![]() ![]() When the Mono album was ripped in Mono the HDCD light never illuminated. When ripped as Stereo the Mono album was bit perfect as evidenced by the HDCD light illuminating on my Alpha DAC. Selecting Mono was actually the wrong choice even though the disc is Mono. However I did notice something very interesting when ripping the Mono version of the Beach Boys Pet Sounds DVD-Audio disc. It may work just fine, but I’ve never had an issue with the “Same as input" option so I’ll stick to what works for me. I always leave the Sample Rate selection at “Same as input." I had an issue when selecting a specific sample rate one time and have not gone back to that method since. Since FLAC supports excellent embedded metadata I elect to output the files in this format. The two most usable formats listed are WAV and FLAC. ![]() Listening to the track preview I was able to identify the track and name it properly. This Roy Orbison DVD-Audio disc includes an extra track at the end not listed anywhere. This can be very handy as the tracks don’t always equal what is listed on the DVD cover. The audio on each track can be sampled by using the simple CD player type buttons above the help button. These names will be embedded into the output FLAC file. I renamed each of the Chapters/Tracks on the disc. The available audio is MLP ( Meridian Lossless Packing) at 96 kHz, 24 bit, 6 Channel. Title 1 is one hour, five minutes, and seventeen seconds in length. This shows the audio available in Title 1. Tracks are labeled as Chapters on the disc. A list of the available tracks is displayed in the right box. The available audio is MLP ( Meridian Lossless Packing) at 96 kHz, 24 bit, 2 Channel. On this disc Title 2 is one hour, five minutes, and seventeen seconds in length. When each title is highlighted the available sample rates and number of channels are displayed in the lower left box. The Roy Orbison DVD-Audio disc has been inserted and displays two titles in the upper left box. No disc has been inserted into the computer. This is the initial windows that appears when opening DVD Audio Extractor. The screenshots below display how to rip the 24/96 two channel mix. The DVD-Audio disc contains a 24/96 6 channel mix and a 24/96 two channel mix. Roy Orbison - Black & White Night is available as a DVD-Video and DVD-Audio package. This is a specific format different from DVD-Video discs that contain audio or concerts. This section is dedicated to ripping DVD-Audio discs. Fortunately the one time fee of $32.50 can be paid online in minutes and allow audiophiles to begin ripping their own high resolution material immediately. I'd happily pay $32.50 each for the music on my DVD-Audio discs if that were the only option. ![]() This application is worth far more than the $32.50 asking price. Thanks to Computer Audiophile reader Ted_B who pointed me in the right direction I've been using DVD Audio Extractor from Computer Application Studio (CAS) with great success. As far as I know DVDAExplorer cannot rip the audio form a DVD-Video disc. However I've never been able to get the OS X version to rip a DVD-Audio disc. DVDAExplorer is available for Windows operating systems and Mac OS X. I've had fairly good success with DVDAExplorer but know many audiophiles who just can't get the hand of the application. DVDAExplorer is geared more toward the technically inclined users who can handle post-ripping file format conversions and don't mind tagging the tracks after the rip. DVDAExplorer is free and available from the Video Help website. A popular and free application is DVDAExplorer. There are a few applications available that enable one to rip DVD-Audio discs. What follows is a step by step guide to ripping DVD-Audio discs, ripping the audio from DVD-Video concerts, and ripping HDAD discs. Readers must learn at some point how to rip this great music to their music servers. That's 100% normal and not a slight on newbies here on Computer Audiophile. Although seasoned computer audiophiles have been ripping DVDs for years most audiophiles making the move to a computer based system have no idea these discs can be ripped and certainly have no idea how it's done. Most audiophiles don't realize a great source of "popular" high resolution material is already sitting on their shelves, and can still be purchased new/used and be ripped to their music server. The most frequently voiced displeasure relates to the lack of "popular" music available at resolutions equal to or greater than rebook CD (16 bit / 44.1 kHz). The current selection of high resolution downloads is growing weekly, but is still inadequate for most music aficionados. ![]()
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