High Rez 96kHz/24-bit?

[georgieboy]

Is it possible to get DVD2AVI to encode at 96kHz/24-bit as opposed to 48kHz/16-bit? If not does anyone have any recommendations? Ultimately I would like to convert VOB files to Wave in one converstion.

Thanks,

George

[hakko504]

No, and it's most likely not necessary either, since 48kHz/16-bit is what the DVD's have the audio stored as in the first place. If you're not satisfied with that, demux the audio (as opposed to decode) and use some external program to convert the audio to 96kHz/24-bit.

[georgieboy]

Unencrypted DVD-Audio is 6 channel 96kHz/24-bit and some are 2 channel 192kHz/24-bit. The sound of these discs is simpley staggering.

[hakko504]

OK, that's different. Didn't even know that DVD2AVI could handle DVD-Audio discs at all. Live and learn.

But to your problem: Can't you use demux instead, and then use some external program to convert it to the format you want?

[georgieboy]

Possibly, I'm new to these tools (I will try). But what I do know is that with every converstion you loose some data, so ideally I want to to one conversion, that's why I like DVD2AVI. I want to keep the audio as unadulterated as possible, any recommendations?

You should look into this I just went to the Home Electronics Show in San Francisco and spoke with the CEO of Hi-Res Music http://www.hiresmusic.com/ who told me that he doesn't encrypt his music for as long people don't rip him off. Seem's fair to me.

Cheers,

George

[hakko504]

:readfaq: Demux means that you get a file that contains whatever is on the DVD. It will not process the audio in any way. If you can open it in another program though is a different matter.

[Nic]

Sadly DVD2AVI adds a wav header which is always set to 48kHz/16-bit. Im currently looking at this for my version of DVD2AVI.

Ill report back if I get anywhere :) (im trying to do it with a Dave Gilmour DVD which has 48khz/24bit audio (as far as I can tell))

-Nic