3 Mar
2006
3 Mar
'06
3:09 p.m.
On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 10:20:34AM -0800, Kevin Cosgrove wrote:
On 2 March 2006 at 15:18, "Maluvia"
<terakuma(a)imbris.net> wrote:
Yep, DVD-video and DVD-audio are two different beasts.
The DVD-A format by itself doesn't look bad, and it supports
uncoded multi-channel sound at high quality. Both the DRM and
the MLP coding are optional, so in theory you could create
DVD-A disks using only open source software. The matter was
discussed some time ago on the surround sound list, as the
DVD-A format is the only 'mainstream' one allowing musicians
and composers to create their own multichannel recordings.
But real full-spec DVD-A players are rare, and the future
of the format isn't very clear.
--
FA
I don't understand if any of today's DVD
players, consumer
grade or higher, will actually play back [the DVD-Audio] format
at it's original resolution given the various copy-protection
schemes in place - particularly for the high-res PCM - and
whether these files can be output analog or digital or both.
Everything I've been reading about it seems to be pretty out of
date, and has only served to confuse me further.
I have one DVD-Audio disc. It only plays in audiophile DVD players
that specificly advertise that they play DVD-Audio. It isn't
recognized by computer DVD drives, nor by consumer DVD players.