SACD ripping

[Music Fan]

So this file is good, simply run it. But the decompression takes time.

[leperlord]

will the torture never stop lol

The only bat that works is Extract DSD Stereo Files , the Extract DST Stereo Files creates only all the files as 1Kb in size each

Do i need to txt edit that bat somehow ?

Cheers

[Music Fan]

No, if the stereo part of this sacd is Dst compressed, this should work.
Otherwise, it's not compressed thus I don't understand why DsdMerge can't create a big dff.
If you got this file with scarletbook, double-click on it ;
ClickMeBeforeFirstRunOrAfterPathChange.cmd
And if you got pthreadVC2.dll and DecoderComp.dll, I guess you have to put them in your system32 folder and register them.

[leperlord]

Originally Posted by Music Fan

No, if the stereo part of this sacd is Dst compressed, this should work.
Otherwise, it's not compressed thus I don't understand why DsdMerge can't create a big dff.
If you got this file with scarletbook, double-click on it ;
ClickMeBeforeFirstRunOrAfterPathChange.cmd
And if you got pthreadVC2.dll and DecoderComp.dll, I guess you have to put them in your system32 folder and register them.

Im red faced embarrassed now, you wont even believe how red .

I didnt do that in system32 folder , nor do i have ClickMeBeforeFirstRunOrAfterPathChange.cmd file , NOR do i know how to register those mentioned .dlls , i put them in system32 folder , but when i click on them im asked what to open them with . How do i register them and do i need the ClickMeBeforeFirstRunOrAfterPathChange.cmd file ?

Cheers

[leperlord]

OK i found scarletbook r268 qnd i have ClickMeBeforeFirstRunOrAfterPathChange.cmd file in there , i double click it and error i get says "the module was loaded but the call to .dllregister server failed with error code....

Am i close yet ?

[Music Fan]

nor do i have ClickMeBeforeFirstRunOrAfterPathChange.cmd file

This cmd file was maybe given with only one version and thus may not be useful if you didn't get it.
For the dlls, put them where you want (actually I believe they do not have to be absolutely in system32), for example in C: (which makes => C:\DecoderComp.dll), and then go in start, run, and type regsvr32 C:\DecoderComp.dll, ok, do it for both dlls and it should be ok.
Then try again Extract DST Stereo Files.bat.

[Music Fan]

Originally Posted by leperlord

OK i found scarletbook r268 qnd i have ClickMeBeforeFirstRunOrAfterPathChange.cmd file in there , i double click it and error i get says "the module was loaded but the call to .dllregister server failed with error code....

Am i close yet ?

Register first the dlls as I said just above, then try this cmd.
If there is again this error message, it may not be a problem, sometimes the registration works even when an error message appears.
Then try again scarletbook.

[leperlord]

Damn again

This is hell

I put the dlls directly in c and ran the command ,but dll was loaded but the entry point dllserver not found , im almost in laughing tears at this point

A thought , im on 64 bit win 7 , maybe the dlls are 32 bit , so will they ever work ?
Cheers

[leperlord]

Originally Posted by Music Fan

Register first the dlls as I said just above, then try this cmd.
If there is again this error message, it may not be a problem, sometimes the registration works even when an error message appears.
Then try again scarletbook.

Nope Still creates 1 kb files for each track

UGH

[Music Fan]

Originally Posted by leperlord

im on 64 bit win 7

This could be the problem.
As said in the readme file, "on Windows 7 or Vista, make sure you're running as administrator".
And if you are already running as administrator, I don't know why this does not work.

[leperlord]

I dropped the dlls as mentioned directly in c:/

then at regsvr32 C:\pthreadVC2.dll that worked

But the other dll and click me first wont work

But im slowly extracting the Extract DST Stereo Files now , wohoot

Now should dsd merge , merge files from this now ? or is there YET another step ?

Cheers

[Music Fan]

At the end of this process, you should get several dff (one by track).
I believe there's a way to extract the whole album in one file, but in this case, I don't know if a cue with the timecodes is created. Anyway, this mode is not very useful for what you wanna do.
When the decompression of this album will be done, you can try Dsdmerge which should work (try with only 2 tracks just to see what happens).
And then use again scarletbook for other albums, gather the tracks in the order you need (by adding numbers in file names from 01 to xx) and run Dsdmerge. Don't forget to remove tracks you don't need from this folder.

[leperlord]

OK mate man this ways so slow , any particular reason ?

Ill post results as soon as i have em

PS im sending u a personal msg mate in a sec

[leperlord]

Wooohooot

DSD merge did it , i have a large file and a cue

So whats the next step to make this an sacd ? Yipes

i prob dont have time tonite,but im curious as heck

Cheers

[Music Fan]

Originally Posted by leperlord

So whats the next step to make this an sacd ?

After merging files with DsdMerge, you need Super Author (or another tool of this kind, there are rare).
Super Author creates some files, including a big DAT ; you can open it in UltraIso which can burn it or convert it to iso.
I read that in UltraIso's options/burn tab, Use NeroAPI had to be UNticked.

[leperlord]

Originally Posted by Music Fan

After merging files with DsdMerge, you need Super Author (or another tool of this kind, there are rare).
Super Author creates some files, including a big DAT ; you can open it in UltraIso which can burn it or convert it to iso.
I read that in UltraIso's options/burn tab, Use NeroAPI had to be UNticked.

And will this big dat file at some point be made an sacd/iso ?

Cheers

[Music Fan]

I'm not sure to understand your question, this will become an sacd when burnt on dvd with Ultra Iso.
I believe it's better to burn the DAT with Ultra Iso, I'm not sure the ISO it can create would be recognized by other tools (including imgburn).

[leperlord]

Originally Posted by Music Fan

I'm not sure to understand your question, this will become an sacd when burnt on dvd with Ultra Iso.
I believe it's better to burn the DAT with Ultra Iso, I'm not sure the ISO it can create would be recognized by other tools (including imgburn).

OK maybe i understand

Super Author creates some files, including a big DAT
and that big DAT i burn to dvd , which results in an sacd ?

[leperlord]

I may have to finally rest now , maybe LOL

Im on step 4) Compress the merged DSD with Philips DST Encoder

I get a 800+mb file from an original dsdmerged 3+ Gig file . Is this normal ? Have i lost some information , or done something wrong ? It seems a radical reduction in size ,tho in foobar it displays the same track time ,and plays as well

Cheers

[Music Fan]

If foobar plays it correctly, I guess it's good, the compression is maybe more important than what I remembered.

Originally Posted by leperlord

OK maybe i understand

Super Author creates some files, including a big DAT
and that big DAT i burn to dvd , which results in an sacd ?

Yes, but you could still have a bad surprise after all these efforts : some players don't play sacd-r.
Here is an incomplete list of tested players ;
http://code.google.com/p/sacd-ripper...patiblePlayers
The messages below this list include some other players.