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How do you capture DTS from a LaserDisc?

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i searched on google, but i haven't found anything good on how to do it. since here are a few people who know how to do it, please share your wisdom :)

thanks.

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Hopefully someone comes by who will walk you through it step-by-step, but the basic process is you use a sound card that can capture bit-perfect SPDIF, use a recording program that also doesn't resample to record a WAV file, and then run that through BeSplit.

I've done it with AC3 before but never owned a DTS LD myself.

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Preserving-DTS-LaserDisc-tracks-specifically-Jurassic-Park/post/554536/#TopicPost554536

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I have been helping another forum member with this process over the course of the last few weeks.  I'll be creating a general purpose guide for ripping LD audio, which I can share here when completed.  It turns out that LD DTS is much more complicated than I originally thought.  I'll share the details soon.

If I had some gum, I’d chew a hole into the sun…

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Just thought I would revive this old thread as I have yet to find a step by step guide unless I missed it.  Anyone have any links or info?  Looking to do the same thing.  Have, the bit perfect sound card, opitical input etc.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Well, unfortunately, I flaked out on that guide.  But the general steps are:

1.  Bit-perfect capture LD PCM audio stream from optical or coaxial spdif output at 16bit / 44.1 kHz.

2.  Process the wav file using a program called DTS Parser.

3.  Correct the DTS frame headers using A hex editor called xvi32 And a script I created for it:

https://mega.nz/#!Kcl2RbgA!Nk4Vl7KdMlMDRfyLcHlcFsFqnNoucCYw_NmSAuFmUgE

more detailed directions in this thread:

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/SUCCESS-Bit-Perfect-Audio-Capture/topic/15988/page/1/

If I had some gum, I’d chew a hole into the sun…