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Blu-Ray HD Audio with Headphones?

post #1 of 6
1/22/10 at 6:01pm
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Is there some way to get BR HD audio (TrueHD, DTS Master Audio) using analog outputs in soundcard with players like PowerDVD or TotalMedia Theatre without downsampling?

Or is the only way to get Auzentech Home Theater HD or some other soundcard with HDMI output and HDMI 1.3 compatible receiver and use it's headphone jack? I currently have Auzentech Prelude and a headphone amp (Corda Arietta) and was wondering what my options are.

Another question would be that if I get a setup capable of playing BD HD audio formats, does using Dolby Headphone or CMSS-3D downsample it someway? Thanks.
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post #2 of 6
1/22/10 at 7:28pm
Another option is to rip the BD and remux the video and audio. The audio would be converted to FLAC and the video remuxed(no encoding) to an mkv. This could be played back on any media player with no downsampling.
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post #3 of 6
1/22/10 at 7:34pm
With the Asus HDAV 1.3 you can play back without downsampling, but I'm not sure what happens when you use Dolby Headphone on it if it resamples it or whatever.
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post #4 of 6
1/22/10 at 8:12pm
Dolby Headphone won't work with a sampling rate higher than 48khz.

Ripping the disc might be the best option for various reasons (like convenience), but be aware that the AnyDVD HD software isn't cheap. They have a subscription, but with the way the pricing is set up, it's best to just buy the lifetime license which is about $150. Although, there are sales sometimes.
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post #5 of 6
1/23/10 at 4:41am
Yes you can use headphones with blu ray audio since it does non downsample thru analog. I do this all the time with my Headphones and my HDAV. You have to make sure you use TMT3 off asus site and there latest drivers to get the non downsample blu ray audio thru analog. You can use the TMT3 virtual headphone like thing if dobly headphone doesnt work with movies with high Hz.
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post #6 of 6
7/5/10 at 1:25am

When I googled Blu Ray  Rippers that rip movies is Dolby 5.1,PavTube was one of the ones that came up. I tested other only to find the product didn't work or the tech support wasn't there. I found Pavtube blu ray ripper to be very fast, great pictures quality and I could get Dolby 5.1 to work on one option. I have to say PAVTUBE is one of the best quality and definately the easiest to use. The thing that I would really love to see added to PAVTUBE Ripping and Conversion software would be the ability to encode video files with more than one audio stream.Download a demo version and you will find it is definitly worth buying. One thing I liked about the demo version is that it ripped the whole movie, not just the first 2 minutes.

 

http://www.pavtube.com/blu-ray-ripper/

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