Cannot play TIDAL aac albums when streaming quality set to FLAC

[slartibartfast]

> It"s a clumsy title but describes the issue [emoji2]. This has come up
> before but I can't find the thread. Some albums on TIDAL are only
> available as 320kbps aac and they fail to play on LMS when streaming
> quality is set to "FLAC or AAC". Changing the streaming quality to
> "AAC/320kbps" allows them to be played.
> An example is Spellbinder by Gabor Szabo which for some reason seems to
> be the only album of his not available in FLAC.

Hmm... this has come up before. I'll need to spend some time on this.
Thanks for the album details - that should be helpful!

[slartibartfast]

Cannot play TIDAL aac albums when streaming quality set to FLAC

It"s a clumsy title but describes the issue [emoji2]. This has come up before but I can't find the thread. Some albums on TIDAL are only available as 320kbps aac and they fail to play on LMS when streaming quality is set to "FLAC or AAC". Changing the streaming quality to "AAC/320kbps" allows them to be played.
An example is Spellbinder by Gabor Szabo which for some reason seems to be the only album of his not available in FLAC.

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[mherger]

This is a data problem: TIDAL claims it was available losslessly.

    track          => {
                        album                => {
                                                  cover => "5e130228-a6ed-469b-9198-7a7c8cae1dc3",
                                                  id => 54597553,
                                                  title => "Spellbinder",
                                                  vibrantColor => "#cce1a4",
                                                  videoCover => undef,
                                                },
                        allowStreaming       => bless(do{\(my $o = 1)}, "JSON::XS::Boolean"),
                        artist               => { id => 3603174, name => "Gabor Szabo", picture => undef, type => "MAIN" },
                        artists              => [
                                                  { id => 3603174, name => "Gabor Szabo", picture => undef, type => "MAIN" },
                                                ],
                        audioModes           => ["STEREO"],
                        audioQuality         => "LOSSLESS",
                        copyright            => "A Verve Label Group Release; \x{2117} 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.",
                        cover                => "http://resources.tidal.com/images/5e130228/a6ed/469b/9198/7a7c8cae1dc3/1280x1280.jpg",
                        duration             => 330,
                        editable             => bless(do{\(my $o = 0)}, "JSON::XS::Boolean"),
                        explicit             => 'fix',
                        flac                 => 1,
                        id                   => 54597554,
                        isrc                 => "USMC16653529",
                        mixes                => { TRACK_MIX => "00147f9a39afe3f60bea4757bd3f1e" },
                        peak                 => "0.999969",
                        popularity           => 1,
                        premiumStreamingOnly => 'fix',
                        replayGain           => "-8.48",
                        streamReady          => 'fix',
                        streamStartDate      => "2015-12-11T00:00:00.000+0000",
                        title                => "Spellbinder",
                        trackNumber          => 1,
                        url                  => "http://www.tidal.com/track/54597554",
                        version              => undef,
                        volumeNumber         => 1,
                      },

See the audioQuality value. It's what we rely on. You might want to report the issue to them.

[slartibartfast]

This is a data problem: TIDAL claims it was available losslessly.

    track          => {
                        album                => {
                                                  cover => "5e130228-a6ed-469b-9198-7a7c8cae1dc3",
                                                  id => 54597553,
                                                  title => "Spellbinder",
                                                  vibrantColor => "#cce1a4",
                                                  videoCover => undef,
                                                },
                        allowStreaming       => bless(do{\(my $o = 1)}, "JSON::XS::Boolean"),
                        artist               => { id => 3603174, name => "Gabor Szabo", picture => undef, type => "MAIN" },
                        artists              => [
                                                  { id => 3603174, name => "Gabor Szabo", picture => undef, type => "MAIN" },
                                                ],
                        audioModes           => ["STEREO"],
                        audioQuality         => "LOSSLESS",
                        copyright            => "A Verve Label Group Release; \x{2117} 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.",
                        cover                => "http://resources.tidal.com/images/5e130228/a6ed/469b/9198/7a7c8cae1dc3/1280x1280.jpg",
                        duration             => 330,
                        editable             => bless(do{\(my $o = 0)}, "JSON::XS::Boolean"),
                        explicit             => 'fix',
                        flac                 => 1,
                        id                   => 54597554,
                        isrc                 => "USMC16653529",
                        mixes                => { TRACK_MIX => "00147f9a39afe3f60bea4757bd3f1e" },
                        peak                 => "0.999969",
                        popularity           => 1,
                        premiumStreamingOnly => 'fix',
                        replayGain           => "-8.48",
                        streamReady          => 'fix',
                        streamStartDate      => "2015-12-11T00:00:00.000+0000",
                        title                => "Spellbinder",
                        trackNumber          => 1,
                        url                  => "http://www.tidal.com/track/54597554",
                        version              => undef,
                        volumeNumber         => 1,
                      },

See the audioQuality value. It's what we rely on. You might want to report the issue to them.

I think that was the outcome last time as well. It makes you wonder how many albums are wrongly labelled.

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[slartibartfast]

This is a data problem: TIDAL claims it was available losslessly.

    track          => {
                        album                => {
                                                  cover => "5e130228-a6ed-469b-9198-7a7c8cae1dc3",
                                                  id => 54597553,
                                                  title => "Spellbinder",
                                                  vibrantColor => "#cce1a4",
                                                  videoCover => undef,
                                                },
                        allowStreaming       => bless(do{\(my $o = 1)}, "JSON::XS::Boolean"),
                        artist               => { id => 3603174, name => "Gabor Szabo", picture => undef, type => "MAIN" },
                        artists              => [
                                                  { id => 3603174, name => "Gabor Szabo", picture => undef, type => "MAIN" },
                                                ],
                        audioModes           => ["STEREO"],
                        audioQuality         => "LOSSLESS",
                        copyright            => "A Verve Label Group Release; \x{2117} 1966 UMG Recordings, Inc.",
                        cover                => "http://resources.tidal.com/images/5e130228/a6ed/469b/9198/7a7c8cae1dc3/1280x1280.jpg",
                        duration             => 330,
                        editable             => bless(do{\(my $o = 0)}, "JSON::XS::Boolean"),
                        explicit             => 'fix',
                        flac                 => 1,
                        id                   => 54597554,
                        isrc                 => "USMC16653529",
                        mixes                => { TRACK_MIX => "00147f9a39afe3f60bea4757bd3f1e" },
                        peak                 => "0.999969",
                        popularity           => 1,
                        premiumStreamingOnly => 'fix',
                        replayGain           => "-8.48",
                        streamReady          => 'fix',
                        streamStartDate      => "2015-12-11T00:00:00.000+0000",
                        title                => "Spellbinder",
                        trackNumber          => 1,
                        url                  => "http://www.tidal.com/track/54597554",
                        version              => undef,
                        volumeNumber         => 1,
                      },

See the audioQuality value. It's what we rely on. You might want to report the issue to them.

I found the thread from the last time this was mentioned.

https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=1051733

The album in that thread "Cold Snap by Albert Collins" is now available as FLAC so maybe reporting it prompted Tidal to act

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