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RE: Laserdisc Ripping?

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poita said:

The best demodulator is this one: Yamaha APD-1

I agree that is a good AC3 RF demodulator, but as I investigated a lot before buying one, I discovered that all AC3 RF demodulators use the same chip (licensed from Pioneer)... so, it's not possible to assume that this is the best (nor the worst): the all do the same jobs, quality-wise, while others have some interesting features, as the Pioneer RFD-1 has 1 AC3 ins, two digital ins and two digital outs (two optical and two electrical) and could act as a switch... I actually have both of them, along with the Pioneer SP-D07 DS&AC3 processor, and, apart features, sound quality is the same...

And 249US$ seems a quite high price, as you can find the same at 1/3rd of the price...

I only meant best as in most reliable. Every other model I have has eventually died, the two Yamahas have never missed a beat. I agree that the sound quality is the same across all of them though.

Jonno's avatar
RE: Laserdisc Ripping?

Yeah, I've found Audition to be an awkward bugger with my newer X-Fi card - it refuses to capture, complaining of mismatched input/output rates (and it doesn't help that setting the card to exclusively output 44.1/16 locks up the system).

Here's what works for me: Capture in Wave Studio > Upsample in iZotope RX > Edit in Audition.

Just letting each app do what it's best at...

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RE: Laserdisc Ripping?

Jonno said:

Yeah, I've found Audition to be an awkward bugger with my newer X-Fi card - it refuses to capture, complaining of mismatched input/output rates (and it doesn't help that setting the card to exclusively output 44.1/16 locks up the system).

Here's what works for me: Capture in Wave Studio > Upsample in iZotope RX > Edit in Audition.

Just letting each app do what it's best at...

Thanks, so I am not the only one that has troubles with this program lol, can you provide a little more detail on how this is done, screens would be great if you can and your exact settings, I can't wait to start testing this, and I need to get Fright Night part 2's audio ripped ASAP lol.

Also will this rip DTS? I need this as well for Mortal Kombat.

Thanks

Last edited on August 21, 2013 at 1:13 AM by dark_jedi

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Jonno's avatar
RE: Laserdisc Ripping?

No problem. I'll start with the capture process since that's the most fiddly, but can follow up with details on the later stages if you need them. This is the procedure for capturing standard PCM - I don't know what the deal is with DTS, but I assume you'll need to use a different app for the capture (unless the RAW save option in Wave Studio gives you a workable file).

Anyway, I've found that the bit-matched setting in this card is a bit fragile, i.e. it's easily disturbed - for that reason it's best to switch it on at the very last minute. So the first step is actually to go into the Creative Audio Control Panel and switch off bit-matched recording:

 photo AudioCP1.jpg

Next, make sure your input is set correctly. Open the recording properties via the speaker icon on the taskbar, make sure you have Digital-In selected as the source, then look at its properties. Under 'Levels' ensure that you are set to 50%/0dB, then under advanced set the format to 44.1/16 and disable Exclusive Mode.

 photo SoundProps.jpg

Now open Wave Studio. There aren't any settings to make here, since it follows the sound card's lead as far as input goes.

The final step before you capture is to reopen the Control Panel and enable Bit-matched recording:

 photo AudioCP2.jpg

Then it's finally time to start your disc playing and hit the red record button in Wave Studio:

 photo WaveStudio.jpg

Unlike Audition you won't see the waveform appearing progressively, but you should see the level meters nice and active.

When you've finished your capture you'll see the waveform for the whole file, and have the opportunity to preview it.

 photo WaveStudio2.jpg

Finally save your capture as standard PCM.

 photo saving.jpg

That ought to do it! Let me know how you get on.

Last edited on August 22, 2013 at 9:42 AM by Jonno
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