![]() I've always thought it was a non-issue because I play all my music from PCs. With either methods, I still need to edit more tags with JRMC after they've done their jobs.Īs for articles on SACD/BD, I'll try getting those out in the near future.īTW, thanks for the link to the watermarking article. You are also correct to point out that the processing at the end of the process (beyond step 2) with DVD-AE is pretty quick and with foobar, the actually conversion process might take longer. It might actually be faster with DVD-AE because they provide a more convenient interface for entering the main tags. I also haven't tried comparing the overall time from inserting the disc in my drive to having completed FLAC tracks fully tagged and ready to play in my media library. As for the speed difference, I haven't tried ripping anything other than the Barenaked Ladies DVD-A with DVD-AE, so maybe you're right, the performance might be better with another disc. However, if they need to extract the audio from a video DVD, then DVD-AE is probably worth buying. Since there isn't really a big functional advantage with DVD-AE over foobar, I'm not sure I can recommend it, especially to someone who's already familiar with foobar2000. In this case, I was focused on just the functionality. Anyhow, I will remember to keep that in mind the next time I compare a couple products. JRMC has several features I think are worth paying for that I can't get with foobar. For example, I think J.River Media Center provides a good value even when compared to foobar2000. Or, maybe to put it another way, I don't bias toward free software. Having worked in software development, I don't shy away from buying inexpensive software knowing that it is helping someone earn a living. I should've mentioned that, but didn't think about it because it was so long ago that I bought DVD-AE and probably paid less than $25. Good point regarding foobar/free and DVD-AE/not free. P.S.2 It would be interesting to get a post on DVD-A Watermarking, please read Reply Delete P.S.1 Still Waiting for those posts on BD/SACD Ripping. It should be noticed that DVD-AE produced slightly smaller files, but I guess one can get the same results with f2k-dvdad by using a more time consuming Flac level. Both methods took more or less the same time. I did a comparison using the same disc last night and the laser seems to move a lot (moving noises) along the disc surface with f2k+dvdad, while DVD-AE seems to do a "smother" read (no noises). I have noticed that f2k+dvdad seems to read the DVD-A in smaller "chunks". ![]() I never had to wait 15 min, but maximum 3 min, and I have an old Pentium Dual-something running WinXPsp2 with 1Gb of RAM.īoth methods seem to have different approaches when dealing with the DVD-A data. Regarding the wait between steps 1 and 2, in my experience, it varies from DVD-A to DVD-A. You forgot to mention (on this post anyway) that foobar2000+DVD-A Decoder is a free solution, while DVD Audio Extractor is not. These are all 24-bit, 96 KHz, 6 channel tracks. I'm going to extract the surround tracks from Title1 and Title3. It looks like Title3 and Title4 are the 5.1 channel and stereo versions of a bonus track and Title5 is the same 11 acoustic songs from their studio session that are offered in the VIDEO_TS folder. The difference is Title1 has 6 channel tracks (5.1 surround) and Title2 is in stereo. I can see that the titles with 14 chapters (Title1 and Title2), all of their chapter lengths match, so they're probably the same songs. With this disc, there are 5 titles, 2 of these have 14 chapters, 2 have 1 chapter and 1 title has 11 chapters. When you pick on one of the titles, the message box below the title window will show the audio format usually with sample rate, bit depth and the number of channels. ![]() On the right are all the chapters in that title. The one on the left is a list of titles included in the disc. Below the source selection drop-down is a row for entering the metadata, which includes the artist, album, year and genre. It should be pretty self explanatory, so I'll just provide a simple overview. The DVD disc also includes a DVD Video with in-studio video clips of 11 acoustic songs.įirst, let me explain the program's layout. The DVD was part of a CD/DVD combo pack I bought many years ago. In this case, it says BARENAKEDEVERYTHING, which is the volume label for my 'Barenaked Ladies - Everything to Everyone' disc. ![]() The volume label is shown in the album field. YouĬan use the drop-down navigation tools to get to the VIDEO_TS folder. Here's what the first screen looks like:īefore I launched DVD Audio Extractor, I already had the DVD disc in myĭrive and by default, it displayed the contents of the AUDIO_TS folder. I'm working with DVD Audio Extractor version 6.3.0, which is the most current version at this time (May/2012).
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