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- #598964
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- Star Wars 1997 DTS CD-ROMs (Released)
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/598964/action/topic#598964
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Jetrell Fo said:
CapableMetal said:
Darth Mallwalker said:
I've been using SoX for SRC. By many accounts it's the best freeware solution, and second only to iZotope in the non-free category.
I've gone 44100 --> 48048 with SoX. Then using a hex editor, change 48048 to 48000 into the WAV header so it plays at the right speed.
[My reasoning 48048 is an integer, while "44056" is rounded from 44055.9440559...]I'll be interested to hear your results. The difference may only be marginal, but if it provides a perfect sync then its certainly worth a go.
Last night I did change the sample rate to 44056 with a SRC to 48000 using iZotope, and it did sync up to the source video nicely (provided the first frame of the "Star Wars" title card is at frame 711, as has been mentioned in the standards thread). Listening back I've heard what sounded at first like artifacts resulting from part of the processing, but actually turned out to be in the original files, which makes me wonder whether they are a result of the Winamp plugin, the Apt-X compression or something else.
Anyway, my sync is done. I ended up with a 24-bit FLAC file (I was against bit depth conversion at first, but Audition forces anything that has been processed to 32-bit. Trimming and cropping is fine, but mixing the overlap counts as processing...). I'll upload the results to MySpleen later, as its now a 1.4GB Flac file ;)
Capable, what is you first impression of this soundtrack as a whole, so far? Does the DTS offer any improvements or is it average? As for the artifacts...what is it that you're noticing? More drop-outs?
Very occasional things, but I figure it was because I was hearing it through my headphones last night, and stupidly forgot to set my sound output back to 5.1 today. That said I think I was rather hasty in calling them 'artifacts'. It only ever happens on 1 track at a time, so I think its just the way its mixed in places, as most of the original sounds were recorded in the 70's. The one actually error I found, I repaired by mixing a few milliseconds of the opposite track to patch it and its now unnoticeable. After putting it through the 5.1 speakers properly this afternoon it actually sounds really quite good and its even amazing at times.
I've uploaded the torrent to the Spleen now for those who want to hear it. I don't have a very fast upload speed, so you may have to exercise some patience with download time. ;)