ncpl;406131 Wrote: > Hi All, and thanks for the info above in this thread. I have been > playing with Extractor today with some really nice results. > > A question comes to mind..... > > I'm ripping 2-ch tracks from Live Music DVD's that I have. These are > AC3 encoded on the DVD's. I presume that they are also 24bit ? I've > always associated AC3/DD as a lossy compression format but wonder if > the 2-ch 24/48k files will actually be better than the 16/44k CD > versions I have of the same shows. > > I'm playing back via SB+ and think the 3 or 4 I have done so far sound > great. > > Any thoughts ?
Many Music DVDs have a multichannel surround sound audio track (usually Dolby Digital or sometimes even DTS) and a 2 channel PCM track. Sometimes the 2 channel PCM track is just CD quality (16 bit/44.1 kHz) but other times this track contains higher resolution audio, such as 24 bit/48 kHz or 24 bit/96 kHz. The only way to find out is to put the DVD in the computer DVD drive and open DVD Audio Extractor and see what shows up. If there is a PCM audio track available try to rip that rather than the Dobly Digital or DTS track since, as you correctly stated, both of these are lossy formats. -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels -> Snatch -> The Transporter -> Transporter 2 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61197 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
