11.4 update Airplay 2 ALAC

[brynsmith23]

So i may have missed it, while reading the update features , but did Airplay 2 allow full lossless ALAC and FLAC to be streamed now from iPhone/ipad/mac to a device such as the Apple TV 4k?

 

[brynsmith23]

so no ones knows, higher res audio would be a great addition

 

[tkermit]

Airplay has always been lossless, using ALAC-compressed 44.1kHz/16bit PCM. If that's what you feed it, then you'll get bit-perfect output. Although in the case of Apple TV there might be some re-sampling going on.

 

[brynsmith23]

i should have mentioned that, when referring to ALAC/FLAC, i was thinking about high res 24 bit audio?

 

[tkermit]

i should have mentioned that, when referring to ALAC/FLAC, i was thinking about high res 24 bit audio?

I see, yeah, not sure whether anything's changed on that front, although I doubt it. Don't have any AirPlay 2 devices to test with either. Maybe someone could check using Bonjeff how the devices advertise themselves.

 

[chabig]

i should have mentioned that, when referring to ALAC/FLAC, i was thinking about high res 24 bit audio?

High res 24 bit audio is a myth. Apple doesn’t play those games.

 

[brynsmith23]

High res 24 bit audio is a myth. Apple doesn’t play those games.

I was hoping Apple had seen the light

 

[Gonzbull]

High res 24 bit audio is a myth. Apple doesn’t play those games.

You’re sadly mistaken. Do a bit of reading before making comments like these.