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Android has had Dolby atmos for years as has tidal. If you’re an apple fanboi just start the article with that disclaimer so people can read the article throug

by tw04 5y ago

Android has had Dolby atmos for years as has tidal. If you’re an apple fanboi just start the article with that disclaimer so people can read the article through the appropriate lens. Almost all of the modern high-end “audiophile” gear runs Linux under the covers. This isn’t revolutionary, it’s apple joining the atmos party.

jen20 5y ago
> Almost all of the modern high-end “audiophile” gear runs Linux under the covers. Citation needed. A lot of high end audio stuff uses vacuum tubes, and I’m pretty sure they aren’t running Linux.
- tw04 5y ago
  Ok, pick a vendor and any piece of hardware that has an electronic controller? Mark Levinson? Linux: https://the-ear.net/news/mark-levinson-no-519-streamer-cd-dac-preamp https://the-ear.net/news/mark-levinson-no-519-streamer-cd-da... Bang and olufsen? https://stackoverflow.com/jobs/466449/linux-c-plus-plus-embedded-developer-bang-olufsen-a-s https://stackoverflow.com/jobs/466449/linux-c-plus-plus-embe... It’s not like most of these companies put “running embedded Linux!!” on the marketing pages but if you get your hands on one you’ll figure it out pretty quickly. Source: buddy is an audiophile and a Unix nerd and has torn most of his gear apart at some point.
watermelon0 5y ago
Can you even play Dolby Atmos on Linux? It's not supported by Tidal on Windows, and I don't think any other streaming platform with native Windows app offers it. Additionally, Linux is more or less just an implementation detail mostly only relevant to OEMs, everyone else uses abstractions provided by Google, so even if Atmos is supported there, it doesn't mean much for the general Linux.
- tw04 5y ago
  I guess that depends on how you define Linux. It works on android, shieldtv, firetv, and other googletv enabled televisions. That’s not really the point I was making anyway. My point was his insinuation that Apple has the market cornered on high end audio is absurd. The audiophile devices themselves are built on Linux not OSX. And android has had Dolby for years, so it isn’t something brand new as he’s implying, it’s just new to Apple. And yes, it is supported on windows and has been for some time, you need to use the tidal app from the windows App Store: https://www.reddit.com/r/TIdaL/comments/gnkaaq/dolby_atmos_on_windows_10/ https://www.reddit.com/r/TIdaL/comments/gnkaaq/dolby_atmos_o...
  - watermelon0 5y ago
    You can also say it works on BSD (macOS), but that has no relation to other BSD flavors. Tidal doesn't seem to support it on Windows: > Listening to Dolby Atmos Music on TIDAL using headphones only works when connected to Dolby Atmos enabled Android smartphones and tablets today. From: https://support.tidal.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004255778-Dolby-Atmos-Music https://support.tidal.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004255778-Dol...
    - tw04 5y ago
      > You can also say it works on BSD (macOS), but that has no relation to other BSD flavors. I still don’t get your point. I never said tidal on Linux supported atmos. I said audiophile devices are almost universally running embedded Linux and implied they have had a superior audio stack for a long time, which they have. Additionally I said android direct has had Atmos support for years. > Tidal doesn't seem to support it on Windows: I literally just tested it. You’re taking that quote completely out of context, it has nothing to do with windows and doesn’t mention windows. The question you failed to include was: > Does Dolby Atmos work over headphones (e.g. headphones connected to your TV)? >No, you cannot get the Dolby Atmos experience on TIDAL using headphones connected to living room devices. That’s specifically referencing hooking up Bluetooth headphones to your TV. Not windows.
      - watermelon0 5y ago

by tw04 5y ago

jen20 5y ago

> Almost all of the modern high-end “audiophile” gear runs Linux under the covers. Citation needed. A lot of high end audio stuff uses vacuum tubes, and I’m pretty sure they aren’t running Linux.

tw04 5y ago
Ok, pick a vendor and any piece of hardware that has an electronic controller? Mark Levinson? Linux: https://the-ear.net/news/mark-levinson-no-519-streamer-cd-dac-preamp https://the-ear.net/news/mark-levinson-no-519-streamer-cd-da... Bang and olufsen? https://stackoverflow.com/jobs/466449/linux-c-plus-plus-embedded-developer-bang-olufsen-a-s https://stackoverflow.com/jobs/466449/linux-c-plus-plus-embe... It’s not like most of these companies put “running embedded Linux!!” on the marketing pages but if you get your hands on one you’ll figure it out pretty quickly. Source: buddy is an audiophile and a Unix nerd and has torn most of his gear apart at some point.

watermelon0 5y ago

Can you even play Dolby Atmos on Linux? It's not supported by Tidal on Windows, and I don't think any other streaming platform with native Windows app offers it. Additionally, Linux is more or less just an implementation detail mostly only relevant to OEMs, everyone else uses abstractions provided by Google, so even if Atmos is supported there, it doesn't mean much for the general Linux.

tw04 5y ago
I guess that depends on how you define Linux. It works on android, shieldtv, firetv, and other googletv enabled televisions. That’s not really the point I was making anyway. My point was his insinuation that Apple has the market cornered on high end audio is absurd. The audiophile devices themselves are built on Linux not OSX. And android has had Dolby for years, so it isn’t something brand new as he’s implying, it’s just new to Apple. And yes, it is supported on windows and has been for some time, you need to use the tidal app from the windows App Store: https://www.reddit.com/r/TIdaL/comments/gnkaaq/dolby_atmos_on_windows_10/ https://www.reddit.com/r/TIdaL/comments/gnkaaq/dolby_atmos_o...
- watermelon0 5y ago
  You can also say it works on BSD (macOS), but that has no relation to other BSD flavors. Tidal doesn't seem to support it on Windows: > Listening to Dolby Atmos Music on TIDAL using headphones only works when connected to Dolby Atmos enabled Android smartphones and tablets today. From: https://support.tidal.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004255778-Dolby-Atmos-Music https://support.tidal.com/hc/en-us/articles/360004255778-Dol...
  - tw04 5y ago
    > You can also say it works on BSD (macOS), but that has no relation to other BSD flavors. I still don’t get your point. I never said tidal on Linux supported atmos. I said audiophile devices are almost universally running embedded Linux and implied they have had a superior audio stack for a long time, which they have. Additionally I said android direct has had Atmos support for years. > Tidal doesn't seem to support it on Windows: I literally just tested it. You’re taking that quote completely out of context, it has nothing to do with windows and doesn’t mention windows. The question you failed to include was: > Does Dolby Atmos work over headphones (e.g. headphones connected to your TV)? >No, you cannot get the Dolby Atmos experience on TIDAL using headphones connected to living room devices. That’s specifically referencing hooking up Bluetooth headphones to your TV. Not windows.
    - watermelon0 5y ago