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I have Flac files on a NAS. They play on my whole system. How can I get confirmation that HD content is being played? Thanks

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AntifonAnswer

Prodigy III

From memory, this is a feature that was “upgraded” during the May release, and so that symbol no longer appears. If so, the feature might be back at some stage, or it might not.

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buzz

Grand Maestro

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Antifon

Prodigy III

Can someone post an image of this note?

What do you mean by “this note”?

buzz

Grand Maestro

What you are seeing that indicates “HD”.

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GuitarSuperstar

Lead Maestro

What you are seeing that indicates “HD”.

Here is an example. This is playing a lossless ALAC (16-bit/48 kHz) file from my music library on the old S2 app:

And here is an example of playing a 24-bit/48 kHz FLAC file. It displays “HiRes”:

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pturryAuthor

Contributor I

So does the identification of hd or flac only occur on S2?? I’m using new app.

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GuitarSuperstar

Lead Maestro

So does the identification of hd or flac only occur on S2?? I’m using new app.

Unfortunately Sonos removed the HD and HiRes indicators on the new app. There has been no word of them returning.

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pturryAuthor

Contributor I

So does the identification of hd or flac only occur on S2?? I’m using new app.

Unfortunately Sonos removed the HD and HiRes indicators on the new app. There has been no word of them returning.

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Paul

MoPac

Headliner III

Sonos can only play files with a sample rate of 48kHz and, as far as I know, Sonos does not down convert anything. So what’s the point of reporting the “HD” icon?

I don’t think FLAC files are beaning streamed as MP3s.

controlav

Lead Maestro

Sorry - not true. I am currently listening to a track from my local library. It’s a FLAC, and the display shows an “HD” symbol. If I listen to the same track in 32-bit coding, it shows the “HiRes” symbol instead (though it doesn’t play the track properly, because it tries to play it even though Sonos does not support 32-bit encoding).

I should add - neither of the above is from memory - this is what I am seeing on the app right now (running the pre-May release).

Huh, ok, I stand corrected. <fx:tries to find some FLAC files to try this out>

I found some FLAC files online and you are 100% correct: the “Gold” S2 app displays “HD” and, more amazingly, my own Windows app also displays “HD” - I had forgotten I had even written that code! If you can point me to a publicly available FLAC file that shows “HiRes” I can add support for that too.

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GuitarSuperstar

Lead Maestro

Sonos can only play files with a sample rate of 48kHz and, as far as I know, Sonos does not down convert anything. So what’s the point of reporting the “HD” icon?

I don’t think FLAC files are beaning streamed as MP3s.

Sonos supports audio files with sample rates up to 48kHz. And there are plenty of audio formats that Sonos supports (like MP3s) that aren’t lossless. Read more here:

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/supported-audio-formats-for-sonos-music-library

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