Topic: DVD-A or DVD-V?

[nickgregory]

the squeezebox is a hell of an idea...and at $300 reasonable...but if I need a $750 power supply mod to make it sound worth a shit, I would rather fish cable through the wall

The stock power supply sounds just fine (though I'm running digi-out, can't speak for analog-out).

wait you mean a $750 upgrade (twice the cost of the unit I might add) isnt needed?  something doesnt add up here    I am shocked! 

[dmonterisi]

of course it's fine, brian, we're just being jackasses.

i guess maybe i should bring this over to the squeezebox thread...

[nickgregory]

of course it's fine, brian, we're just being jackasses.

sorry, a little bored at work today

[Nick's Picks]

the squeeze box makes for one hell of a transport.
but can yo' mama wear it on her chest?

[BC]

the squeezebox is a hell of an idea...and at $300 reasonable...but if I need a $750 power supply mod to make it sound worth a shit, I would rather fish cable through the wall

The stock power supply sounds just fine (though I'm running digi-out, can't speak for analog-out).

FWIW, the sound from analog out was reviewed relatively favorably in Stereophile in comparison with the output from a Benchmark DAC1 and a megabux Mark Levinson 30.6 DAC.

http://www.stereophile.com/mediaservers/906slim/index.html

[Genghis Cougar Mellen Khan]

why?...
hell, why not.  give me a compelling reason not to burn DVDa to play on your DVDa deck?  seems like that would make sense to me.  Plus, you know for a fact its going to play correctly on any DVDa deck.

as for the software, I used DVDaudioCreator (the software mentioned) for my DVDv discs, which I found inconsistant w/playback on various decks.

The Denon 2910 is most commonly used for video, it's also a "universal" player.  DVD-A is a dead format (for the most part), all decks should be able to play DVD-V,(unless they have issues with burned discs), I doubt I'll ever buy a DVD-A player specifically, plus I have a simple DVD player on my cheapo t.v./HT setup, it plays burned DVD-V without issue (home movies etc...). 

[Lil Kim Jong-Il]

why?...
hell, why not.  give me a compelling reason not to burn DVDa to play on your DVDa deck?  seems like that would make sense to me.  Plus, you know for a fact its going to play correctly on any DVDa deck.

as for the software, I used DVDaudioCreator (the software mentioned) for my DVDv discs, which I found inconsistant w/playback on various decks.

All other parameters being equal, the only compelling reason for any format over another is portability.  If I take a DVDA with me to a buddy's house, the deck at my buddy's house might not play it but it will always (in my expereince) play back the DVDV disc.

If you had problems with audio DVD creator, I can understnd why you would recommend against it.  I don't have as wide an experience with different decks so I haven't seen any problems. 
 
However, there is no technical reason in the format specifications that a DVDV with 24/96 LPCM audio track should not play back properly.  What you experienced was likely a problem in the authoring software or the player firmware.  If the disc plays fine in the intended player and portability isn't an issue, one should choose the format that costs less to author.  There is a free suite of DVDA tools so that would be a natural choice instead of spending $39.

[Tim]

sounds like you're getting lenzed on that squeezebox ps mod

[Kyle]

Why burn discs at all?  IMO it doesn't get any more simple than skipping the optical media stage outright.

I do need to build a music pc with a digi-out. That being said, I really do enjoy having a hard copy that I can play. I do collect a lot of cd's and lp's, so that might be why. FWIW, I burn DVD-A's with Wavelab because I can feed it many different sample rates (lots of seamless GD shows at 1644). Drives my firends nuts, though, as they generally can't play them. So I need to get a DVD-V solution.

Thanks for the info!

[Nick's Picks]

it was player issues, as the DVDv hybrids would play fine on some, not on others.  same disc.
Portability is certainly an issue for some, and then DVDv is the obvious answer.

i'm lucky as all my friends run DVDa decks.

Me, I just listen to FLAC files over a $28 chaintech card's toslink output into my DAC.
always gapless, easy to change to a different show/song w/o even a moment of silence in the room. Honestly, IMO its the only way to fly.

[BobW]

the squeeze box makes for one hell of a transport.
but can yo' mama wear it on her chest?

Now daddy never sleeps at night   

[tapeworm48]

so whats another DVDv solution other than audio-dvd-creator?  i think i heard of a free one put out by sourceforge maybe??

i picked up a DVDa capable Denon over the summer to accompany my move to the 24-bit realm, but i've only gotten around to burning 1 DVDa disc, and not even from my master.....

[tapeworm48]

Lplex is the one i was thinking about.

http://audioplex.sourceforge.net/

[bgalizio]

Try LPlex as well - newer, free software to create DVD-V discs.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/audioplex/

Lplex is the one i was thinking about.

http://audioplex.sourceforge.net/

Echo echo echo.

Has anyone used this program recently? I'm on a Mac, so I don't bother with it. Just wanted to hear experiences.