Maddog510 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Even though Poweramp has its own audio engine, when I'm casting Apple Lossless tracks to my Nvidia Shield are the tracks being transcoded to MP3 because Apple Lossless isn't 1 of the supported codecs for Chromecast or Android in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 I could be wrong, but I don't think Chromecast supports lossless or high-res audio at all does it? As I said, I'm not sure but I believe that is the case. Andre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxmp Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Poweramp sends uncompressed pcm (16 or 24 bit, 48/96kHz) to chromecast devices, so if your track is loseless, it’s lossless all the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Excellent. I'm glad I was wrong, I didn't know Chromecast worked that way, I assumed for bandwidth reasons it might not be able to do that. Andre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog510 Posted June 24, 2019 Author Share Posted June 24, 2019 4 hours ago, maxmp said: Poweramp sends uncompressed pcm (16 or 24 bit, 48/96kHz) to chromecast devices, so if your track is loseless, it’s lossless all the way. When I brought up the audio info in Poweramp, it indicated that hi res audio wasn't supported for the Nvidia Shield even though the Shield supports 24/192. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dond Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 When streaming hiRes flacs 24bit 192Hz to chromcast audio (using Poweramp of course) the output quality is decreased. The display tells me (very small font at the buttom): "chromecast symbol" + "my personal chromecast name" + 16bit 48kHz. I'm using 5Hz WLAN, direct digitial output connection form chromecast audio to active speakers with a toslink cable. Is there a chance to get the full quality using Poweramp+Chromcast Audio? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Chromecast Audio supports uncompressed PCM (which is what Poweramp sends) at up to 96kHz/24bit. You can request that via Settings > Audio > Output > Chromecast. However the actual rate used will be dictated by the device and its firmware. Andre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dond Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 12 minutes ago, andrewilley said: Chromecast Audio supports uncompressed PCM (which is what Poweramp sends) at up to 96kHz/24bit. You can request that via Settings > Audio > Output > Chromecast. However the actual rate used will be dictated by the device and its firmware. Andre Perfect! That was the last tweak I needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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