Mr. Floppy;611479 Wrote: > I use the spdifconvert.py for my Musik DVD and it works perfect. Now I > want to use it with DVD-A but the DVD Audio Extractor I get not *.ac3 > or *.dts files. With direct stream demux its an *.mlp file. This > doesn't work with spdifconvert.py. > > I try to use Flac format in DVD Audio Extractor and this file is > playable, but I hear only 2 channel over speezebox. > > Is there a way (like ac3 or dts files) to rip and play it?
This utility relies on the fact that many receivers can understand the AC3 and DTS formats natively; when we send files in that format (suitable encapsulated) they can be decoded. Receivers generally don't know how to decode the format used by DVD-A, as far as I know. (If that's changed, it would be interesting to hear about it.) My understanding is that the format requires larger bandwidth than the digital (optical/coax) connection can provide, so the player must send the audio as analogue channels over separate cables. (I imagine that HDMI can carry the digital signal, but again that's no good to the Squeezebox owner). So you can't do it in the same way, no. If you want multichannel sound you'll need to buy an AC3 or DTS encoder and somehow transform the data from the DVD-A, but I'm afraid I don't know how to do it nor if it's even feasible. There will be some quality loss also. > If I convert dts/ac3 files and play it at the PC I hear a loud noise. > With the DVDAudio Files I hear the music. I think i must put the MLP > files encapsulates in an IEC61937 stream. But I don't know how. Converted DTS/AC3 files should NOT be played in systems that don't understand the formats (including PCs, portable audio players and analogue-output-only devices like the Squeezebox Radio). You'll just get noise, and if it's turned up loud it could damage something. Hopefully somebody here has experience with DVD-A and can offer some more useful advice. -- smst ------------------------------------------------------------------------ smst's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=752 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19260 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/ripping
