DVD-Audio - Revision history

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	DVD-Audio's future looks grim at the moment. It didn't become nearly as popular as its creators expected, and [[Compact Disc Digital Audio\|Audio CD]] sales are still strong. Some possible explanations to that could be:		DVD-Audio's future looks grim at the moment. It didn't become nearly as popular as its creators expected, and [[Compact Disc Digital Audio\|Audio CD]] sales are still strong. Some possible explanations to that could be:

	* Players are usually expensive		* Players are usually expensive, and with decreasing support for the format only more expensive disc players provide it, and sometimes only partially operational, untested.
	* People ~~aren't~~ interested in replacing their current CDs with "higher quality" DVD-Audio		* People are not interested in replacing their current CDs with "higher quality" DVD-Audio, and software to transfer ten CDs to one DVD with the same CD quality is virtually unavailable (or very expensive)
	* Due to strong encryption, customers can't extract audio data - E.g., to convert to CD to playback at the car player (disk players in cheap cars do not support DVD-A) or a discman, or to convert to [[MP3]] to play on a digital audio player like the [[iPod]]		* Due to strong encryption, customers can't extract audio data - E.g., to convert to CD to playback at the car player (disk players in cheap cars do not support DVD-A) or a discman, or to convert to [[MP3]] to play on a digital audio player like the [[iPod]]
	* Few people own equipment where the theoretical added quality would make a difference		* Few people own equipment where the theoretical added quality would make a difference
	* Usability. Why choose a DVD-Audio disc that only plays on the living room stereo, when you can buy a cheaper CD with practically the same perceived audio quality that plays on the living room stereo, the car, the discman, the computer, at your friends home...?		* Usability. Why choose a DVD-Audio disc that only plays on the living room stereo, when you can buy a cheaper CD with practically the same perceived audio quality that plays on the living room stereo, the car, the discman, the computer, at your friends home...?
	And, last but definitely not least,		And, last but definitely not least,
	* People are very happy with CD		* People are very happy with CDs, but even more happy with new electronic flash-memory storage.

	Another problem with DVD-Audio is that, since it supports multichannel audio, a lot of companies who repackage older recordings now believe they have an obligation to ''use'' the surround capability - so they make a "special remix" of the old recording, and potentially mess everything up, despite the theoretical extra audio quality they were pursuing.		Another problem with DVD-Audio is that, since it supports multichannel audio, a lot of companies who repackage older recordings now believe they have an obligation to ''use'' the surround capability - so they make a "special remix" of the old recording, and potentially mess everything up, despite the theoretical extra audio quality they were pursuing.

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	* Players are usually expensive		* Players are usually expensive
	* People aren't interested in replacing their current CDs with "higher quality" DVD-Audio		* People aren't interested in replacing their current CDs with "higher quality" DVD-Audio
	* Due to strong encryption, customers can't extract audio data - E.g., to convert to CD to playback at the car player or a discman, or to convert to [[MP3]] to play on a digital audio player like the [[iPod]]		* Due to strong encryption, customers can't extract audio data - E.g., to convert to CD to playback at the car player (disk players in cheap cars do not support DVD-A) or a discman, or to convert to [[MP3]] to play on a digital audio player like the [[iPod]]
	* Few people own equipment where the theoretical added quality would make a difference		* Few people own equipment where the theoretical added quality would make a difference
	* Usability. Why choose a DVD-Audio disc that only plays on the living room stereo, when you can buy a cheaper CD with practically the same perceived audio quality that plays on the living room stereo, the car, the discman, the computer, at your friends home...?		* Usability. Why choose a DVD-Audio disc that only plays on the living room stereo, when you can buy a cheaper CD with practically the same perceived audio quality that plays on the living room stereo, the car, the discman, the computer, at your friends home...?

