Mick Seymour wrote: > The hi-res audio that is DVD-A -is- MLP encoded and AFAIK cannot be > ripped by the usual ripping software, if at all. It can not be played > without a dedicated player that can decode MLP, ie, a DVD-A player. > That's the whole point of the encryption.
er, MLP is Meridian Lossless Packing. It is not an encryption/DRM system. It was invented, nearly overnight, because when DVD-A was being specified, the DVD read heads could not deliver the full bandwidth of a 5.1 stream at high/wide PCM encoding. Many of the folks in the spec commitee thought that 44.1/16 was good enough, and Meridian didn't want to hear it. They are, and will always be a high end company. MLP is licensed, but its not that much different than FLAC or Apple Lossless in its approach. The license was expensive. I have not kept up, perhaps with the death of DVD-A and SACD, along with the complete market failures of DRM and even MP3 licensing, perhaps Meridian/Boothroyd-Stuart gave up on the whole fee thing. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
