[Marius]

Hi All,

Would anyone know how to decode a dts cd file to a playable one for the BDP1? I guess it is 5.1 rip of a DVD my friend brought along, but it only plays a hiss now... (on a Mac please?) Need to decode to stereo?

Marius

[Mag]

It can't be discussed openly because of copyright.
Not sure how to do it, but you don't need the dts track. Just extract the pcm track and convert to wave file.

There was an article on the subject in Audio Asylum if you search the archives.

[ted_b]

Mag, what copyright?     DTS is simply lossy encoded. 

Guys, there is no PCM track on a DTS cd!  Where do you see that there is??

Don't waste time doing this...the DTS is already compressed lossy, and trying to get anything decent converted AND downmixed from 5.1 to stereo would be, er, poor.  Most DTS cd's are discrete surround mixes of well-known material (Joshua Judges Ruth, Venus and Mars, etc etc), and therefore just go get the redbook.  Rip those instead.

[Marius]

Ok thanks Ted, he had the cd rip to. Ill drop the dts thing. Have no HT setup anyway...

btw managed to convert it to separate flac files with Max, and then deleted is again. Not my kinda music, but it was nice to be successful in splitting a Cue/Flac file for the first time.

I read that Handbrake is supposed to be able to convert DTS files to flac, but it said it could not find a suitable source, so I left it there.

He brought along a dvd audio .iso too. Would that be of any meaningful improvement? 24 bit? Have to burn that first and then audio extract? or do you have a recommendation for converter software to do that?

Thanks again,

Marius

Mag, what copyright?     DTS is simply lossy encoded. 

Guys, there is no PCM track on a DTS cd!  Where do you see that there is??

Don't waste time doing this...the DTS is already compressed lossy, and trying to get anything decent converted AND downmixed from 5.1 to stereo would be, er, poor.  Most DTS cd's are discrete surround mixes of well-known material (Joshua Judges Ruth, Venus and Mars, etc etc), and therefore just go get the redbook.  Rip those instead.

[Mag]

Sorry, thought he was referring to video.
Anyway, with video Lpcm- 48/16 bit, dts- 48/1536 kb

[Mag]

 Transferred the Lpcm file, I can pipe it through the usb connection to BDA-1. Don't know if it will work with a BDP-1, since I don't have one, and not being able to seperate video from music track.

It sure sounds good, most likely because its uncompressed recording and not so much the 48k sample rate.

[saveloy]

Marius,

Has anybody informed you of the fact that.....................you ask a lot of questions?!

Kyri.

[Marius]

not necessary...
But I try to ask relevant ones.

sorry,
Marius

Marius,

Has anybody informed you of the fact that.....................you ask a lot of questions?!

Kyri.

[terrycym]

Marius,

Has anybody informed you of the fact that.....................you ask a lot of questions?!

Kyri.

What's wrong with that?
He askes very pertinent questions, I find.

[alexone]

...just keep on asking questions, guys! that's what this forum is made for

al.