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-DVD-Audio is the format developed by the [http://www.dvdforum.org/ DVD Forum] to replace [[Compact Disc Digital Audio|Audio CD]] as the standard media for consumer music distribution and to meet the [[ISC requirements]] for the new generation of audio distribution media. In that arena, it competes with [[Super Audio Compact Disc|SACD]].
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 The main audio program can be delivered in [[Meridian Lossless Packing|MLP]] or [[Linear Pulse Code Modulation|LPCM]]. [[Sampling rate]]s can go from 44.1 to 192 kHz. Bit depth can go from 16 to 24 bits. [[Stereo]] or [[multichannel]].
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 For backwards compatibility purposes, some DVD-Audio discs offer an [[AC3]] or [[Linear Pulse Code Modulation|LPCM]] stream that can be decoded on any DVD Video player.
 DVD-Audio's future looks grim at the moment. It didn't become nearly as popular as its creators expected, and [[Compact Disc Digital Audio|Audio CD]] sales are still strong. Some possible explanations to that could be:
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 Another problem with DVD-Audio is that, since it supports multichannel audio, a lot of companies who repackage older recordings now believe they have an obligation to ''use'' the surround capability - so they make a "special remix" of the old recording, and potentially mess everything up, despite the theoretical extra audio quality they were pursuing.
-== References ==
+==References==
 * [ A very nice introduction to DVD-Audio]

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	== References ==		== References ==
	* [~~http://www.disctronics.co.uk/technology/dvdaudio/dvdaud_intro.htm~~ A very nice introduction to DVD-Audio] ~~at Disctronics~~		* [ A very nice introduction to DVD-Audio]
	* DVD-Audio sales went 20% down from 2003 to 2004, according to [http://www.riaa.com/news/newsletter/pdf/2004yearEndStats.pdf these] RIAA statistics.

	== Footnote ==		== Footnote ==

Speckmade at 13:04, 14 June 2007

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HotshotGG at 19:06, 9 December 2006

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	<nowiki>*</nowiki> There are some tools floating around the web called "DVD-A_tools" that can rip DVD-Audio titles using WinDVD.		<nowiki>*</nowiki> There are some tools floating around the web called "DVD-A_tools" that can rip DVD-Audio titles using WinDVD.

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Links

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	==~~Links~~==		==References==

	* [http://www.disctronics.co.uk/technology/dvdaudio/dvdaud_intro.htm A very nice introduction to DVD-Audio] at Disctronics		* [http://www.disctronics.co.uk/technology/dvdaudio/dvdaud_intro.htm A very nice introduction to DVD-Audio] at Disctronics

Rjamorim at 14:16, 30 October 2005

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	* Players are usually expensive		* Players are usually expensive
	* People aren't interested in replacing their current CDs with "higher quality" DVD-Audio		* People aren't interested in replacing their current CDs with "higher quality" DVD-Audio
	* Due to strong encryption, customers can't extract audio data - E.G, to convert to CD to playback at the car player or a discman, or to convert to [[MP3]] to play on a ~~DAP~~ like the iPod		* Due to strong encryption, customers can't extract audio data - E.G, to convert to CD to playback at the car player or a discman, or to convert to [[MP3]] to play on a digital audio player like the [[iPod]]
	* Few people own equipment where the theoretical added quality would make a difference		* Few people own equipment where the theoretical added quality would make a difference
	* Usability. Why choose a DVD-Audio disc that only plays on the living room stereo, when you can buy a cheaper CD with practically the same perceived audio quality that plays on the living room stereo, the car, the discman, the computer, at your friends...?		* Usability. Why choose a DVD-Audio disc that only plays on the living room stereo, when you can buy a cheaper CD with practically the same perceived audio quality that plays on the living room stereo, the car, the discman, the computer, at your friends home...?
	And, last but definitely not least,		And, last but definitely not least,
	* People are very happy with CD		* People are very happy with CD

	Another problem with DVD-Audio is that, since it ~~can work with~~ multichannel, a lot of companies who repackage older recordings now believe they have an obligation to ''use'' the surround capability - so they make a "special remix" of the old recording, and potentially mess everything up, despite the theoretical extra audio quality they were pursuing.		Another problem with DVD-Audio is that, since it supports multichannel audio, a lot of companies who repackage older recordings now believe they have an obligation to ''use'' the surround capability - so they make a "special remix" of the old recording, and potentially mess everything up, despite the theoretical extra audio quality they were pursuing.

Rjamorim: Added interesting link.

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Added interesting link.

