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Ripping Sting - [SACD and DVD-A] & DTS CD too
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It would be unfair of me to attack Sting. I am a powerful internet pundit and he is just a puny little wealthy rock star.
Ah, but now I see I have fallen into your evil plot... I have taken your bait and commented in a Sting poll, thereby forever associating my Avatar with the evil name: Sting! Curse you Private Universe!
if only the REAL curses were like him!!! We love you 4P !!!
IMO, the best Sting in Surround experience that I can recall is his live Berlin blu-ray.
How were people able to get this DVD-Audio ripped into digital files? This is the one disc that I have been completely unable to do so.
windhoek
The Phoolosopher
Apparently, there is a proper DVD-A version as well as a DTS-CD version marketed as DVD-A. I've got the latter and had problems ripping it; I managed to get a few tracks to rip properly but it's annoying that I can't get the whole thing to rip. If you've been having difficulties yourself then I suspect you've got the DVD-CD version as well.
Yeah, I guess you could call this one “The Sumner Surprise” LOL
The dts CD nearly drove me to lithium to try ripping. I gave up and found the DVD-A to buy, I believe it’s this one, see the photos on discogs-
Sting - Brand New Day
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hmm I will try to rip the DTS CD to see..but I have had no problems...but then I am a MAC guy (can I show off? ..lol), no really, windoze drives me freaking INSANE...I use XLD which is a VERY useful program..it rips CDs, converts ALL kinds of formats -the only one it don´t is from mp4 to WAV, which is weird- but the last thing I found about it is that i converts those pesky .shm files to mp4...Yeah, I guess you could call this one “The Sumner Surprise” LOL
The dts CD nearly drove me to lithium to try ripping. I gave up and found the DVD-A to buy, I believe it’s this one, see the photos on discogs-
Sting - Brand New Day
View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2003 DVD release of "Brand New Day" on Discogs.
I would imagine the DTS CD is lossy and not the same resolution as the DVD-A, which I am 99% sure I have.
well, the DVD-A is actually 48/24 and the DTS CD is 44/16 so the biggest difference is the 24 bit resolution on the DVD-A...personally the 24 bit IS a big difference and improvement in sound, especially on the low frequencies, but still, if you have a good system-which we ALL do- we probably wouldn't be able to tell the difference, at least not right away...
Has anyone successfully backed up the DVD-A to FLAC files?
Yes, I have. How may I help you?
I try to rip the DVD-Audio from "Nothing Like the Sun". My mac shows only small aiff files. How do you rip those dts DVD-Audios?
JediJoker
2K Club - QQ Super Nova
...Nothing Like The Sun is a DTS-CD, not a DVD-A.
If I remember correctly, been a long time since I ripped a DTS, you rip with DVDAE but you have to add the Foobar add on for DTS. I think when you have DVDAE open, there is a section where you can add add ons, or maybe they are called plug ins, I forget, I can't remember if you have to pay a little for the Foobar add on?
JediJoker
2K Club - QQ Super Nova
That's for DVD-Vs with DTS. @Pitscher is asking about DTS-CDs. To rip those, simply use any lossless codec (WAV, AIFF, FLAC, ALAC, etc.) to preserve the embedded DTS encoding. Play back using any system equipped with a DTS decoder and you'll get surround output. If you want to convert stereo-embedded DTS to standard DTS or multichannel PCM files, I'm sure there's a way, but I haven't personally tried to do it. Google is your friend.
All of this discussion should be moved to a new thread. Poll threads are for explaining votes only.
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Oops, sorry I didn't realize this was a poll thread as I didn't look up above.
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