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DVD-Audio decoder for foobar2000

post #1 of 388
7/3/09 at 9:11am
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... is here: http://dvdadecoder.sourceforge.net
Supports DVD-A discs and MLP files playback.
In case of any interest will be updated from time to time.

Max.
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post #2 of 388
7/3/09 at 10:00am
Does it work? Is there a way to rip DVD-A files for playback or will this just act as a player for your computer?
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post #3 of 388
7/3/09 at 10:31am
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Sort of... Foobar has the ripping option.
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post #4 of 388
7/3/09 at 11:46am
Nice, and much needed.

Seems to be working as advertised. Does anyone know how to get Foobar to display multi-channel on the VU meter?
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post #5 of 388
7/3/09 at 11:46am
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Originally Posted by aggieheels View Post

Does it work? Is there a way to rip DVD-A files for playback or will this just act as a player for your computer?

I was able to rip them to a single .wav/cue and they play back on my WD. Could probably use a cue splitter to cut it up into single tracks.
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post #6 of 388
7/3/09 at 4:08pm
I don't suppose Foobar works with Vista Media Center?
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post #7 of 388
7/4/09 at 10:03am
Wow! This is just so amazing! Many thanks indeed manisiutkin for your work!
I have tried and works excellent!
:respect:
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post #8 of 388
7/4/09 at 11:17am
It's working perfectly thus far. Great job!
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post #9 of 388
7/5/09 at 10:06am
Many thanks for this! Foobar has been my player of choice for several years now. How great!
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post #10 of 388
7/5/09 at 8:37pm
I have not used Foobar2000, but am considering it if does what I think with this plugin.

Can someone run down the basics for me? I normally rip all my CDs and have them converted to FLAC for playback via Logitech Transporter (supports up to 24/96). With this newest Foobar 2000, will I be able to rip the stereo DVD-A tracks and convert the 24/192 tracks to 24/96 and convert to FLAC?
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post #11 of 388
7/5/09 at 8:50pm
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Originally Posted by Sam S View Post

I have not used Foobar2000, but am considering it if does what I think with this plugin.

Can someone run down the basics for me? I normally rip all my CDs and have them converted to FLAC for playback via Logitech Transporter (supports up to 24/96). With this newest Foobar 2000, will I be able to rip the stereo DVD-A tracks and convert the 24/192 tracks to 24/96 and convert to FLAC?

I haven't tried ripping DVD-A tracks with Fubar2000, but DVDAExplorer beta3 will do the job and give you a PCM stream you can work with.

http://www.foobar2000.org/?page=FAQ

The things you can do with Fubar2000 really boggle the mind, but there is a learning curve. I'd expect you can find extensive forum threads on it at a number of sites. I've used it to downmix 5.1 24/192 to stereo CDA and FLAC.
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post #12 of 388
7/5/09 at 9:42pm
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Originally Posted by Sam S View Post

I have not used Foobar2000, but am considering it if does what I think with this plugin.

Can someone run down the basics for me? I normally rip all my CDs and have them converted to FLAC for playback via Logitech Transporter (supports up to 24/96). With this newest Foobar 2000, will I be able to rip the stereo DVD-A tracks and convert the 24/192 tracks to 24/96 and convert to FLAC?

I've thus far ripped some DVD-Audio tracks to WAV, but there's an option for FLAC. I'm not sure about down-sampling 192kHz to 96kHz, as I always bypass all advanced DSP functions.
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post #13 of 388
7/6/09 at 5:40pm
I encoded a few DVD-Audio discs directly to FLAC with no problems at all. It is really nice having the ability to do practically everything related to music through foobar in a quick and painless manner.

Of course, the only time-consuming part is manually entering the desired metadata.
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post #14 of 388
7/7/09 at 7:35am
Hi, its reelly great!!!
How does it work with various kinds of sounds (for ex. 2 channel stereo AND 5.1 surround sound) at the same dvd? Are there any experience? And how about playlists? And a good idea would be an access to the free CDDB ....

But at first, its a good starting-point for all dvd-audio-fans ....
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post #15 of 388
7/7/09 at 9:42am
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Originally Posted by manisiutkin View Post

... is here: http://dvdadecoder.sourceforge.net
Supports DVD-A discs and MLP files playback.
Max.

Have you any plan to support DVD-A .iso files?
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post #16 of 388
7/8/09 at 3:41am
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First of all thank you for the appreciation!

razi2:

When audio is MLP encoded it can have 2 substreams, the first one contains downmixed. PCM audio can have downmixing matrices for each particular track. Suppose nothing useful can be done about playlists.

