Does anyone know if the PCM lossless stereo on ANATO and The Game Audio DVDs can be ripped to FLAC or apple lossless 96/24?
If so I would like to know how it can be achieved.
Thanks in advance.
Look up "DVD Audio Explorer". I went through all this and preserved all the 96k audio and trust me, 1st pressing non-remastered cds are better. It disappointed me, but it is true. If it is mastered loud like the DVD audios are, 96 K doesn't matter. It hurts the ears. Try it. But look for the non-remater first pressings and compare.
Apparently, DVD-A discs use a completely different type of encoding that makes ripping them without degrading the quality very, very difficult if not impossible. link
I really don't have any experience with this, but maybe the above link helps.
32 bit pc will run vegas no prob. the audio is extracted from two .vob files so u get 2 .wavs as shown in the vlc screen cap above. You can join the two files into one.
i got my copy of ANATO dvd-a when i was in america in 2005 - and it sounds perfect
the separation is very nice on a good dvd-a capable player with a decent 5.1 amp
not overstating it, but if i ever had Queen II in that quality, i'd be delirious
Did you rip the stereo LPCM audio from it. It's way louder than the 2011 CD remasters, right?
Play The Game (The Orb) 24/48 stereo LPCM (0dB peaks shown in red) link
Play The Game (DVD Audio Disc) 24/96 stereo LPCM (0dB peaks shown in red) link
Not to sure tbh, I did the rip without normalising the audio level, maybe that's it? The Left and Right are off the scale in some places as you can see.
Here is another screen of PTG in Adobe Audition. 24/96 http://i.imgur.com/gqAYKDy.png" title="Hosted by imgur.com" />
The DVD-A stereo are very different mixes from the multi channels, the stereos are the original album mix. Generally the 96/24 stereo suffers loudness wars, whereas the 5.1 MLP tracks don't. The 5.1 rips from the Queen DVD-As I've seen look a lot better than the ones given here, something doesn't add up.
I agree Owen.
The 24/96 stereo LPCM is WAY too loud!
The 24/96 5.1 MLP levels look ok in comparison.
Play The Game (DVD Audio Disc) 24/96 5.1 MLP (0dB peaks shown in red) link
So in conclusion, the levels on the DVD Audio Disc 24/96 stereo LPCM peak at 0dB much more often than the 5.1 MLP.
This ultimately results in a much louder experience overall.
I used DVD Audio Extractor to rip, and the result is shown below.
As it rips the audio direct from the Vob files I can't see how the levels would be anything but an exact replication of what's on the disc.
Bohemian Rhapsody (DVD Audio Disc) 24/96 stereo LPCM (0dB peaks shown in red) link
The 24/96 stereo LPCM levels on the Blu-Ray Pure Audi Disc seem a lot more acceptable (although the 5.1 levels are still quite high!)
Bohemian Rhapsody - ANATO 24/96 (Blu-Ray Pure Audio Disc) stereo LPCM (0dB peaks shown in red)
Sadly it's from the 2011 masters though. link
