[LAU] Decoding/ripping dolby surround CDs

[Al Thompson]

On 11/16/2011 03:00 PM, Julien Claassen wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>   I've got a CD, which says, it's mastered for dolby surround. When I
> ripped it and listened to it, some passages sound very quiet. Is there
> a way, to rip or encode the tracks to 5.1 or whatever they would be,
> so I can have a better listening experience? Please don't suggest any
> GUI-software, since I CAN'T use it. Thank you.
>   Kind regards
>            Julien

Is it ENCODED in Dolby 5.1?  If it is, it takes a Dolby 5.1 decoder to
separate it into 5 channels (plus sub).

Saying it is "mastered" for 5.1 is really ambiguous and confusing, since
it must be ENCODED for 5.1, regardless of how it was mastered.


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