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	==Links==		==Links==

	[http://www.disctronics.co.uk/technology/dvdaudio/dvdaud_intro.htm A very nice introduction to DVD-Audio] at Disctronics		* [http://www.disctronics.co.uk/technology/dvdaudio/dvdaud_intro.htm A very nice introduction to DVD-Audio] at Disctronics
			* DVD-Audio sales went 20% down from 2003 to 2004, according to [http://www.riaa.com/news/newsletter/pdf/2004yearEndStats.pdf these] RIAA statistics.

	<nowiki>*</nowiki> There are some tools floating around the web called "DVD-A_tools" that can rip DVD-Audio titles using WinDVD.		<nowiki>*</nowiki> There are some tools floating around the web called "DVD-A_tools" that can rip DVD-Audio titles using WinDVD.

Rjamorim at 17:18, 7 October 2005

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	* Due to strong encryption, customers can't extract audio data - E.G, to convert to CD to playback at the car player or a discman, or to convert to [[MP3]] to play on a DAP like the iPod		* Due to strong encryption, customers can't extract audio data - E.G, to convert to CD to playback at the car player or a discman, or to convert to [[MP3]] to play on a DAP like the iPod
	* Few people own equipment where the theoretical added quality would make a difference		* Few people own equipment where the theoretical added quality would make a difference
	* Usability. Why choose a DVD-Audio disc that only plays on the living room stereo, when you can buy a cheaper CD with ~~pratically~~ the same perceived audio quality that plays on the living room stereo, the car, the discman, the computer, at your friends...?		* Usability. Why choose a DVD-Audio disc that only plays on the living room stereo, when you can buy a cheaper CD with practically the same perceived audio quality that plays on the living room stereo, the car, the discman, the computer, at your friends...?
	And, last but definitely not least,		And, last but definitely not least,
	* People are very happy with CD		* People are very happy with CD
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	[http://www.disctronics.co.uk/technology/dvdaudio/dvdaud_intro.htm A very nice introduction to DVD-Audio] at Disctronics		[http://www.disctronics.co.uk/technology/dvdaudio/dvdaud_intro.htm A very nice introduction to DVD-Audio] at Disctronics

	<nowiki>*</nowiki> ~~[http://www.rarewares.org/ RareWares] hosts~~ some tools that can ~~help WinDVD owners ripping encrypted~~ DVD-Audio ~~tracks~~.		<nowiki>*</nowiki> There are some tools floating around the web called "DVD-A_tools" that can rip DVD-Audio titles using WinDVD.

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	DVD-Audio is the format developed by the [http://www.dvdforum.org/ DVD Forum] to replace [[CD]] as the standard media for consumer music distribution and to meet the [[ISC requirements]] for the new generation of audio distribution media. In that arena, it competes with [[SACD]].		DVD-Audio is the format developed by the [http://www.dvdforum.org/ DVD Forum] to replace [[Compact Disc Digital Audio\|Audio CD]] as the standard media for consumer music distribution and to meet the [[ISC requirements]] for the new generation of audio distribution media. In that arena, it competes with [[Super Audio Compact Disc\|SACD]].

	The main audio program can be delivered in [[MLP]] or [[LPCM]]. [[Sampling rate~~\|Sampling rates~~]] can go from 44.1 to ~~192kHz~~. Bit depth can go from 16 to ~~24bits~~. [[Stereo]] or [[multichannel]].		The main audio program can be delivered in [[Meridian Lossless Packing\|MLP]] or [[Linear Pulse Code Modulation\|LPCM]]. [[Sampling rate]]s can go from 44.1 to 192 kHz. Bit depth can go from 16 to 24 bits. [[Stereo]] or [[multichannel]].

