Do you need upsampling your flac files ?

i just worked some hours, and i find this solution to upsampling flac files to 24/96 :

1 - Open your terminal and give the command :  

sudo touch /etc/squeezeboxserver/custom-convert.conf

2 - give the command :

sudo chmod 666 /etc/squeezeboxserver/custom-convert.conf

3 - edit the file :

sudo nano /etc/squeezeboxserver/custom-convert.conf

and then insert this code (make a copy and paste from here):

flc flc * *
              # FT:{START=--skip=%t}U:{END=--until=%v}
             [flac] -dcs $START$ $END$ -- $FILE$  |  [sox] -q -t wav - -t flac -e signed -C 0 -b 24 - rate -v -b 98 -L -a 96000


exit and save the file

4 - Restart the service or reboot the pc :

sudo service logitechmediaserver restart

This work for me, the flac files are upsampled to 24/96. 
If you need others rate change the 24 and 96000 numbers with others.
The only thing that don't work is the Radio Paradise Flac service.
Somebody find the solution for upsampling also Radio Paradise Flac ?

By (sorry for my english )

Gigi

Native DSD kernel vs the stock kernel. Anybody hear a difference and have a preference on what kernel to use? Because my DAC (Accuphase DC-37) is DoP only, the native kernel doesn't do a thing for my case in theory. However, I prefer the stock kernel (from the Snakeoil install) over this native DSD kernel.

Do you guys think the same, or you prefer the native DSD kernel? Please vote, and add a comment of your DAC below, and provide a general assessment if you can.

Depending on the answers, maybe I should spend a couple of weeks experimenting and try to re-tune this DSD kernel.

I have spent the past 2 days testing MPD - 0.21.7 vs 0.21.4. Yet to try other MPD versions.

As a long time LMS/Squeezelite user, the first difference with MPD is the latter's bigger and wider sound stage. Of the two MPD I have tested, my preference is 0.21.4. I just find myself more engaged to music with 0.21.4. The vocals has a more "dreamy" feel to it, and the soundstage is wider and higher.

Anybody else done similar comparisons? What are your thoughts? Your feedback will directly improve future Snakeoil firmwares, so please share them if you can.

The Linux 4.14.12-rt10 branch. Havn't really used this much so the sound quality is unverified. However, this series will support newer hardware.

USBNet
Support for USB network dongles Realtek (8150/8152) and LAN78XX. This kernel should support the newer Realtek revisions.
  vmlinuz-4.14.12-rt10-i686-usbnet-20190417.tar.bz2 (Size: 3.89 MB / Downloads: 8)
(SHA1: 52e493f165f48cf69a7a24665ba40c33e613b073)
  vmlinuz-4.14.12-rt10-amd64-usbnet-20190417.tar.bz2 (Size: 4.11 MB / Downloads: 30)
(SHA1: 356c723b8a453eb2486f4c20a122c98d4bd6f187)

Introduction
Another month, another release. Release was delayed by a few weeks as I spent most of the month trying to get the Meraki network to co-exist peacefully with my existing Unifi network stack (tl;dr: never ever mix different brands if you want to save yourself from grief).

All up this is more bug fix. But there is some notable new features:

1. (Activated edition) Combined with the custon Snakeoil native DSD kernel, you can now dynamically enable your native DSD DAC to stream DSD natively without a kernel  re-compile! Check out how to do this ini the Snakeoil reference guide.
   
2. (Free Edition) If you're using Raspberry PI with OLED, you can simply add mpd_oled in the options field to have the spectrum analyzer configuration added automatically to the MPD configuration file
   

1. 0000315: [web-service] Fixed problem where current kernel is not showing up in the kernel configuration for i686 setup
   
2. 0000314: [web-service] Run ntfsfix before mounting NTFS volumes
   
3. 0000313: [players] Add mpd_oled to MPD options in Raspberry Pi to add spectrum analyzer block on MPD config file
   
4. 0000309: [players] Include MPD 0.21.4 player
   
5. 0000312: [web-service] Only start stop Ravenna Butler client if the correct kernel is running
   
6. 0000310: [players] Include albumartist tag in MPD 0.21.4
   
7. 0000308: [players] Update MPD 0.21.x to 0.21.7
   
8. 0000304: [web-app] Fix MPD software mixer options stripping quotes (") when saving
   
9. 0000307: [players] Also install upmpdcli-tidal when (re)installing upmpdcli
   
10. 0000303: [players] upmpdcli package is missing in Raspberry Pi
    
11. 0000302: [players] MPD v0.21 not working in Pi as it is missing some libraries
    
12. 0000295: [web-service] Show SHA1 checksum when installing modules and Kernels
    
13. 0000293: [web-app] Fails to trap the tilda character in audio device name properly
    
14. 0000301: [web-app] Dynamic Native DSD Configuration
    
15. 0000296: [web-service] Fixed file permissions in /var/lib/squeezeboxserver
    
16. 0000294: [players] Update new private key for Spotify repository