.1 channels Same as Flac

 

[Saksham Sharma]

Well i discovered that my Little Nokia Lumia 620 can play perfectly fine WMA LossLess Multichannel 5.1 files and well i can tell you the difference is AMAZING actually i am Ripping some of my fav Concerts directly from the DVD 5.1DTS... and well the results are amazing
you can try it downloading this file i put up for you guys to test it Madonna - Future Lover vs I…wma (64,46 MB) - uploaded.net when you transfer the file to the SD card or the phone memory you'll be warned with the you cant play this file...would you like to convert...just select no just copy ... trust me it will!!! well hope this helps someone that cares like me about sound quality :smile::smile::smile::smile:

what sound output source were you using ? I've broken all my earphones so i just have the nokia original ones, which are quite pathetic. And do you see any difference in the speaker output ? (dont wanna download Madonna actually, dont wanna download that big sized Madonna song )

 

[mjrtoo]

Sorry the source is a DVD 5.1 DTS and WMA lossless doesn't make it on to 2 channel it keeps the 5.1 channels and what you hear is the 5.1 channels Same as Flac

So you're missing audio from center, rear left, and rear right channels? Or are you saying the phone downmixes the audio?

 

[ogracia]

So you're missing audio from center, rear left, and rear right channels? Or are you saying the phone downmixes the audio?

so what part of WMA lossless 5.1 CHANNELS you didn't get?

 

[James8561]

so what part of WMA lossless 5.1 CHANNELS you didn't get?

actually his point is that since your earphones (and 3.5mm output on phone) have only 2 channels you can't hear the other 3 channels and so 2 channels or 5 channels don't make a difference.
I agree with his point.

 

[Jan Tomsic]

so what part of WMA lossless 5.1 CHANNELS you didn't get?

The part where my headphones are missing rear left, rear right, center and subwoofer, since they are stereo (2.0). It's kinda like playing 3D movie on a normal 2D screen, some adjustments need to be done. And quite frankly, your response was quite rude.

And the second guy asking about output I think he was referring to what kind of headphones/speakers were you using. Again, rude.

 

[mjrtoo]

It's ok, he obviously is a neophyte in the audio realm, if he digs it it's all good.

 

[Derausgewanderte]

thanks, this is good to know. I will try this with a few of my bluray 5,1 audio discs and convert them for my L920 next.

 

[hprvez]

Ignorant and rude op should have simply visited http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...lop/ff462087(v=vs.105).aspx#BKMK_AudioSupport

 

[Derausgewanderte]

Ignorant and rude op should have simply visited Supported media codecs for Windows Phone

good to know. supports WAV: LPCM, bid depth 16, max bid rate 1500kbits, max sample rate 96kHz.
cheers

 

[mjrtoo]

good to know. supports WAV: LPCM, bid depth 16, max bid rate 1500kbits, max sample rate 96kHz.
cheers

Most relevant to this conversation is the number of channels.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

Most relevant to this conversation is the number of channels.

Yes, only two. Which makes my cat very sad.

 

[Derausgewanderte]

Most relevant to this conversation is the number of channels.

to you maybe, maybe others. Not me. The specs for LPCM are independent of the number of channels.

 

[mjrtoo]

to you maybe, maybe others. Not me. The specs for LPCM are independent of the number of channels.

Well, the point being, unless you downmix this 5.1 audio to stereo, you'll be listening to 1/3 of the audio.