egd;321626 Wrote: > so long as the DVD component was encoded using LPCM.
FWIW, the audio track in a DVD has to be one of: PCM, Dolby Digital, or DTS. The latter are lossy compression techniques. PCM is uncompressed, and is what is used here. When I ripped the DVD audio tracks, I ended up with wav files which are a second or two longer than the included .wav files. As a result, to properly compare them, I need a tool which tries to align the audio start points. Most binary compare functions make no effort to do this, but a few audio compare functions do it properly. EAC has one such tool, but unfortunately, it doesn't work with 24/96 wav files. If anyone knows one that does work with 24/96, please feel free to enlighten me! I was curious to compare the files, to see if there is anything that's trying to discourage sharing. After record companies working so hard to make it harder and harder to copy audio files, it's a surprise to find a disc that makes it so very easy! The cynic in me wants to believe there's a hidden virus, or worm to the RIAA! The Optimist in me wants to tell everybody to run out and buy this album, to tell the world we want better sound, easy inclusion in our music servers, and are willing to pay for it! Cheers, Dave -- DCtoDaylight Audiophile wish list: Zero Distortion, Infinite Signal to Noise Ratio, and a Bandwidth from DC to Daylight ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DCtoDaylight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7284 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49956 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
