http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/ Engadget HD Comments for With some help from Realtek, PowerDVD will support 24-bit lossless audio http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/Jun 5th 2008 12:50PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/
They advertised full rate audio very blatantly with it, "The ALC889A enables high quality Full Rate Lossless Audio for content protected media and support for both Blu-ray and HD DVD formats for an exhilarating home theater entertainment experience."

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And still be priced into the stratosphere.

Srsly, wtf. ]]>Jun 5th 2008 1:09PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/Jun 5th 2008 1:47PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/Jun 5th 2008 5:36PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/
I'll try that when I get home and see what happens.]]>Jun 6th 2008 10:29AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/
1. DVD's call their titles VTS_01_0.VOB, VTS_01_1.VOB etc. So title 01 might have 5 parts running from 0 to 4 The reason titles are split up like this is a file limitation, in practice the bits are joined together.

2. VOB (video object) is a container format containing the MPEG-2 data. You should be able to rename it to .mpg and it can be read by media players.

3. Most DVDs are encrypted so VOBs are unreadable on DVD unless you transfer them to your hard disk first using a tool like DVD Decrypter which removes the content scrambling. It's easy enough to find this tool.

4. Once on your HDD, you can concatenate the files together from the command line or any GUI tool. From command line, syntax is like "copy /b VTS_01_0.VOB + /b VTS_01_1.VOB ...etc.... MyMovie.mpg". This will create from the parts MyMovie.mpg

5. You should be able to stream this to your console. But I don't have a 360 to confirm (I know I can from a PS3). If you can't you can google for a tool like Handbrake. This is a frontend for DIVX & AVC encoders which will turn your DVD into an .avi or .mp4 file which you can stream. You lose a bit of quality for reencoding the movie, but then it only takes up 1/5th the space so there are advantages too. If you have the time, choose AVC over DIVX because the quality is better for the same disk space.

It's pretty messy and a little complicated but ripping movies is quite possible with free tools. If you have money then a combination of DVD Decrypter and Nero 8 makes it much easier - rip to HDD and fire up Nero Recode to spit out an AVC file.]]>Jun 6th 2008 11:08AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/Jun 7th 2008 5:43AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/pointless on cheap speakers
pointless to have hardware to play disks]]>Jun 5th 2008 1:55PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/
And will this apply to DVDs with 24-bit PCM, or DVD-Audio, which also contain 24-bit tracks? I hope so.

I also hope they will work with Asus on their new Xonar HDAV1.3 and any other cards that finally include a protected audio path.

Right now, to get decent sound on my HTPC, I have to rip my blu-ray movies and play the remuxes in a player like MPC HC.]]>Jun 5th 2008 2:01PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/Jun 5th 2008 6:58PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/Jun 6th 2008 12:20AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/Jun 6th 2008 8:51AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/05/with-some-help-from-realtek-powerdvd-will-support-24bit-lossless/ "Press Room" and read the June 5th press release, I think they are going to turn what's found on the hardware version of the ALC889 into a software codec in powerdvd 8 ultra. So as long as your mobo supports HDMI 1.3a(?) powerdvd should be able to send a PAP protected bitstream via HDMI. ]]>Jun 11th 2008 12:41AM