How to tell bit rate of Apple Music track

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How to tell bit rate of Apple Music track

I am using a new Apple TV 4K plugged into a Yamaha RX-V861 AV receiver. If I play a track from Apple Music that is labelled as Hi-Res Lossless how do I know if it is playing as Hi-Res file and what bit depth and bit-rate it is actually playing at.

When I look at showing the information of the file playing using the Yamaha's audio information function, it doesn't show anything for bit depth and any tracks I have tried so far show a bit rate of 48 kHz, which isn't that much greater than CD quality of 44.1 kHz.

Anyone know of any tracks encoded at 96 kHz/24 bit of 192 kHz/24 bit I could try? Are there maybe none available yet? Does anyone know?

Apple TV, tvOS 14

Posted on Jun 16, 2021 9:55 AM

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Erica_S1

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Jun 17, 2021 9:56 AM in response to rberman

Hi there rberman,

We understand you have a question about Hi-Res Lossless audio on your Apple TV 4K, and we'd like to share a resource that can help.

Check it out here: About lossless audio in Apple Music

Specifically, take a look at the section below:

"How to listen to lossless on your Apple TV 4K

What you need

Update your Apple TV 4K to tvOS 14.6.
Connect your Apple TV 4K to an AV receiver using an HDMI cable.

How to turn lossless on or off

Go to Settings > Apps.
Select Music.
Select Audio Quality.
Select or unselect Lossless. Apple TV 4K currently doesn’t support Hi-Res Lossless (sample rates greater than 48 kHz)."

Cheers.

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