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Audio codecs
Your audio system supports a range of audio codecs which provide compatibility with a wide range of Internet Radio stations. These also allow users
to stream music from their computers or to play directly from USB flash memory devices.
Note that for any given audio codec, there are many streaming protocols available, and thus even if an Internet Radio station uses a supported format,
this does not guarantee that every such station will work with your audio system. The radio stations database to which your audio system connects is
checked for compatibility so that most stations should be playable without problems. Similarly when streaming media from a computer, while a codec
may be supported, there can be many subtle variations in formats, tagging schemes and protocols (even within UPnP). In general your audio system
will play the supported formats with most common UPnP servers.
The following table summarises the maximum supported bit-rates for the various audio formats that are playable on your audio system. Higher rates
may be playable in some cases but performance of the product may be affected.
Codec
Maximum supported data rate
AAC (LC, HE, HE V2)
320 kbits/sec
ALAC
(1)
1.5 Mbits/sec
FLAC
(2)
1.5 Mbits/sec
LPCM
(3)
1.536 Mbits/sec
MP3
320 kbits/sec
WAV
(3)
1.536 Mbits/sec
WMA
(4)
320 kbits/sec
All codecs support 2-channel (stereo) coded files only.
All codecs support sample rates up to 48 k samples/sec (includes 32 k and 44.1 k samples/sec).
Files which have Digital Rights Management (DRM) protection applied will not be playable on your audio system.
(1) 16 bit samples are supported in ALAC files.
(2) 16 and 24 bit samples are supported in FLAC files.
(3) The maximum supported bit-rate is for 48 kHz sampling, 2 channels and 16-bits per sample.
(4) WMA Lossless, WMA Voice, WMA 10 Professional, and files which have DRM protection are not supported.
(5) When using your audio system as part of a group of multi-room products, audio files in ALAC and FLAC formats will only play on the
group master