Onkyo MD-133 Hi-MD Deck

[guymrob]

Hello guys,

Have anyone own the Onkyo MD-133 Hi-MD home deck? Can the set make bit perfect copy via optical input from a CD player. Onkyo stated 'Direct Digital Pass', does it means that it can bypass the sample rate converter? Can the digital input volume control in the manual set to 0 or neutral? I want to copy DTS, HDCD DVD's and CD's soundtracks and want to retain these information so I decode later. Thank you.

Guy

[DATfan]

Hello guys,

Have anyone own the Onkyo MD-133 Hi-MD home deck? Can the set make bit perfect copy via optical input from a CD player. Onkyo stated 'Direct Digital Pass', does it means that it can bypass the sample rate converter? Can the digital input volume control in the manual set to 0 or neutral?

I have the MD-133. I am not really set up to test this (no CD player hooked into it). So I will propose a computer-based solution which I would have a lot more confidence in, anyway.

I want to copy DTS, HDCD DVD's and CD's soundtracks and want to retain these information so I decode later. Thank you.

For bit-for-bit accuracy on CDs, I use Exact Audio Copy, but the soon-to-be-finalized dBPowerAMP Music Converter R12 (now in beta) may have a superior ripper. See http://dbpoweramp.com/secure-ripper.htm . I think you should be able to put all such resulting wav PCM on Hi-MD.

For DVDs, I think mplayer is the best free utility out there. It lets you isolate the audio you want and get it. Regardless, you can get exactly what is on the DVD (AC3, DTS, etc) in its original form.

[imkidd57]

For DVDs, I think mplayer is the best free utility out there. It lets you isolate the audio you want and get it. Regardless, you can get exactly what is on the DVD (AC3, DTS, etc) in its original form.

Perhaps an easier freeware application for audio extraction from DVDs is DVD Decrypter, which will identify the individual audio stream(s) within a title and demultiplex them out. This occurs at several times faster than real-time; with the maximum dependent on the rip speed of the DVD-ROM/DVD-RW.

Edit: Once you have the AC3 file, then decode to WAV with something else freeware such as BeLight.

Edited January 2, 2007 by imkidd57

[DATfan]

Perhaps an easier freeware application for audio extraction from DVDs is

Mplayer is easy. Never needed to look for anything else.

will identify the individual audio stream(s) within a title and demultiplex them out. This occurs at several times faster than real-time; with the maximum dependent on the rip speed of the DVD-ROM/DVD-RW.

Mplayer performs similarly.

Edit: Once you have the AC3 file, then decode to WAV with something else freeware

I am happy to keep the original AC3 and a down-mixed 2-channel PCM (for use with MD of course). Mplayer can be invoked to process AC3 files to 2-channel PCM. It seems to be very versatile.

But it's good to know there is alternative free software out there.

[imkidd57]

Ah ok - I thought mplayer just played the file and captured in real-time. Could you provide a link for the version you're using? As you say, it's always good to check these things out.

BTW just for completeness, it appears that BeLight now has a VOB input file capability.

[DATfan]

Ah ok - I thought mplayer just played the file and captured in real-time. Could you provide a link for the version you're using? As you say, it's always good to check these things out.

Download Link for mplayer 1.0 rc 1

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html

Use the commandline (not GUI) version, I think the latest (for Windows) is:

MPlayer-mingw32-1.0rc1.zip

Command line functionality is documented here:

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1.txt

HTH