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DVD Forum => DVD-ROM & DVD Backup => Topic started by: av_phile1 on Jul 22, 2004 at 12:11 PM
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Hi guys, I just recently bought a PC built from scratch and meant as a gaming PC for my son (and me ;D). It has the Asus P4 2.4Ghz motherboard, 512mb RAM, ATI Radeon 128 video card, Soundblaster Audigy sound card, 80G HDD and a LiteOn DVD+-R writer. The monitor is a Samsung LCD 15" panel.
I am not as interested as you guys in making it an HTPC. But as an audio freak, apart from games, I am quite interested to use the PC as a ripping station for CDs, HDCDs, DVD-As, DADs, DTS-CDs and SACDs so I can compile my favourite tracks in 5.1 or stereo into the hard drive and burn a DVD+R on the fly. I only have experience ripping CDs and burning CD-R. I have some questions like:
(1) Is it true there's no ripping software available for multi=channel audio? Otherwise, what is the best and preferrably FREE software to rip HDCD, DVD-A, DAD, DTS-CD and SACD in terms of capturing identical tracks without introducing noise or jitter. In CD, there is this Exact Audio Copy (EAC) freeware that I use to rip CDs. And I use NERO 6 to burn CD-Rs. Is there a counterpart or similar software for HDCD, DVD-A, DAD, DTS-CD and SACD?
(2) I've been reading some articles on the net that say decoding in AC3 or DD format on the hard disk will take hours for an entire DVD+R. Is this true, even with a P4 and 512 RAM? How about ripping DTS tracks?
(3) Connected to a coax digital terminal in my Denon AVD2020 pre/pro, the Soundblaster Audigy doesn't seem to output in 5.1 digitally (I don't use the 5.1 analog outs), only stereo. Is this really the case or do I have some settings done wrong? What audio card do the gurus recommend?
(4) I have partitioned the 80gb HDD into 20G for system OS/utilities and programs, 20G for pictures and games and 40G for datafiles that include ripped WAV files. Should I get another 80G for ripped DVDs (audio tracks only) ?
These are top in my head at the moment, more to come. Any suggestion would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Hello av_phile
did you succeed in ripping tracks from a hybrid SACD to mp3 ?
my laptop's combo drive would not even read the hybrid SACD disk.
thanks
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Well, no such luck.
I found out that there is as yet no software that can rip those hi-resolution tracks on a DVD-A. Also with an SACD. I recall looking for ways to transcode DTS files into WAV, but only found Surcode DTS which retails for about $600!!! It would be nice if I can get hold of this software as it can convert 6 channel wav files into a DTS stream. PRoblem is, it's quite tedious coverting a 2-track stereo file into 6 wav channels. Though it can be done using Goldwave.
My liteon DVD writer can read Hybrid SACD. So they get ripped like ordinary CDs. That's the most I can do. I can also copy DTS files from DTS-CDs. But I can only write them as DTS files, not transcodable to wav.
I was also curious about ripping HDCD's 20-bit files, so I can write HDCDs too. Again, no luck. Unless someone out there has some suggestions.
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sir you can try this freeware for dvdaudio
http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/showsoftware_dvd_audio_extractor_343.html
Sent you pm regarding SurcodeDTS for cd and dvd
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My liteon DVD writer can read Hybrid SACD. So they get ripped like ordinary CDs. That's the most I can do. I can also copy DTS files from DTS-CDs. But I can only write them as DTS files, not transcodable to wav.
so I guess it's just my drive's problem .... thanks for the reply.
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Any Luck ? also interested...even HDCD only.
TIA
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Any software that can create 5.1 audio from stereo input?
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Any software that can create 5.1 audio from stereo input?
I experimented last year on this using a method that extracted 6 wav files upsampled to 48k using a wav editor like Nero and Goldwave and then compiled to DTS files using a hacked DTS compiler like Surcode. I think there are new ways of doing this today. Check this out:
http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=83752
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For ripping audio, the best I've see so far is ExactAudioCopy (www.exactaudiocopy.de)
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can anyone tell me where can i buy dts-cd?