	DVD-Audio can use very strong cryptography (CPPM), and it has been impossible to break it so far.*		DVD-Audio can use very strong cryptography (CPPM), and it has been impossible to break it so far.[[DVD-Audio#Footnote\|*]]

	DVD-Audio can be played on special players. Interestingly, if you try to play it on a PC, it'll only play at full resolution if you have a Creative Audigy sound card. If you have another sound card, it'll play at 44.~~1kHz~~ and stereo. The reason for that, as rumoured, is that the playback software decodes at full resolution directly into the soundcard if it's an Audigy. That nullifies programs like [http://www.highcriteria.com/ Total Recorder] that capture the decoded stream before it's sent to the hardware.		DVD-Audio can be played on special players. Interestingly, if you try to play it on a PC, it'll only play at full resolution if you have a Creative Audigy sound card. If you have another sound card, it'll play at 44.1 kHz and stereo. The reason for that, as rumoured, is that the playback software decodes at full resolution directly into the soundcard if it's an Audigy. That nullifies programs like [http://www.highcriteria.com/ Total Recorder] that capture the decoded stream before it's sent to the hardware.

	For backwards compatibility purposes, some DVD-Audio discs offer an [[AC3]] or [[LPCM]] stream that can be decoded on any DVD Video player.		For backwards compatibility purposes, some DVD-Audio discs offer an [[AC3]] or [[Linear Pulse Code Modulation\|LPCM]] stream that can be decoded on any DVD Video player.


	DVD-Audio's future looks grim at the moment. It didn't become nearly as popular as its creators expected, and [[CD]] sales are still strong. Some possible explanations to that could be:		DVD-Audio's future looks grim at the moment. It didn't become nearly as popular as its creators expected, and [[Compact Disc Digital Audio\|Audio CD]] sales are still strong. Some possible explanations to that could be:

	* Players are usually expensive		* Players are usually expensive
	* People aren't interested in replacing their current CDs with "higher quality" DVD-Audio		* People aren't interested in replacing their current CDs with "higher quality" DVD-Audio
	* Due to strong encryption, customers can't extract audio data - E.G, to convert to CD to playback at the car player or a discman, or to convert to [[MP3]] to play on a digital audio player like the [[iPod]]		* Due to strong encryption, customers can't extract audio data - E.g., to convert to CD to playback at the car player or a discman, or to convert to [[MP3]] to play on a digital audio player like the [[iPod]]
	* Few people own equipment where the theoretical added quality would make a difference		* Few people own equipment where the theoretical added quality would make a difference
	* Usability. Why choose a DVD-Audio disc that only plays on the living room stereo, when you can buy a cheaper CD with practically the same perceived audio quality that plays on the living room stereo, the car, the discman, the computer, at your friends home...?		* Usability. Why choose a DVD-Audio disc that only plays on the living room stereo, when you can buy a cheaper CD with practically the same perceived audio quality that plays on the living room stereo, the car, the discman, the computer, at your friends home...?
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	Another problem with DVD-Audio is that, since it supports multichannel audio, a lot of companies who repackage older recordings now believe they have an obligation to ''use'' the surround capability - so they make a "special remix" of the old recording, and potentially mess everything up, despite the theoretical extra audio quality they were pursuing.		Another problem with DVD-Audio is that, since it supports multichannel audio, a lot of companies who repackage older recordings now believe they have an obligation to ''use'' the surround capability - so they make a "special remix" of the old recording, and potentially mess everything up, despite the theoretical extra audio quality they were pursuing.

			== References ==
	==References==

	* [http://www.disctronics.co.uk/technology/dvdaudio/dvdaud_intro.htm A very nice introduction to DVD-Audio] at Disctronics		* [http://www.disctronics.co.uk/technology/dvdaudio/dvdaud_intro.htm A very nice introduction to DVD-Audio] at Disctronics
	* DVD-Audio sales went 20% down from 2003 to 2004, according to [http://www.riaa.com/news/newsletter/pdf/2004yearEndStats.pdf these] RIAA statistics.		* DVD-Audio sales went 20% down from 2003 to 2004, according to [http://www.riaa.com/news/newsletter/pdf/2004yearEndStats.pdf these] RIAA statistics.

			== Footnote ==
	<nowiki>*</nowiki> There are some tools floating around the web called "DVD-A_tools" that can rip DVD-Audio titles using WinDVD.		<nowiki>*</nowiki> There are some tools floating around the web called "DVD-A_tools" that can rip DVD-Audio titles using WinDVD.

	[[Category:Hardware]]		[[Category:Hardware]]