[GreatBug]

I've done my searching, and it hasnt been clearly answered for me yet, so here goes.

How can I play a DVD-Audio disk on my Mac? No, not the audio track of a DVD-Video disk. I know I can get 5.1 off the NIN With Teeth dualdisk, but that's only about 1.5Mbit/s. What I'd really like to listen to is the DVD-Audio track next to it which has (up to) about 9.8Mbit/s dedicated to just the music.

From what I can determine, the only way to play a DVD-Audio on a computer is to use a specifically supported Creative sound card under windows. I'd rather not.

Is there an Apple / Macintosh / OS X solution available?

Thanks,

GreatBug

 

[hh83917]

Have you tried outputting the audio through the optical out from the Mac to a 5.1 speaker set that have optical input? For example, the logitech surround speakers have optical inputs.

 

[GreatBug]

hh, my issue is more about software decoding the bits on the disk. Yes, once software is able to decode the bitstream, I've got logitech 5500s connected via toslink. However, the only track that my computer will play is the audio portion of the DVD-video format area, rather than the DVD-Audio section.

I think my solution might be to just buy an OPPO player that has hardware support. But I'd rather play it right from the drive in my macbook.

--Bug

 

[hh83917]

Bug, what program are you using to play it? I thought dualdisk is just 1 side CD + 1 side DVD. Don't think I understand the DVD-Audio part. Have you tried VLC player or MPlayer OSX Extended?
I don't know if this will help: Rip DVD-A on Mac | Computer Audiophile

Howard.

 

[craiglester]

DualDisc is 1 side Protected CD (NOT Red Book), and the other side is DVD-A / DVD

Oddly on my PC i can play the DVD-A and output it to 5.1 Analog, but the (Almost) CD side won't play at all.

Still, I can Rip the DVD-A to a Lossless multichannel flac if I want with DVDAudio Explorer. Do any Macs have analog 5.1 output? I'm not sure DVD-A will allow bitstreaming at full resolution from the disc itself.

DVD-Audio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Currawong]

Macs output 5.1 using the mini optical socket built into the headphone socket.

 

[hh83917]

Forgot to add, you need to change the optical settings in the "Audio MIDI Setup" under utilities folder to get 5.1 surround. Don't know if that'll help.

 

[GreatBug]

Yeah, I can play 5.1 all day - from a DVD-Video.

craiglester, are you sure you are playing the DVD-Audio section, and not the audio portion of the DVD-Video? If so, what software/hardware are you using