[flac-dev] Flac and MQA

[Matko Uibo]

There is new Hi-Rez audio format avaliable - MQA  - Master Quality 
Authenticated

Have anybody looked deeper into this to confirm is it some kind of drm? 
Since flac is bsd licenced there should be no licencing issues. I have 
heard rumors that if flac file contains pcm data with mqa watermark then 
it can be unpacked but mqa data is lost and mqa capable hardware cant 
decode it, since I don't have mqa capable dac I don't know is it true or 
false. I don't know is special playback software needed for playng flac 
with MQA data.

Here is screenshot that I found from this article 
https://mrapodizer.wordpress.com/2015/01/13/mqa-what-is-meridian-hiding/

Screenshot - 
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/imagehosting/755309554b2aea525fc8.jpg

Some test files - http://www.2l.no/hires/

Marko