Has anyone else with an M6 Pro 21 found that they cannot play FLAC files in the new Tidal 2.87.XX Android app?
To qualify that a bit: In the new 2.87 Tidal app, I cannot get any 24/96 FLAC to start play. This is with the streaming audio quality set to MAX in settings The play button is unresponsive and the quality button stays on Low. Nothing that is FLAC 24/96 plays.
Examples of 24/96 that won't play at all:
Bruce Springsteen Darkness on the Edge of Town
Eberhard Weber The Colours of Chloe
Brian Bromberg The Magic of Moonlight
If I set the audio quality to HIGH, they will play but you're limited to 16/44.1.
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A strange caveat to this is that certain albums that are FLAC 24/192 will play, but in my case stop and start with buffering (my internet is the issue here) but they do play.
ZZ Top Tres Hombres (not the 2006 expanded one, the regular one)
Doors L.A. Woman
Cream Disraeli Gears
The above 24/192 FLAC albums will play with the caveat as stated above.
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Other interesting notes:
A user on the Hiby R5 Gen 2 (Android 8.1) thread notes the same issue--won't play FLAC with the new Tidal app and a user stated on Reddit that their Hiby RS6 (android 9), yes, I am assuming the one with the R2R ladder DAC, also does not play FLAC on the new Tidal 2.87.
Is it the Android level?, as my other phones/tablets with Android 11, 12 and 13 play the new Tidal 100%.
Is it because it's a DAP with a chip configured with MQA decoding as all of the reported non-playing DAPs have MQA 16X unfolding capability.
My phones and tablets with Android 11 and above do not have MQA decoder chips and they all play the new Tidal fine.
Is it something configured incompletely in the new Tidal's Android app player that is not taking into account the particulars of these players' implementation of the Tidal app?
Wondering if anyone with a higher Android level DAP (say, 10 or above) that has a 16X unfolding MQA-capable DAC can play the new Tidal app without issue?
I've since reverted back to V. 2.86 on my Pro 21 and my DAP plays normally, but hopefully this will be fixed in future Tidal app and/or firmware updates..