Aaron,
To the best of my knowledge, no.
That is why I maintain a heap'o'decoders in a variety of formats.
Dolby A, B, SR, dbx I, II, HighCom II, and soon C4D. I can also do Dolby C
cassettes. see http://www.richardhess.com/tape/facility.htm
Dolby has shown little interest in software decoders/encoders for Dolby E
even when that's needed in large-scale contemporary non-linear video
editing solutions, so I hold little hope for a Dolby B software solution.
I can attempt to transfer the tapes based on listening evaluation and known
probable standards that were used at the time.
Cheers,
Richard
At 03:52 PM 4/18/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>Has anybody ever written the Dolby encode/decode algorithm in Windows-based
>software?
>
>The question arose when a friend of mine told me about some orphaned Dolby
>B-encoded tapes. These apparently are reel-to-reel and without calibration
>tones. Granted, without the calibration tone, decoding of the tapes would be
>pure guesswork. However, a computer-based program would at least allow
>non-real-time experimentation so that a plausible reference level could be
>established.
>
>Aaron Z Snyder
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