It was invented, nearly overnight,īecause when DVD-A was being specified, the DVD read heads could notĭeliver the full bandwidth of a 5.1 stream at high/wide PCM encoding. > That's the whole point of the encryption. > without a dedicated player that can decode MLP, ie, a DVD-A player. > ripped by the usual ripping software, if at all. > The hi-res audio that is DVD-A -is- MLP encoded and AFAIK cannot be This is a very laborious process that requires a encoders that are quite expensive (Minnetonka Audio sells a DD encoder for $1,000 and a DTS encoder for $250). wav files then use a DTS or AC3 encoder to create a lossy 5.1 track.
Rip the MLP files to discrete (one file for each of the 6 channels). This is replicating how DVD-As are played on a DVD-A capable player and will be lossless.Ģ. Rip the MLP files with foobar2000 or winamp and play them back, with the same software, on a computer that has 5.1 analog outputs connected to the 5.1 analog inputs of a receiver. The second method can be played back through a SBS/SqueezeBox setup ġ. The first method does not involve SqueezeBoxes or SqueezeBox Server. no DTS or DD soundtrack, there are two ways I know of to derive 5.1 playback. If you have discs that only have a MLP encoded 5.1 soundtrack, i.e.
If the soundtracks do not have MLP protection you will be able to see them with software that rips regular DVD soundtracks i.e. DVD-Explorer, that can get past the MLP protection. Most DVD-Audio discs have either a DTS or DD (AC3) soundtrack though they are sometimes protected by MLP encryption so it will require a program e.g. Don't DVD-A disks have an AC3 5.1 track you can rip?