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On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 17:09:59 -0400, "Steve(JazzHunter)"
<jazzhunterNotHere@internet.com> wrote:
>On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 00:48:13 GMT, Karyudo
><karyudo_usenet@yahoo.com.remove.me> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 23:21:27 GMT, Miles <fake@nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>>>In article <o8etl09ql6i0f70o6jvhpnk80akpkdvo01@4ax.com>,
>>>karyudo_usenet@yahoo.com.remove.me says...
>>>> On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 13:34:13 GMT, Miles <fake@nospam.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >Is it possible to rip a digital copy of the audio off a laseridsc onto
>>>> >your PC? If so, what hardware/software do you need?
>>>>
>>>> Yes. You'll need a decent sound card -- for AC-3 you need one that
>>>> doesn't resample on capture. For software, try Cool Edit Pro (now
>>>> Adobe Audition?). Or maybe Audacity (freeware)?
>>>
>>>Well, I wasn't thinking AC-3, just "digital sound" (2 channel PCM I
>>>assume, stereo or Dolby Surround).
>>>
>>>So it looks like I can connect the optical digital out from the
>>>laserdisc player to the spdif on my PC, and select SPDIF as the
>>>recording source - but I don't have a decent sound card, just integrated
>>>on the motherboard (nForce 2 chipset) - so it probably will resample.
>>
>>If you're not doing AC-3, I don't think you'll notice if it resamples
>>or not. If AC-3 is resampled, it's ruined entirely. The PCM will be
>>fine, including Dolby Surround. I'd try the mobo's integrated source
>>first; it should do a very nice job.
>
>He wants to get the PCM 44.1 sound directly into the computer as
>PCM44.1, bypassing the artifacts introduced by cheaper sound cards and
>not having to worry about volume levels or noise introduced by the
>cabling and analog electronics.
>
>I don't know of a direct way to do this but I have tapped off the
>digital sound stream in a D703 just at the input of the demodulator
>(capacitors soldered to the outputs of the buffers) and taken that to
>a .dat machine's raw input, then transferred that stream to the
>computer, then laying the audio under the video in Premiere. The
>actual lenght was a bit different so the thing had to be retimed in
>Sound Forge, which probably added a bit of distortion. It's a messy
>process and maybe not worth the effort.
I know what he's trying to do, and it will be easiest to just plug the
S/PDIF into the mobo's daughter card and cap it that way. Chances are
good that it'll be bit-for-bit. If not, it'll still be all-digital,
just resampled. No biggie. Your way clearly works, but it's not
necessary. Although I did enjoy your Goldberg-esque description of the
process.
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