Mikl1984:

Yes, it is planned but decoder has number of issues to be done first:
1. Implement asyncronious caching for DVD media.
2. Fix weird behavior of MLP decoder in stereo downmix mode (some tracks are decoded fine, some not).
3. Test PCM playback for different combinations of groups/channels/samplerates.
4. Implement PCM downmixing when available.
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post #17 of 388
7/8/09 at 2:57pm
MLP playlist issues:

All tracks with the same parameters play fine. If a track has a different frequency (48, 44.1, 96khz) then the first track plays fine and all subsequent tracks play either faster or slower. Also, if the first track is 5.1 channels and the second stereo then you get no playback and this error "Unrecoverable playback error: Invalid audio stream specifications". So this is the only problem I have so far of not being able to handle playlists with different track properties.

But other than that the plugin works great and is appreciated!!!! Thanks for making this happen.
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post #18 of 388
7/8/09 at 3:19pm
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Originally Posted by Mikl1984 View Post

Have you any plan to support DVD-A .iso files?

It does. Mount them in Daemon Tools, or some other virtual drive, they open and play like a normal DVD.
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post #19 of 388
7/11/09 at 12:08am
Stereo playback seems to work fine, but 5.1 does not work properly. It sends some of the rear signals out to the rear speakers, but not all of them. DigiOn plays my MLP files properly, and I am positive that it's not playing the surround sound correctly.
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post #20 of 388
7/11/09 at 9:13am
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What disc? I might be able to check this... Which of channels aren't sent properly?
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post #21 of 388
7/11/09 at 9:47am
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Originally Posted by elee532 View Post

I don't suppose Foobar works with Vista Media Center?

Should I assume the lack of of a reply means the answer is "no?"
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post #22 of 388
7/11/09 at 10:36am
All of the discs I've tried, including Nine Inch Nails's "The Downward Spiral" and Linkin Park's "Reanimation". The NIN one is a much easier one to test with the song "Mr. Self Destruct" because once the song starts, the main vocals should be in the front, but when the background vocals say "and I control you", it should come from the rear speakers.
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post #23 of 388
7/14/09 at 1:02am
Thread Starter 
I've tried Linkin Park and for me all the channels seem to be arranged properly.
Anyway, a new version 0.2.1 is out. It has got PCM downmixer and fresh MLP decoder.
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post #24 of 388
7/14/09 at 9:43am
To show my appreciation for your hard work, I tried to donate a few bucks through sourceforge. It says you have selected not to receive donations.

Man, that's pretty selfless and shockingly noble of you to take nothing for your efforts. Please accept my sincere thanks.
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post #25 of 388
7/14/09 at 12:32pm
There's a new version of the foobar dvd-a plugin available. The problems I had when trying to create mlp playlists appears to be solved (I only tried a few songs). The first version only accepted mlp of the same frequency in the playlists or playback problems would occur. I tried one 96khz file, one 88.2 and one 48khz mlp. All played correctly. Very sweet. Still no ability to tag the files in foobar. Any way to tag these? Great new update!!!
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post #26 of 388
7/14/09 at 11:54pm
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Budley007
Oops... I didn't have a thought about this option. Done. No hard feelings

Davis Scott
That's the very question. Neither MLP file, nor DVD-A itself doesn't suppose tagging. I don't see any straitforward solution.
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post #27 of 388
7/16/09 at 7:10am
Thanks for this decoder. I tried it and sometimes it works other times it stutters through the tracks. I use AnyDVD HD - could this be interuppting anything. When I switched it off all the tracks stuttered, whereas other times they didn't....weird!! But sincere thanks for providing this. I'll try the update tonight
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post #28 of 388
7/18/09 at 2:05pm
does anyone know if there's a chance to finally play DVD-A in full quality on a pc? i'm talking about using GPU's HDMI out to transfer 5.1 96/24 PCM signal to a external amplituner?
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post #29 of 388
7/19/09 at 12:29pm
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Originally Posted by Biff84 View Post

does anyone know if there's a chance to finally play DVD-A in full quality on a pc? i'm talking about using GPU's HDMI out to transfer 5.1 96/24 PCM signal to a external amplituner?

This plugin.
Or SHAPlay which you posted the same question in.
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post #30 of 388
7/19/09 at 9:54pm
ok, thanks, but i guess it's not that simple, any details?
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