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Foobar2k, Winamp+MAD+ASIO questions.....
ASIO4ALL now aware of Intel(R) SST and working around several issues; Refactoring WaveRT implementation for both, pull mode and polling. Fix an issue that in 64 bit mode ASIO4ALL would not use the position register, but rather the legacy mechanism; Improve support for WaveRT packet devices. USB audio class 2.0 devices should work much better now. Winamp is a free multimedia player made by Nullsoft. It supports numerous audio and video formats. It also plays streamed video and audio content, both live and recorded, authored worldwide. ASIO Output Plugin 1.1. A Winamp plug-in that enables you to use ASIO soundcards with Winamp. Aug 27th 2009, 18:59 GMT. 1,549 downloads; 134 KB; Windows Media Player Import for. The Winamp ASIO Output plugin allows you to use any ASIO soundcard natively in Winamp. In general the Winamp Media Player interface doesn't work well with ASIO, so using this is not recommended. Enter Winamp, the skin-able, customizable MP3 player that 'really whips the llama's ass.' In the late 1990s, every music geek had a copy; llama-whipping had gone global, and the big-money acquisition offers quickly followed.
Winamp Asio Input
If you want to play lossless files, nothing can be better than Winamp, since its output is already bit-perfect. As to mp3, Foobar2000 with its dithered output would be comparable to Winamp MAD decoder plugin. With the later there's a ASIO output plugin available, as you say.
So your saying that for mp3, Foobar2000 with dithered output would be preferred? In what playback mode (i.e. Direct Sound or Waveout)? And for lossless/lossy files, Winamp+MAD+ASIO would be the best choice? In general which of the two methods listed above would give the OVERALL best performance? I realize that lossless compression EATS mounds of HD space, but I feel it's well worth it.
Winamp Asio
Second, how does dithering work? I mean, what exactly does it do? And why would dithered output be preferred over undithered output under Foobar2k?
Thanks for the help!