Adventures In Modern Ripping


Well it all started when trying to rip three DVD-A discs I have, namely Frank Zappa - Halloween, UFO - Lights Out and Neil Young - American Stars 'N Bars. They don't have stereo tracks or none that I could find.

Ripping is really easy now with DVD Audio Extractor, which also does Blu-Ray audio and Sonore which does SACDs.

So I ripped these discs in their MLP 6 CH format and to my surprise I was able to play them back on my Aurender's N20 SSD.

The SQ is just unbelievable, as good or better than SACDs.

Most DVD-A discs have stereo or 5.1 tracks, in most cases ripping the 5.1 track will be best, though there are some exceptions. MLP encoded discs are the best.

Rip to 6 ch single output.

The DVD-A 5.1 of Yes- Fragile is just outstanding and trumps the SACD but Fleetwood Mac's Rumours DVD-A is better in stereo.

Anyway check it out and ask me if you get stuck.

128x128lordmelton

Showing 2 responses by mahler123

@lordmelton 

have you tried playing them back on another player?  Do you need a Windows computer or do these programs work with a Mac?

@oldears 

Have you tried using the 105 to output the DVD-A files over HDMI to the HDMI input of a PC?