Which would mean that this "ASIO sounds better than directsound etc." is possibly a myth, but I wouln't like to say without proof.
WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER DECOMPRESSOR DRIVERS
However, according to the foobar developers, kmixer does not resample the audio unless your drivers require it. Although, from memory I believe it actually resamples to 48kHz as this is the de facto standard in most sound devices. He meant to say that it Windows resamples the audio to 196kHz, not 196kbps during playback. The video playback error for AVI files will be fixed. Reboot your Windows Media Player and try playing the AVI file. Step 3: Find for Windows video file (avi) and check the box as shown in the image below. Step 2: Click on Options and select File Types option. Also does kmixer vs ASIO vs kernal affect the ripping stage, or just play back? Step 1: Open Windows Media Player and click on Tools. Besides wouldnt that be a downsample from lossless? Also how do i use ASIO or kernal to bypass kmixer? Can I do this and still use WMP11 or do I have to change my playing software? Do I need to change my soundcard? I use the audio out from my ASUS A8N-SLI 32 Deluxe motherboard if that helps. I dont understand why WMP would change my audio to 196kbps. You would get a better increase in sound quality by using ASIO or kernal streaming to bypass kmixer than by re-ripping your hundreds of CDs and this will cost SO much less time. I think that the difference will not be noticable if you are simply using Windows Media or similar player, as this causes all the audio to get upsampled to 196 kb/s in kmixer. If they're the same, then you're good to go.įirst, ripping through Windows Media Player will almost certainly result in some tracks being ripped imperfectly, especially for any CDs that might have some flaws such as minor scratches.
WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER DECOMPRESSOR ARCHIVE
If you want to do a spot check, use EAC to rip a few CDs chosen at random, then decompress your WMA Lossless archive to WAV, and diff the WAV files. I'm sure EAC is technically superior at error rejection and recovery, but I wouldn't expect most CDs in good shape to be a problem at all. WMP has a checkbox you can set to verify the rip, which slows it down a bit, but is probably worth it.
Again, my goal is to have a perfect quality archive of my CD collection. I am more concerened with the quality of my rips for now since I can switch playback software later.
I like the interface of WMP11 for playback although I am aware that it doesnt support ASIO and I can achieve better playback via other software. I know all lossless formats are equal, but is the ripping job that WMP11 does worse than that of EAC? My CDs are in pristine condition so I'm not worried about ripping scratched discs.
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