Hi Tom, Sorry for the misunderstanding. Since I still work in the movie industry, I read "movies" into your original post. That said, I can't advise on the software but you might try Sourceforge as well. Cheers! Corey Corey Bailey Audio Engineering On 1/31/2016 5:55 AM, Tom Fine wrote: > Hi Corey: > > This is not true of music-only BluRay discs. I know this for a fact > from the folks at Decca/UMG. They have been putting out music BluRay > discs that have both 2-channel 96/24 and multi-channel 96/24. See the > accompanying BluRay disc with the recent reissue of the Allman > Brothers "Idlewild South", the Collin Davis/LSO recording of Handel's > Messiah, etc. These types of BluRay discs have had more uptake in > Europe and Japan than here. I think it's somewhat new to include on in > a rock deluxe reissue like the Allmans. I think UMG has been the main > player in this product, with Sony sticking more with SACD, but I might > be wrong about that. There are also plenty of music-centric DVDs out > there that are NOT non-lossy high-rez, such as the Beatles "One" > deluxe and also the accompanying DVD to "Love," which were just Dolby > multi-channel DVD sound, plus the Talking Heads "DuoDisc" reissues > that had CD on one side and DVD with lossy-matrixed surround on the > other side, like a movie. But, don't forget about releases from > Classic and others that were true DVD-Audio and included high-rez > 2-channel and either 48/16 or 48/24 multi-channel. It's also worth > including the caveat that most of the modern low-priced BluRay/DVD > players won't support DVD-Audio and may not support BluRay high-rez > audio. > > I'm not interested in extracting movie soundtrack info in "high def," > and agree that most of the stuff on movie BluRays is at best 48/24. > What I was asking about is, has anyone had first-hand experience with > the method described in the link to extract high-rez WAV from MUSIC > BluRay discs, ie those discs that do hold high-rez content? > > -- Tom Fine > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Corey Bailey" > <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2016 2:28 AM > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Extracting WAV from BluRay audio discs > > >> Hi Tom, >> >> The audio standard in the movie industry, from production to finished >> mix, is 24 Bit, 48kHz, BWF. It won't get any better that that, even >> for new releases (born digital). For everything pre BluRay, the audio >> has been most likely re-purposed from the NTSC DVD it was originally >> released on (16/48 which, was 24 bit truncated to 16 bit). I'm even >> aware of situations where the original files for the standard >> definition DVD were unable to be restored from archival copies and >> the producing company resorted to ripping, and then converting, the >> AC3 file from a commercial release for re-purposing to BluRay. >> >> Sorry if I burst your bubble. >> >> Corey >> Corey Bailey Audio Engineering >> www.baileyzone.net >> >> On 1/30/2016 5:11 AM, Tom Fine wrote: >>> Has anyone had success with this method of extracting WAV (or FLAC) >>> high-resolution audio from BluRay discs? >>> http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/473-ripping-blu-ray-easy-way/ >>> >>> -- Tom Fine >> >> >