Thank you for the link...but it seems to be in French, and thus not 
accessible to my mono-lingual brain. FYI the recording specifies 5.1 Dolby 
Digital AC-3 and DTS Surround Sound, and that it plays on all DVD-Audio and 
DVD-Video players. Am I out of luck? 

Thanks! Bill

On Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 3:59:51 AM UTC-4, Seth Jones wrote:
>
> DVD-Audio (aka DVD-A) is a high fidelity audio format that competed with 
> SACD.  Both are pretty much dead audio formats (have been for about 10 
> years now).  DVD-A doesn't have video.  It is audio only.  It may be 
> recorded at 24 bits per sample at a bit rate as high as 192 khz, though 96 
> is more common.  DVD-A recordings may be in 5.1 surround.  The only way to 
> hear the full quality of this recording is to play with a DVD-A player.  
> You can play these discs in a regular DVD player if they have a separate 
> track that plays in the standard DTS 5.1 format that your movies have.  
> This forum post may be helpful.  
> http://forum.macbidouille.com/index.php?showtopic=204337&hl=DVD+Audio
>
> On Oct 17, 2017 8:52 PM, "William Spencer" <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> Hi there: I have a commercial recording of some music, which was issued 
>> as DVD-audio rather than CD-audio. There’s video material included, which I 
>> guess accounts for that. My question is this: I want to export the audio so 
>> that I can store it in iTunes, but I have no idea how to do so. (DVD Player 
>> is the app that launches automatically when I insert the disc.) Is there a 
>> reasonably simple way to do so?
>>
>> As always, my thanks in advance!
>>
>> ***************
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>> Bill Spencer in Maryland
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