Yeah I don't mind the extra decryption step or keeping an old computer around just for working with Blu-Rays,
Working with BD's on a new fast computer with lots of memory is the way to go if you want the steps to be fast.
Yeah I don't mind the extra decryption step or keeping an old computer around just for working with Blu-Rays,
Any dual core pc and 4gb of ram and your fine. The speed limit is the bluray drive reading the data from disc. The upgrading ram and processor only benefits encoding which is minor when it comes to audio (pcm to flac). Video encoding large video files (movie) is where you save any real time upgrading processor.
An installed copy of AnyDVDHD or similar will make that "Extra" decrypt step for BDs completely transparent. Basically, it inserts itself between the player/ripper and the BD content and does the decrypt on-the-fly with no user intervention. Works great - and makes BD ripping just as easy as DVD-A ripping.I disagree in that even if you have a Blu-Ray drive (which I have an old Sony VAIO laptop just for that reason alone) most all Blu-Rays released nowadays need to be decrypted through some sort of program (like MakeMKV) before they can be ripped into audio files in a program like DVD Audio Extractor.
Whereas for DVDAs or DVDVs, I pop them right into either computer of mine (my Sony VAIO or MacBook Pro), and I can start the ripping right away.
Yeah I don't mind the extra decryption step or keeping an old computer around just for working with Blu-Rays, but for this particular release, we should have a DVDA version, just like we had for the other XTC, Yes, and King Crimson releases.
An installed copy of AnyDVDHD or similar will make that "Extra" decrypt step for BDs completely transparent. Basically, it inserts itself between the player/ripper and the BD content and does the decrypt on-the-fly with no user intervention. Works great - and makes BD ripping just as easy as DVD-A ripping.
An installed copy of AnyDVDHD or similar will make that "Extra" decrypt step for BDs completely transparent. Basically, it inserts itself between the player/ripper and the BD content and does the decrypt on-the-fly with no user intervention. Works great - and makes BD ripping just as easy as DVD-A ripping.
AnyDVDHD will not work on the latest Blu Rays.
You might want to make sure you have the latest updates. I run AnyDVDHD and am current on all of the latest BluRays - it works perfectly
I finally did it! I created a perfect 5.1 DVD-A of Oranges and Lemons in true MLP 24/96 on a Mac. Honestly, it was the hardest thing I've done in a long time, considering I started with none of the software or know-how. Just finding some of this software was a challenge in and of itself, since DiscWelder Chrome II and MLP Encoder are long discontinued. And I've never tried to run Windows on my Mac. Anyway, here's how to do it:
- With a Blu-ray drive plugged in via USB, make a backup of the entire disc (decrypting video in the process) using MakeMKV.
- Use DVD Audio Extractor to extract the 5.1 LPCM to 6 individual WAVs for every track.
- Running Windows XP using VMWare Fusion, launch Surcode MLP Encoder and convert the 6 individual WAVs to one .mlp file for each track.
- Using DiscWelder Chrome II, create the disc with the 15 .mlp files.
- Burn to disc (DO NOT TRY TO CREATE AN IMAGE... IT WILL NOT WORK)
So that's it. From what I gather, this is the ONLY way to do it in true 24/96 for all channels. I listen to most of my surround music in my Acura ELS system, so DVD-A is a must. I was devastated when it was announced that O&L would not be released in DVD-A format, but I finally figured out how to do it myself. If you need help, just drop me a line.
Hmm, what Blu-ray should I rip next...?
I actually ended up making 5 DVDAs today for car playback. "THRAK" and "Fragile" were copies of the DVDAs I purchased, while I made custom discs of "Rattle That Lock", "Octopus", and "Oranges & Lemons". Can't wait to hear what they will all sound like in that environment!
Cool! How'd you do it?
Thanks Jon. There is one problem, though, and it's REALLY weird: While a song plays, the clock on the display advances at half speed. Then when the song ends, the clock resumes at normal speed and keeps going with silence playing until it reaches the track length. Then it goes on to the next track.
I can't imagine why this is happening, and I'm desperately trying to figure out the issue. My guess is it has something to do with running DiscWelder Chrome II on Windows through a Mac. Something must be throwing the causing it to burn strangely (even though it plays fine other than the above issue).
Any ideas?
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