10-08-2011, 06:21 PM
@Rolando
You have to quit iTunes and launch AudioMidi Setup. Change the relevant popup, close it and relaunch iTunes.
And then repeat the process if you want to play a 16-bit file again.
Well, strictly speaking, you don't need to do either, as CoreAudio will do a sample rate conversion on the fly, but it does an audibly poor job. No one I know who uses a Mac as a dedicated music server with such mixed files does it this way. That's insanity.
The practical solution is to use software that plays outside of iTunes, to avoid having to quit iTunes and edit AudioMidi Setup each time for CoreAudio to only be presenting the file in its native sample rate.
Decibel, Pure Music and Amarra will take care of it as well as permit loading the songs into RAM and other improvements. They each have a list of quirks and caveats that prevent the experience from equalling just using iTunes, but when considered in the context of what they're intended to do, work well.
The software I mentioned is respectfully $33, $129 or starting at $99. I just bought Pure Music and can discuss it later for anyone that's curious about it or the others.
You have to quit iTunes and launch AudioMidi Setup. Change the relevant popup, close it and relaunch iTunes.
And then repeat the process if you want to play a 16-bit file again.
Well, strictly speaking, you don't need to do either, as CoreAudio will do a sample rate conversion on the fly, but it does an audibly poor job. No one I know who uses a Mac as a dedicated music server with such mixed files does it this way. That's insanity.
The practical solution is to use software that plays outside of iTunes, to avoid having to quit iTunes and edit AudioMidi Setup each time for CoreAudio to only be presenting the file in its native sample rate.
Decibel, Pure Music and Amarra will take care of it as well as permit loading the songs into RAM and other improvements. They each have a list of quirks and caveats that prevent the experience from equalling just using iTunes, but when considered in the context of what they're intended to do, work well.
The software I mentioned is respectfully $33, $129 or starting at $99. I just bought Pure Music and can discuss it later for anyone that's curious about it or the others.