Awooga
Im running VDJ pro and having problems with some of my FLAC files. Some play fine while others just generate a hiss / whitenoise.
In config FLAC is currently set to Internal Audio Decoder. Is this an issue with 24-bit FLAC files?
I know the files themselves are good as they play in other programs.
Any help greatly appreciated.
In config FLAC is currently set to Internal Audio Decoder. Is this an issue with 24-bit FLAC files?
I know the files themselves are good as they play in other programs.
Any help greatly appreciated.
Posté Fri 06 Apr 12 @ 3:41 pm
Awooga
Is there a codec I can download for 24-bit FLAC on the MAC?
Posté Fri 06 Apr 12 @ 3:42 pm
cesarcastillo
Did you try to change it to "Quick Time Audio Decoder" double click the files extension on the VDJ CODEC window and change it from internal audio decoder to quicktime audio decoder.
Posté Mon 09 Apr 12 @ 2:04 am
SBDJ
If the internal decoder isn't working with your FLAC files, then you can install OpenCodecs and set FLAC to use the windows media player audio decoder.
Posté Mon 09 Apr 12 @ 6:05 am
cageycretin
Can anyone help please, I would like to know how to play 24bit/96kHz FLAC files on MacBook Pro.
Using VDJ Pro Full 7.0.5 on MAC OSX 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
Using the "internal audio decoder" for FLAC and 16bit/44.1kHz files play fine.
I have 70,000 24bit/96kHz FLAC files from my vinyl collection and would like to use these files and do not want to convert them to 16bit/44.1kHz FLAC or mp3's.
The 24bit files play white noise thru the left channel and a very low volume audio at half speed thru the right channel.
I have downloaded and tried installing OGG WMACodec, flip4MAC, xiph-qt & flac-1.2.1 codecs to enable playback thru "Quicktime audio decoder" but only receive error messages when loading all FLAC files with this decoder.
I have tried all of the codecs options available and receive errors on all but the internal audio decoder.
There are no WMA audio or any of the other downloaded decoders showing in the available codecs.
I have searched the forums and believe I have followed SBDJ's "openCodecs" & "windows media player audio decoder" advise posted in this topic and the advise posted at Forum: Wishes and new features - Topic: 24-bit support.
I'm not to tech savvy and the advise was very brief and I've had no success with it.
What codecs should I use and where can I get them? How do these codecs get installed so VDJ can use them? Is there something else I should do to resolve this?
Any help to get these 24-bit files working correctly would be appreciated.
Thank you
Using VDJ Pro Full 7.0.5 on MAC OSX 10.6.8 Snow Leopard
Using the "internal audio decoder" for FLAC and 16bit/44.1kHz files play fine.
I have 70,000 24bit/96kHz FLAC files from my vinyl collection and would like to use these files and do not want to convert them to 16bit/44.1kHz FLAC or mp3's.
The 24bit files play white noise thru the left channel and a very low volume audio at half speed thru the right channel.
I have downloaded and tried installing OGG WMACodec, flip4MAC, xiph-qt & flac-1.2.1 codecs to enable playback thru "Quicktime audio decoder" but only receive error messages when loading all FLAC files with this decoder.
I have tried all of the codecs options available and receive errors on all but the internal audio decoder.
There are no WMA audio or any of the other downloaded decoders showing in the available codecs.
I have searched the forums and believe I have followed SBDJ's "openCodecs" & "windows media player audio decoder" advise posted in this topic and the advise posted at Forum: Wishes and new features - Topic: 24-bit support.
I'm not to tech savvy and the advise was very brief and I've had no success with it.
What codecs should I use and where can I get them? How do these codecs get installed so VDJ can use them? Is there something else I should do to resolve this?
Any help to get these 24-bit files working correctly would be appreciated.
Thank you
Posté Fri 27 Jul 12 @ 12:35 pm
Support staff
Sorry, VirtualDJ doesn't currently support playing files at those rates. This may be possible in future versions such as VirtualDJ v8, however the majority of users will be using standard CD quality 16-bit/44.1Khz or 16-bit/48Khz files which are more than sufficient for live DJ performance (Unless you're playing to a room full of audiophiles using a very high-end sound system!)
