Can Rossini render MQA CD

[Andrew (Andrew Papanikolas)]

Yes, loading the files onto a USB stick works well.

MQA requires some tags to be present in the files and those don’t get written when the CD is ripped. MQA has released a program that will read in the ripped CD files and write the appropriate tags. There’s more information here:

[Mosaic FAQ] I ripped an MQA CD and the files don’t illuminate the MQA indicator when played back via UPnP or USB. What’s wrong?

In order for the MQA authentication process to work correctly the file’s metadata tags need to include codes that the MQA decoder verifies. If you have edited the metadata of your MQA files then the tags may have become corrupted. This is a very common problem as the tags and artwork provided with the files may not match a listener’s preferred metadata tagging convention. This is also a common issue with files ripped from an MQA-encoded CD. This problem is easily solved using the MQA Tag Renami…