greynolds

Well, give it a try. The worst that can happen is it doesn't work...

What steps have you taken since? Have you tried disconnecting the player from power for a few minutes? Have you removed the USB stick that's needed for the SACD ripping process? Anything else?

Hence the suggestion to try ripping a SACD disc again. If it's broken, trying to rip another one isn't going to "break it more", so it's worth trying. Quite a few people have used their BDP-103's to rip SACD's without a single reported issue like you describe. It's possible you just happened to have some sort of SACD hardware failure that happened to correspond to when you ripped your SACD discs. These players are starting to get on the old side, so hardware failures are going to be more and more likely as time marches on.

Former Oppo beta tester here... The 103D has Darbee processing and, yes, the 2 models share the same firmware as it auto detects which hardware is present. Both the 103 and 103D were sold in the USA. Different markets had slightly different firmware for regional differences. There aren't any firmware version restrictions on getting the SACD rip functionality to work, so no worries about being upgraded to the latest firmware.

Apparently it wasn’t to the person who asked about ripping something other than a SACD. Perhaps we can treat people in a civil manner by answering their questions rather than trying to make them feel stupid. Can we move on?

Guys - the question that was asked about ripping CD's and Blurays is why the pointer to use a PC and my original response are relevant. Recent context is just as important as overall thread context as most people don't read an entire thread from the start when jumping in after 225+ pages of discussion. Most (all??) of us who have been following this thread from the start obviously know that this process is only for SACDs. Newcomers might somewhat reasonably jump to the conclusion that if it can rip SACD (which is really hard by comparison) that it can surely rip CD and Bluray as well since those are at least perceived to be easier (CD actually is, Bluray is easy until you worry about the encryption part of it...) until what this process is all about is explained a bit further.

No need for the “duh” comment, Kal. I would expect better than that from you.

There's no point in wasting the potentially limited life of a PS3, Oppo, or other supported device in doing something that can easily be accomplished on pretty much any computer. The ripping process that makes use of a PS3, Oppo, etc. was only intended to deal with the use case that couldn't be accomplished with a PC.

Yeah, but even then you would still have no idea what the history is behind the file. Just because the bits are different from the rip from the physical SACD, it doesn't mean the rip is bad.

I would be inclined to trust the accuracy of the rip vs a download as there's no telling what the history was on the DSD file you downloaded. With the rip from your SACD, assuming you're confident the SACD itself was legitimate, the ISO file from the rip is exactly what was on the disk. The only issue I recall with extracting individual files from the ISO files is the issue with pops between tracks that has already been discussed. It just feels like you're spending a lot of energy on something that really isn't worth spending that energy on.

Both approaches (using a PS3 or using one of the supported Bluray players as described in this thread) will give you an identical ISO file. Both approaches can also split the ISO up into individual DSF files either during the ripping process or after the ISO has been saved. There have been a few minor issues with extracting the DSF files over the years that can result in a pop at the start or end of a track, but the rest of the content is fine. To the best of my knowledge, these issues apply equally to using a PS3 or using the method this thread covers. Strictly speaking, the ripping process is about getting the ISO file onto a computer so you can do what you want with it. Both approaches work well for this, but SACD capable PS3's are getting more and more scarce, while there's still a pretty good supply of Bluray players that can be used.

That's really a question for a more general purpose Oppo UDP-203 thread than the SACD ripping thread. This thread is about getting the data off the disc (something the UDP-203 can't be used for), not how to play it once ripped. IIRC, there are playback options on the Oppo players that allow you to select 2 channel or multichannel, so start there. If that's not it, I'd suggest looking for an Oppo specific playback thread on audiophilestyle or post in the Oppo 203 thread on AVS Forums where you should get the answer you need.

@thriftyaudiophile this really isn't the thread to diagnose Oppo playback issues, but make sure your HDMI audio output is set to bitstream mode in the Oppo settings. I highly doubt that the firmware version being used is the problem, but as others have said you can update to the latest firmware and still rip SACDs. There are threads for general support of the various Oppo players over on AVS Forum where the issue can be handled; several of the Oppo beta test team still participate. Not sure if there are appropriate sub-forums or threads to get help on that issue here on Audiophile Style.

If you can connect via a cable, it's almost always preferable to do so. Even though it's much faster than 0.20MB/sec, 13MB/sec is still pretty slow. You will still need an IP address, it will just be different. You'll need to go into the Oppo's network settings to find the one the wired connection is using.

Perhaps the audio theory holy war discussion could be moved to somewhere more appropriate rather than derailing this thread... This thread is about how to extract the bits off of a physical SACD and write them to a file. Anything related to playback and conversion of the extracted file to something else really belongs in a separate thread.