Perhaps you could convert these files to 16-bit/44Khz for now and keep the originals for future use, should these high-end bit/sample rates be supported in a future version.
Perhaps you could convert these files to 16-bit/44Khz for now and keep the originals for future use, should these high-end bit/sample rates be supported in a future version.
Posté Fri 27 Jul 12 @ 7:21 pm
audiophilous
Here's an audiophile DJ speaking ;-)
I'd really love to see 24 bit support, and also support for higher sample rates.
I also have a lot of 24bit/96kHz FLAC files, and our parties are famous for the great sound quality (using a 24kW home-build audiophile PA-system with custom designed DSP-based 24/192 processing chain for all of our power amps).
It's not just me (the sound engineer) being able to distinguish between lower and higher quality source material: *all* of our audience can! They don't know exactly what is happening, but they notice the sound being more 'open', 'airy' and 'direct' when playing high-quality vinyl, 24/96 master tracks from the studio played through Foobar, or just a plain oldfashioned analogue live set using drumcomputers and synthesizers.
Besides, 24/96 gives better processing resolution when applying (extreme) EQ-settings as there's more bits to work with.
I do understand CPU usage (and possibly latency) would increase using higher quality source material and EQ, but with the increasing processor power of current computer hardware this becomes less of an issue.
If Virtual DJ decides to not support 24-bit or higher sample rates because of the more complex DSP tasks or higher CPU usage: that's totally fine with me.
But please don't suggest noone would hear the difference; many people actually *can*! (and possibly more people than you could imagine)
I'd really love to see 24 bit support, and also support for higher sample rates.
I also have a lot of 24bit/96kHz FLAC files, and our parties are famous for the great sound quality (using a 24kW home-build audiophile PA-system with custom designed DSP-based 24/192 processing chain for all of our power amps).
It's not just me (the sound engineer) being able to distinguish between lower and higher quality source material: *all* of our audience can! They don't know exactly what is happening, but they notice the sound being more 'open', 'airy' and 'direct' when playing high-quality vinyl, 24/96 master tracks from the studio played through Foobar, or just a plain oldfashioned analogue live set using drumcomputers and synthesizers.
Besides, 24/96 gives better processing resolution when applying (extreme) EQ-settings as there's more bits to work with.
I do understand CPU usage (and possibly latency) would increase using higher quality source material and EQ, but with the increasing processor power of current computer hardware this becomes less of an issue.
If Virtual DJ decides to not support 24-bit or higher sample rates because of the more complex DSP tasks or higher CPU usage: that's totally fine with me.
But please don't suggest noone would hear the difference; many people actually *can*! (and possibly more people than you could imagine)
Posté Sun 26 Aug 12 @ 9:41 am
Support staff
Yes, some people can tell the difference, but for the average person in the street, this is not usually the case, especially in a night-club or bar where the sound system is usually designed to play music loud rather than with very high fidelity.
However, it's already been shown in the previews for VirtualDJ v8 that higher rates should be supported thanks to the new audio engine.
NOTE: For rates higher than 16-bit/44.1Khz (Standard CD audio), it's also very important that the source material was mastered at these higher rates. Recording audio from CD's at 24-bit/192Khz is a complete waste of time and disk space because you can't put back detail that was not there in the first place. To fully benefit, the sound must be originally mastered at these rates or recorded from a high-quality analogue source (Such as vinyl in very good condition.) Of course, your audio interface used for playback also needs to be capable of these higher rates too.
However, it's already been shown in the previews for VirtualDJ v8 that higher rates should be supported thanks to the new audio engine.
NOTE: For rates higher than 16-bit/44.1Khz (Standard CD audio), it's also very important that the source material was mastered at these higher rates. Recording audio from CD's at 24-bit/192Khz is a complete waste of time and disk space because you can't put back detail that was not there in the first place. To fully benefit, the sound must be originally mastered at these rates or recorded from a high-quality analogue source (Such as vinyl in very good condition.) Of course, your audio interface used for playback also needs to be capable of these higher rates too.
Posté Mon 27 Aug 12 @ 9:38 am