I remember posting previously about an observation I made about digitally
recording the audio from DVDs, and not getting the chapter breaks as track
marks - which I initially (before trying) thought I'd get.
The situation at the time was Samsung DVD-709 DVD player, using IXOS coaxial
cable connected to the coaxial digital in on a Sharp MD-X5H minidisc
bookshelf unit (the 709 only has a coaxial out - no optical out).
Since, I've bought a Midiman CO2, allowing me to convert between coaxial and
optical (and vice versa) as well as pass through at the same time. Mainly my
reasoning being whether I could perceive any improvement to recordings from
(presumably) later incarnations of the respective ATRAC versions in my
portables (Sharp MT-16E and Aiwa F65) compared with my Sharp X5H.
Not for true scientfic reasons - nor were the conditions particularly
scientific, just merely to see if there were any benefits to me.
So I connected the coaxial digital out from my 709 to the coax in on the
Midiman CO2, then connected the coax out from the CO2 to the coax in on my
X5H. I then connected the optical out on the CO2 to the optical in on my
MT-16.
I then used my 709 to play a CD, and used the digital connection (thru the
convertor) as input to my MT-16 and recorded it. However it didn't record
any track marks (AUTO-MARK was set on the MT-16, but should be irrelevant
for digital recordings).
I suspect this to be simply a factor of the manner in which my DVD player
emits digital signals from playing audio CDs, rather than the use of either
the convertor, or behaviour of my MT-16.
At some point I'll probably try this to record to my F65 and X5H, too, to
see if they both don't record track marks - I suspect they won't, as my
hunch is it's source related. On a related note, I've never actually tried
recording from my Sonic Vortex2 soundcard (optical out), either - I bought
it for this purpose, but never got round to actually trying it!
Is there any reason that people know, as to why my DVD / VCD / CD player
wouldn't send track marks for audio CDs? Is it a general thing, in that most
DVD players don't, or a "feature" of the model? I know I haven't exactly
proved this point yet, but it is at least consistent with the unit not
sending track marks for chapter breaks on DVDs.
Cheers
Neil
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