ripping DVD-A + converting to multichannel FLAC Options

[CoyoteSmith]

hello, i've been reading about this topic with a bit of confusion. a few posts on hydrogen forums and wikipedia say that DVD-A has protection, however i've copied the AUDIO_TS folders to my computer (decrypting the VIDEO_TS folder via DVDDecrypter) and the DVD-A plays fine from my computer. i've done this with releases from major studios such as the Nine Inch Nails With Teeth and the Downward Spiral, David Bowie's Reality and Megadeths Peace Sells But Who's Buying. bascially all i did was copy these folders (right click+copy) and paste them alongside my VIDEO_TS from the DVD-A and they play fine. so i'm wondering what the deal is with the so called copyprotection of these, did the labels give up when the protection was cracked or am i missing something.

Also anyway to get these into 5.1 flacs without buying an expensive program?

[fj4]

Nice!

How do you listen to files backed up this way? As 6-channel wav's?
edit: Duh... from the flac homepage:
How many channels does FLAC support?

FLAC supports from 1 to 8 channels per stream. Channels are only grouped in FLAC to take advantage of interchannel correlation and to define common channel assignments (like stereo L/R, 5.1 surround, et cetera). When encoding a large number of independent channels it is expected that they are coded separately and if required, multiplexed together in a suitable container like Ogg or Matroska.

Sadly, SPDIF doesn't have enough bandwidth to carry this. Analog connections only?

This post has been edited by fj4: Feb 5 2008, 01:02