[slim] Serving DTS CDs

[Richard Elen]

I have a number of DTS CDs and I notice that if I rip content to .WAV 
(which should basically just suck the data off the disc) they don't 
decode at the SB end (you get white noise, which is what you get if you 
try lossy-encoding them). I am using S/PDIF coax out of the box into a 
surround processor which will spot a DTS stream if one is fed to it: 
what settings/procedures (at any part of the process from disc to 
digital output) should I be using to ensure a bit-accurate digital path 
from CD to the SB via the Slimserver?

The data on a DTS CD pretends to be 44.1/16 PCM but in fact is encoded 
with the surround data: for this to work there must be a way of 
maintaining data integrity from one end to the other - otherwise it's 
not 'lossless' of course :). Is there transcoding going on with .WAV 
sources end-to-end?

Suggestions welcome! This would be a cool facility, and presumably 
server/client version independent if lossless formats are available 
(which they are). I tried it years ago with an Escient server: it ripped 
the disc losslessly to temp storage on the HD, then encoded it at its 
leisure (with no lossless mode). So you could play back the surround 
/only/ until it had completed lossy encoding, after which you got noise. 
Boring.

--Richard E
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