no idea Andy - Ill just have to give it a go and see what I find out .... blue ray burners are cheap enough - £40 on ebay plus a friend has the software - Ill let you know how I get on
On 18 December 2013 16:09, Andy Furniss <adf.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > Augustine Leudar wrote: > >> a blue ray disc player capable of playing 8 discrete channels. >> Im assuming the LFE channel can be full range with 7.1 as it was with 5.1 >> >> basically this : >> >> http://0.tqn.com/d/hometheater/1/0/r/P/1/toshibabdx2700rearconnect.jpg >> >> then it can just have the disc playing on a loop >> > > OK - it may be that DTS codes .1 full range with MA and maybe core - if > you did ever consider buying the encoder that's something to check. > > The reason I am not sure is that I saw some code to reconstruct LFE from > decimated samples, but it's quite possible that it was only for the low > bitrate profile. > > blu-ray can also do 8ch PCM AFAIK - that would be cheaper :-) > > though I guess you would still need some way to make the disk - and check > if normal players will even play a disk you burned ... > > > > > >> >> On 18 December 2013 15:12, Andy Furniss <adf.li...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Augustine Leudar wrote: >>> >>> Hi Eric, >>>> this is what I have done in a couple of permanent installations. I use >>>> a motu ultralite and a mini pc (or mac). This is fine for an >>>> installation that will never be touched. However even using linux or a >>>> mac there are problems with this setup for permanent installations if >>>> the staff want to turn the system on and off each day - even doing my >>>> best to secure all usb and power cables even in a few short months I >>>> have had to go up a couple of times just to reconnect cables that have >>>> been jogged etc Plus power cuts can cause problems with software on >>>> any system. I want to simplify the system - one dedicated box with >>>> an on/off switch and a play button that staff can easily operate and >>>> has the minimum amount of variables that can go wrong. >>>> I think this program might do it : >>>> >>>> http://www.dts.com/professionals/audio-software/ >>>> dts-hd-master-audio-suite/overview.aspx >>>> >>>> anyone used it ? >>>> >>>> >>> If you need 8 full range channels then it doesn't look like that will do >>> it - >>> >>> "Up to 7.1 ch. Discrete for Primary Audio for Blu-ray Disc" >>> >>> What is this "one dedicated box" going to contain? >>> >>> >>> >> >> > -- 07580951119 augustine.leudar.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20131218/b44763aa/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
