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JustinGN

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  1. More than likely, it's something wrong with the settings on the player side if you're getting 24/48 instead of 24/96 or higher. HDMI can be confusing once you get into the nitty gritty settings of the spec, though assuming your player can output bitstream (it should be able to) and your receiver is HDMI 1.3a+ with the ability to decode the audio codecs at proper resolution, you should go that route. If, however, you have a player that can decode TrueHD and DTS-HD MA, it may be worth it to decode on the player and pass 7.1 channel 24/192 audio as LPCM. Only HDMI 1.3 or newer receivers/processors can decode the lossless codecs, though many players are dropping lossless decoding support on-board when they can to cut costs, relying instead on bitstream support since most consumer receivers support it or can decode the lossy cores of the soundtracks.<br /> <br /> For everyone having 24/96 or 24/192 mixes sampled down to 24/48, check your settings -very- carefully. HDMI is a powerful, if "dumb" spec.<br /> <br /> EDIT: This assumes you're using HDMI. Analog and SPDIF outputs on BD decks are subject to DRM and/or connection restrictions, including a no-analog-video support starting in 2013 (So all you CRT Projector owners without HDMI or HDCP, get your decks now!)
  2. Very nice guide! I've been slowly moving my physical discs (DVDs, CDs, and HD/BDs alike) onto a portable Hard Disk I have until I've got a suitable server built. While trying to rip HD DVDs into lossless formats for playback, I did find that you can use eac3to to convert the demuxed output into files or formats of your choice; personally, I've converted the lossless audio tracks on my movies into FLAC format rather than WAV, just to cut down on space used. It's something worth looking into, and eac3to is remarkably fast I've found: it auto-detects the input bit-depth and sampling rate, and will convert it into whatever you name the file as (Including DD and DTS with proper encoding libraries, in case you need to downsample the audio for whatever reason). It'll even work on Dolby TrueHD and (possibly) DTS-HD MA/HR.<br /> <br /> Worth looking into! Now if only my extenders would play nice with Matroska Containers and FLAC files...
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