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  1. good morning - played a ripped blu ray this weekend -when playing my player mpc hc indicated - input: DTS master audio lossless 24/48, output: PCM 32 bit integer/48. What is 32 bit integer? Is this down sampled/bit stripped or is this the equivalent of the full lossless 24/48 track? Thanks
  2. I've never seen a choice of both the uncompressed LPCM stereo stream and the lossless multichannel codec. Every blu ray I watched offers a choice as the primary stream either PCM - almost always multichannel - and this is rare (2001 is the only disc I've seen with a native PCM offering) or dtsma or dolby THD, again almost always multichannel, but some newer discs, primarily criterion, offer the original mono or stereo mix in lossless. the other options are usually the mono or stereo mix (for example the James Bond films offer this) but those are marked as lossy (dolby digital or just DTS). The disc I was testing last night was Apocalypse Now which offer dts ma 7.1 as the only stream. Q is if I play it on a BR player or computer and it is downmixed to 2 channel and decoded to pcm will it convert to the lossy track if played through coax. I'll try it myself and use my ears but don't know if there is any objective way of determining this - MPC HC only indicates the sampling rate of 48, which I believe is the same for lossless and lossy. I tried any dvd hd which usually works but the BR movies are much easier to play through a player - just want to make sure I'm not compromising with the SQ.
  3. thanks to both. this is very confusing but from what I understand br players will output native pcm from spdif coax but not decoded lossless tracks (DTS MA or DOLBY THD) - those tracks are downsampled and the lossy "core" is transmitted. The explanation by sony and other manufacturers is this is due to "bandwith" limitations - but from what I've read it is the result of drm/protected audio path/cinavia restricitons. My software (MPC HC which is similar to jriver) decodes the lossless tracks but the question I have is whether they would be downsampled to the lossy core like in a player.
  4. gmgraves - is the native resolution audio you are referencing for blu ray movies? And if so may I ask which sony player you are using? it was my understanding that blu ray players contain a protected audio path due to cinavia/ drm which limits high res to hdmi which requires the "handshake." My concern was whether that also applied to a computer but Fitzcaraldo answered that question - it appears it does not.
  5. follow up question - I am considering purchasing a legacy dac - monarchy audio m24 - I use red fox to decrypt blu rays and mpchc to play them - if I feed that dac with a usb to spdif converter will I still have the lossless blu ray audio (for movies). From what I understand if using a standalone blu ray player one can not send lossless audio over coax. Not sure of that same limitation would apply when using a computer - many thanks John
  6. my dac is the idsd dac. however I am looking for a monarchy audio dac. I planned on using a usb to spdif converter. will be using as a server - no streaming. if the sound as a server will not equal or best the pc I'll pass.
  7. I am using an 8 year old gateway FX desktop pc connected to a usb dac as a server with foobar. I am playing cds that were ripped to my hard drive. The pc is quiet - for whatever reason I do not hear the fan. I have a friend who is willing to build a Raspberry for me - if I connect that to the same dac would it provide comparable sound quality? If so, there is no reason for me to have a tower sitting in my living room. I would be using the raspberry as a server - not a streamer - I would connect a usb hard drive to the raspberry (the house I am using it in is a vacation home off the grid - no internet access) Not sure if playing from an external hard drive vs the hard drive in my desktop would make a difference. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you.
  8. thanks, Fitzcaraldo. I think I'll forgo the ripping of blurays and play them directly. From what I can see it's either red fox or powerdvd. Do you recommend one over the other? Red Fox is more expensive but I seem to recall that power dvd downconverts blurays to a lower audio resolution.
  9. Related to the Cookie Marenco quote by Sandyk, ripped cds played from my HD sound better than the original CD played from my optical drive. I am using BR discs for movies only, and thought that the soundtrack from ripped movies played from HD would sound better than the disc played from the optical drive. Playing blu rays - ripped or directly - from my PC is a bit of a pain - the only software that works for me is MPC HC, which is basically windows media player - I think that is similar to JRIver. I'm very new tot his so any other suggestions would of course be welcome.
  10. thank you. do you find any audio/video quality differences between playing a blu ray movie disc from your optical drive and the same ripped file from your HD? I agree ripping br with mkv is a pain - time consuming and confusing I would consider purchasing red fox if you are satisfied that is works well. I tried power dvd but it constantly froze.
  11. I am using MKV to rip and MPC HC to play - MPC has the decoders like JRiver. I am running the dac direct to my amps using the volume control of MPC HC. My concern is since bluray players can only transmit a hirez lossless decoded to PCM signal digitally via HDMI if I could do so via USB. I'm new to this so any suggestions would be welcome - do you find any audio or video quality differences between playing the disc directly with redfox and playing the ripped version from HD? Regardless, I would imagine that both of your configurations would be of a higher quality, at least for audio, than any bluray player.
  12. I would like to use my computer and usb dac (idsd) for blurays - either playing ripped blu rays or directly with powerdvd. I am doing so because I want the highest quality audio for blurays and from what I understand, a blu ray player will not pass through lossless audio via coax or optical to an external dac (due to bandwith limitations or other restrictions) - only HDMI will, which requires a de-embedder. And I believe my dac, or an even better usb dac, will better the analog outputs of an oppo player. The question I have is whether I can transmit lossless audio from the computer (mpc and power dvd, include the decoders) to the usb dac and then the analog outputs of the dac to my amps, or whether that configuration is subject to the same limitations as a blu ray player. Thank you.
  13. Many thanks. Is there any difference in audio (or video) quality between playing discs (cds or movies) from the computer's blu ray drive or playing those same discs that have been ripped from the hard drive?
  14. I'm a relative newbie to computer audio and learned the basics from this forum. I'm using a gateway FX desktop to idsd dac playing ripped music and movies - the computer is next to my tv between my speakers and I'm using a Logitech wireless keyboard with the tv as my monitor. I want to rip my blu ray collection and need to add an additional hard drive. My question is what is best for audio /video quality - an internal hard drive, external, or internal with a case. It will be used in my system so portability is not necessary, although it would give me the ability to do my ripping of movies from another desktop which would be easier. Also, any opinions regarding audio/ video quality of playing my movies from my optical drive vs from a HD - SS or otherwise. Thank you.
  15. I'm looking to stream lossless tidal, etc, - I have wifi, an ipad and iphone, but no desktop or laptop. I have a basic very good system with a cd player, preamp and amp. Am I correct that the simplest way to do this would be to purchase a Blu-ray player with the requisite apps? And if so I would have to turn on my tv to choose my titles? Any advice for a configuration would be welcome. thank you. (also looking for fm reception but I think my only option there with this configuration would be to add a separate tuner.)
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