RonM wrote: > I was Netflixing the recent Bob Weir documentary, and got to thinking > that I had a fancy Grateful Dead product somewhere, purchased while in > an "I should really try to understand the Dead thing" enthusiasm. I > found it, and it is indeed a beautifully packaged 3-CD/1-Blu-Ray of > Sunshine Daydream, the 1972 benefit concert in Oregon. It seems to be > widely lauded as a great intro to the Dead in their prime, which is why > I presumably bought it - but I never did anything with it, it seems, > other than watch the movie. > > It's labelled as HDCD, which in theory provides some incremental > advantages if properly implemented, and which is also in theory > backwardly compatible with regular CD technology. I'm wondering if I > need to do anything special to take advantage within a SB environment of > whatever benefits the format provides? I did see '(here) ' > (http://wiki.hydrogenaud.io/index.php?title=List_of_HDCD-encoded_Compact_Discs)that > some other Dead releases with HDCD don't actually implement the features > of the format and don't offer any benefit. But this one is fairly > recent, and maybe it does. > > So my questions: > > > > > - Does LMS support the HDCD format, so a full rip will give me the > benefits? - How best to rip, I think dBp supports the format in some way? Or > some other way? - Can I just do a regular 16/44 rip from the disc and have a regular > set of playable files? - Is there anything else I need to know? > > > > > R. Foobar software utilizes the HDCD DSP linked above. This post summarizes:
http://diyah.boards.net/thread/214/hdcd-on-foobar - The Foobar HDCD plugin will decode such discs to 20bit and add four additional 0s for a total of 24bit. HDCD files can be easily converted to 24bit WAV, FLAC, ALAc or whatever one wants (rmemeber the real theoretical resolution is 20bit, not 24 which is only used for the sake of standarisation and compatibility). Converted files enjoy the benefit of HDCD but can be played on any player and not only in Foobar or WMP (Microsoft bought Pacific Microsonic's HDCD system).- When I come across an HDCD disc in my CD racks, I'll use Foobar to rip it to FLAC files with the HDCD DSP. The resulting 24-bit files are only slightly larger than "regular" 16-bit files would be. I'll then listen via Squeezebox and can know that, if the HDCD tools were used, I won't be missing anything. (I'm a big DeadHead so I use this a lot. Lots of bluegrass CDs from the 90s also utilized HDCD.) I've found that all rips from HDCD discs, even to regular 16-bit FLAC, will retain the HDCD markers, i.e. even if the disc was ripped without utilizing the DSP, that same FLAC can be converted to 24-bit later on, utilizing the DSP, and the information is still there. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bzlrbi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30606 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110372 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
