[Garbz]

Well our computers are perfectly capable of 24bit output, but is it possible to play HDCDs through computers? I have a few in my collection, and when A/Bed with HDCD on and off they sound fantastic through shanling players. Anyone knowere if this is possible through computers? I mean even DVD-A playing is possible now.

 

[skyskraper]

iirc doesnt windows media player have built in hdcd support? i think it would also need a soundcard that does 24bit

 

[Edwood]

Windows Media Player can.

Just wish there was a Foobar plug in.

I guess there isn't because of licensing issues.

-Ed

 

[Garbz]

ummm I would rather have my wisdoms removed with pliers then use WMP. So... any other apps?

 

[Jazper]

found a product.. but it's for sacd and it's very expensive

http://www.highfidelityreview.com/ne...umber=17238008

 

[robzy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garbz ummm I would rather have my wisdoms removed with pliers then use WMP. So... any other apps?

Having just having had my wisdom teeth removed in a hospital a couple of days ago, i can only imagine how much pliers would hurt

Whats the relationship between HDCD and SACD? Im assuming quite a bit?

Rob.

 

[Jazper]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Garbz ummm I would rather have my wisdoms removed with pliers then use WMP. So... any other apps?

"HDCD technology was developed between 1986 and 1991 by Keith Johnson and Pflash Pflaumer of Pacific Microsonics Incorporated. Microsoft acquired the company as well as its accompanying technology in 2000. Windows XP includes an HDCD decoder. " from wikipedia

.. doesn't look good

 

[Garbz]

Or from microsoft's website whichever way you look at it.

There's no realtionship between SACD and HDCD, they are two completely different standards, apparently it is possible to encode DVD-A with the HDCD codec though, but really why would you want to.

Microsoft's aquisition shouldn't stop anything. It's an industry dependant standard used everywhere. Microsoft would be annihilating the purpose of the aquisition if it turned HDCD into a proprietry standard. So loads of cdplayers around the world decode HDCD, where's the software decoders?

 

[robzy]

"Windows XP includes an HDCD decoder." - if by that they mean WinXP comes with the _codec_ there must be a wayto plug it into foobar... hmm...

Does foobar have forums?

Rob.

[edit]: Foobar does have forums

http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/...=18084&hl=hdcd

[edit2]: In actual fact that link could very well be the answer to the problem