HDCD CDs and transcoding

[GreenMtnGringo]

Hi Simon. I would be very interested in HDCD decoding in MinimServer, as well. Historically, I have ripped HDCD discs to 24-bit, 44.1k FLAC using dBpoweramp. But I have read that these rips are not necessarily 'lossless.' As I understand it, the best practice would be to rip HDCD discs as standard 16-bit, 44.1k FLAC files and then have the HDCD information embedded in those FLAC files decoded by the media player. I play FLAC files using MimimServer, so I have often wondered if there is a way for MinimServer to do the HDCD decoding of a 16-bit, 44.1k FLAC rip of an HDCD disc.

The Foobar2000 media player handles HDCD decoding using the optional/free HDCD.exe plug-in. See:

https://www.foobar2000.org/components/view/foo_hdcd

Is there some way to incorporate this plug-in into MinimServer?

Thanks very much.