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Originally Posted by Dublo7 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Hey, I just thought I'd bump this topic. After ripping some 5.1 MLP files from a DVD-a, how can I downmix them to stereo wav files? Is there a real difference in sound quality between the stereo PCM and the 5.1 mixes on these CDs? edit - I just figured out that Audacity can downmix the 5.1 Wav files to 2.0 wav files. Holy crap, this sounds incredible. |
Originally Posted by mcmurray /img/forum/go_quote.gif Your best option would be to rip the stereo mix from the DVD-A. Which disc was it? I know at least one disc that doesn't have stereo high res, only 5.1. |
Originally Posted by Dublo7 /img/forum/go_quote.gif edit - I just figured out that Audacity can downmix the 5.1 Wav files to 2.0 wav files. Holy crap, this sounds incredible. |
Originally Posted by bungle /img/forum/go_quote.gif How did you do that exactly? I tried to export a 5.1 WAV to FLAC. It said it was going to downmix but all I got was silence. |
Originally Posted by jsaliga /img/forum/go_quote.gif DVDAExplorer 2008.04.16 (Beta 1) can downmix multichannel to stereo. I know there was one person on Hydrogenaudio who said there was a problem with that feature in that it added noise. But I haven't seen anyone confirm that bug report. Is the jury still out on the downmix feature? --Jerome |
Originally Posted by paulw86 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Exactly how good quality is DVD-A? Is it DVD-A > SACD > CD? |