Is there a way to globally turn off MQA decoding in Roon or do I have to do it by endpoint?
Going to the Edit screen for Tidal in Settings->Services, then changing streaming quality from âMasterâ to âHiFiâ should do the trick. Just tried, no decoding, not even acknowledgement that itâs an MQA file (playing from their Masters page)
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Hi @Ben_Hagens, thatâs not quite the same thing, what that flag does is to instruct Tidal to avoid the selection of MQA tracks.
What @Craig_Joyce is asking about is switching off Roonâs Core MQA, which I can confirm can only be done on a per zone basis.
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Iâm confused. In this scenario
doesnât that turn off Roonâs Core MQA for everything, if you select No MQA Support??
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No, just that device. And, it doesnât turn off Roon core decoding. Thatâs under Advanced Settings for that device.
okay, see that and set it to the âoffâ position. Thanks!
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No, that turns it on! itâs telling us that your device doesnât support MQA, so we should do the Core Decode.
If you want to turn it off, itâs in the advanced settings like @Jim_F said.
And no, there is no way to do it globally. Devices are not added/removed too often, so we decided to make these types of options on a device by device basis and skip the global override.
Hey @Neil_Russell â
It is not entirely obvious from the interface, but the little Device Setup window can be scrolled upward a bit, revealing the Advanced Settings switch.
There, you can disable the MQA core decoder:
I already did the advanced setting turn-off that Jim_F mentioned. I have to make sure I donât waste your money!
Iâve been in advanced setting many times, but to my way of thinking, if I select âNo MQA Supportâ from the drop down I screenshotted, it would completely shut down MQA, with no further action requiredâŠ.obviously NOT the case, which is why I posted that o was confused. Then again, Iâm 70, and more and more confused every year. Sometimes even Dazed and Confused !
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Toggling to HiFi i the Tidal settings be it on the Tidal app or via Roon does not prevent MQA file streaming . At least not in Germany with my type of subscription.
I think you are confusing device MQA settings with Roon core MQA settings. When you set up an MQA capable device, you need to tell Roon if you want to use the device decoding and/or rendering. However, you also need to tell Roon if you want to use Roon core MQA decoding. They are two different things and need to be setup for each device.
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Unfortunately, Roon isnât very clear on that, at least to me. You and Danny have taught me more in this thread than three years of use. And I thank you both!!
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You seem to have misinterpreted the title of the drop-down. It talks about your DACâs MQA capabilities, not what Roon should be doing.
There is another hint, but it requires some knowledge about MQA. By opening the drop down, you can see that there is an option for ârenderer onlyâ. By MQAâs rules, âMQA renderersâ are hardware only. There are no software âMQA renderersâ
I gathered that from what you and Jim_F have previously stated, but that is not made at all clear within Roon. I just wish that Roon had an easily accessible, easy to understand manual. What is available is very hard to find. IMHO, there should be a âManualâ button right at the very top on âRoon". Remember, what may be obvious to you may not be obvious to someone else. And again, thanks for the lessons. Iâm learning!
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