Managing and monitor the several MS Stream Options

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To be sure the QNAP QPKG FFMPEG package is the right one and point to the right location ("/share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/ffmpeg"), I checked "/opt/ffmpeg" and also added "/share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/ffmpeg" to the PATH resulting in:

[/share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/ffmpeg] # ffmpeg -version
ffmpeg version 7.0.2-static https://johnvansickle.com/ffmpeg/ Copyright © 2000-2024 the FFmpeg developers
built with gcc 8 (Debian 8.3.0-6)
configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --enable-static --disable-debug --disable-ffplay --disable-indev=sndio --disable-outdev=sndio --cc=gcc --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enable-gmp --enable-libgme --enable-gray --enable-libaom --enable-libfribidi --enable-libass --enable-libvmaf --enable-libfreetype --enable-libmp3lame --enable-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-librubberband --enable-libsoxr --enable-libspeex --enable-libsrt --enable-libvorbis --enable-libopus --enable-libtheora --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvpx --enable-libwebp --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --enable-libxml2 --enable-libdav1d --enable-libxvid --enable-libzvbi --enable-libzimg

Now I know how it is functionally installed and that it is really using libsoxr.

The original QNAP imbedded ffmpeg is located here: "/usr/bin/ffmpeg" and very ancient:

[/usr/bin] # ./ffmpeg -version
ffmpeg version 0.8.10, Copyright © 2000-2011 the FFmpeg developers
built on Oct 24 2025 12:36:04 with gcc 4.9.2
configuration: --prefix=/root/daily_build/52x_10/5.2.x/LinkFS/usr --enable-static --disable-shared --disable-yasm --enable-gpl --disable-decoder=snow --disable-encoder=snow --disable-decoder=ac3 --disable-decoder=ac3_fixed --disable-decoder=eac3 --disable-decoder=dca --disable-decoder=truehd --disable-encoder=ac3 --disable-encoder=ac3_fixed --disable-encoder=eac3 --disable-encoder=dca --disable-decoder=hevc --disable-decoder=hevc_cuvid --disable-encoder=hevc_nvenc --disable-encoder=nvenc_hevc --disable-decoder=h264 --disable-decoder=h264_cuvid --disable-encoder=libx264 --disable-encoder=libx264rgb --disable-encoder=h264_nvenc --disable-encoder=nvenc --disable-encoder=nvenc_h264 --disable-decoder=mpeg2video --disable-decoder=mpegvideo --disable-decoder=mpeg2_cuvid --disable-encoder=mpeg2video --disable-decoder=mpeg4 --disable-decoder=mpeg4_cuvid --disable-decoder=msmpeg4v1 --disable-decoder=msmpeg4v2 --disable-decoder=msmpeg4v3 --disable-encoder=mpeg4 --disable-encoder=msmpeg4v2 --disable-encoder=msmpeg4v3 --disable-decoder=mvc1 --disable-decoder=vc1 --disable-decoder=vc1_cuvid --disable-decoder=vc1image --disable-decoder=aac --disable-decoder=aac_fixed --disable-decoder=aac_latm --disable-encoder=aac --disable-decoder=on2avc --disable-encoder=ssa --disable-encoder=ass --disable-encoder=dvbsub --disable-encoder=dvdsub --disable-encoder=movtext --disable-encoder=srt --disable-encoder=subrip --disable-encoder=text --disable-encoder=webvtt --disable-encoder=xsub --disable-encoder=movtext --disable-decoder=ssa --disable-decoder=ass --disable-decoder=dvbsub --disable-decoder=dvdsub --disable-decoder=ccaption --disable-decoder=pgssub --disable-decoder=jacosub --disable-decoder=microdvd --disable-decoder=movtext --disable-decoder=mpl2 --disable-decoder=pjs --disable-decoder=realtext --disable-decoder=sami --disable-decoder=stl --disable-decoder=srt --disable-decoder=subrip --disable-decoder=subviewe --disable-decoder=subviewe --disable-decoder=text --disable-decoder=vplayer --disable-decoder=webvtt --disable-decoder=xsub --disable-decoder=ccaption --disable-decoder=movtext --disable-decoder=subviewer --disable-decoder=subviewer1 --disable-network --enable-small

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I removed of cause the -ar 192 parameter.
Finally I compared the MinimServer "flac:wav24;192" against the Linn Akurate (fully upgraded bij Dr. Volk) internal "Digital Output Mode" set to 176/192kHz.
For now the Linn is my preference with the advantage that all Linn inputs will be upsampled ending up in the beautiful Topping D900 DAC and Topping Ext90 Pre-Amp.