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Title: Does MC play DVD Audio ?
Post by: Pink Waters on February 21, 2006, 02:04:34 pm

I put creative DVD audio sampler disc, and MC failed to play it..

Title: Re: Does MC play DVD Audio ?
Post by: Charlemagne 8 on February 21, 2006, 06:59:33 pm

The only thing I've found, short of a DVD Audio player, that will play DVD Audio is Creative's DVD Audio Player. It uses a regular DVD drive. The software is part of the software that comes with some of their sound cards. I have an Audigy 2 ZS and it came with that but I don't know what else. I haven't yet found a way to rip it.

CVIII

Title: Re: Does MC play DVD Audio ?
Post by: Pink Waters on February 22, 2006, 12:48:12 am

Yeah I use it, its the only way that works...
I have Audigy 2 ZS too, do you have issues with pops and clicks, and CMSS not giving a balanced volume for all the surround speakers ?

Title: Re: Does MC play DVD Audio ?
Post by: Charlemagne 8 on February 23, 2006, 06:58:53 pm

Had a few crackles a couple of builds ago but they went away.
I did have a problem with that a while back. I reinstalled Creative and that seemed to fix it. It's a pain in the neck because you've got to reinstall all of the upgrades, too.
CVIII

Title: Re: Does MC play DVD Audio ?
Post by: Matt on February 23, 2006, 07:16:47 pm

It's too bad that DVD Audio isn't a computer friendly format like a regular CD.

CDs sound too good to mess around with a format that can't be stored and played by a computer.

I'd love an open, consumer-friendly audio dvd format.  You could put the collected works of a band on one disc and provide pristine quality.  You'd use basic lossless compression that could be run on any embedded chip.  The files could be directly copied to a portable device or computer (no ripping). However, DRM is too important for this idea to take flight anytime soon.

Title: Re: Does MC play DVD Audio ?
Post by: Charlemagne 8 on February 23, 2006, 07:27:15 pm

Aw Matt, you're a dreamer.
Next thing you'll be wishing for is a way to compress CDs down to about a fourth of their original size without any loss in sound quality.
Ain't possible ... or is it?

CVIII

To quote Dr. Frankfurter: "Don't dream it, be it".

Title: Re: Does MC play DVD Audio ?
Post by: Matt on February 23, 2006, 07:31:23 pm

Trying to create a standard is a tough mountain to climb.  On top of that, it's missionary work if you're really trying to make it open, free, and consumer-friendly.

It could be fun though.

Title: Re: Does MC play DVD Audio ?
Post by: Charlemagne 8 on February 23, 2006, 07:43:24 pm

 :D

Title: Re: Does MC play DVD Audio ?
Post by: Matt on February 23, 2006, 07:45:41 pm

Quote from: Charlemagne 8 on February 23, 2006, 07:27:15 pm

Next thing you'll be wishing for is a way to compress CDs down to about a fourth of their original size without any loss in sound quality.

There's a funny story about this.  Google "PolkaMonkey".  

It's a gag from years ago about a derivative of Monkey's Audio that could get 10:1 lossless compression.  However, it couldn't be released due to patents held by Fhg.