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?

[eevan]

Eac3toGui don't open MLP files as is to me until i re-name its extensions. Are you shure about this?? Eac3toGui don't permit MLP files as sources. But eac3to yes.

In the „Select the Source File" dialog you open the „files of type:" combo and choose „All (*.*)". Now you can add *.mlp files

Perhaps this question helps: How the receivers accept digital multichannel data from high res (24/96) sources?

The audio is for example DTS 96/24 encoded and packed in SPDIF subframes, setting the appropriate channel status bit that indicates digital data is sent (and not PCM audio samples)

This post has been edited by eevan: Feb 5 2008, 07:13