 
|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
|
|
Audio Asylum Thread Printer Get a view of an entire thread on one page |
For Sale Ads |
77.111.245.13
I just downloaded my first album from the Pentatone site earlier today, and I'd forgotten that, unlike Jared's Native DSD site which allows for download of the DSF files directly, Pentatone's site only downloads the ISO file, which contains both the 2Ch and MCh "portions" within the same file, and which in any case still needs to be converted to DSF in order to play via HQ Player and other playback software. Pentatone recommends using the iso2dsd software available on the Sonore site. So I downloaded that app as suggested. But this software, which I gather hasn't been updated in a while, just sits there and does nothing when I choose the downoaded iso file and click the magic "execute" button.
No problem (or so I thought) - I'll just download some other ISO to DSF converter. And that software was "AuI ConverteR 48x44" written by some guy in Russia. This software asked for my login credentials - which I provided (because, after all, Putin has to know!). And I ran this app with the same Pentatone ISO file. After making the processor in my Mac Mini do some double quick processing for what seemed like a month of Sundays (I could tell by the fan noise!), I actually got the DSF files I wanted - or, kind of wanted. Because what I really wanted were the 5Ch DSF files, but what the app provided was the 2Ch DSF files. I do not see a way to ensure conversion to 5 channels with this program - there's no "manual override" to choose 5-channel output. And this is in spite of the fact that this SW shows the 5-channel portion of the ISO file when you first choose it. There doesn't seem to be a way to restrict the processing to the 5-channel part. (If you try to click on the 5-channel part of the ISO file, the 2-channel / 5-channel amalgamation gets selected.)
From my research, I know that there is other software I can try (Foobar apparently, etc.). But I also read the JRiver will do this kind of conversion too, and that's possibly the direction I want to move towards. So my question is, has anyone here used JRiver to convert ISO files to their DSF equivalents? And if so, are you happy with the results? I'm especially interested in this from the view of outputting 5.0 DSF files. (Kal, do you happen to be reading today? - I know you generally use a PC rather than a Mac.) In addition, if anyone has had success with other ISO to DSF conversion, would you mind sharing your experiences?
Thanks in advance!
Follow Ups:
As it turned out though, I was able to fiddle with the "Audiophile Inventory AuI ConverteR 48x44" software and get the 5Ch DSF files I needed. (There WAS a manual override, but I just had failed to find the navigation path to it yesterday.) So my issue appears to be solved, even though the conversion from ISO to MCh DSF took even longer this time around (two months of Sundays, instead of a single month of Sundays!).
The album I downloaded is incredibly beautiful: Motets by Bruckner and Michael Haydn, sung astoundingly well by the MDR Leipzig Chorus on the Pentatone label. I'd already heard this album in 2Ch via Qobuz and I already knew it was great, but the way it opens out in 5Ch is just awe inspiring. I'll be reviewing it on another site later on.
As I mentioned, it's called "Audiophile Inventory AuI ConverteR 48x44" and is available at the samplerateconverter.com site. The free download works in all respects EXCEPT that it places two seconds of silence in the middle of each track. In order to get a non-crippleware version of the software, you go to a different site in order make your payment - strangely enough, this site appears to be run by JRiver. Here's the interesting thing: you can buy only the functionality you need. So in my case, I needed only ISO to DSF(DSD)64 conversion. The charge for that was $22.30. But other conversion functions are also available, each for an additional charge, e.g. to DFF, WAV, FLAC, AIFF, ALAC, mp3, and so on.
Once your credit card is charged, you receive an email containing the key for the full version of the module you've ordered. This requires that you download the program AGAIN (but from the JRiver site, rather than from the samplerateconverter.com site) and then you open the program and navigate to the screen where you input your functionality key(s). This screen has about 16 or so different input boxes, depending on what module(s) you've pruchased, so you have to make sure that you put your key into the right box. Once you do so, you have to re-start the program again and then everything works fine. I actually timed the ISO to DSF conversion yesterday, and it took just over half an hour, which seems pretty long to me, but the result (which I played back over HQ Player) was fine. While the conversion is taking place, the program creates this log file, which is screen after screen of gobbledygook. You can either save the log file or trash it at the end of the process.
Going forward, my only concern is that the conversion capability of the ISO to DSF program seems to be only ISO to DSF64 (DSD64). I'm not sure what I'll do if I need DSD128 or DSD256 - but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
The only experience I have with a MacMini is to install Windows via BootCamp nor have I ever tried to convert SACD ISOs to dsf with Jriver.
However, since you raised the question, I did and it works. The resulting file is not identical to the 5 channel file I converted with SACDExtractGUI but, on a brief and casual audition, it plays and sounds the same.
JRiver, here I come (after a VERY long time!).
BTW, when you say the resulting file (after conversion) is not identical to SACDExtractGUI, what do you mean? File size? Meta info?
File size.
https://www.sonore.us/iso2dsd.html
Didn't work at all for me.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/prz79oia8agd4dv/SACD%20ripper%20primer%20v4.0.1.pdf?dl=0
I've extracted some (about 50 albums) multi-channel things (quite a while back) using the above. I probably have the batch files described on page 10 on my old PC.
I read the pdf, but it seems to reinforce stuff I was already doing. I may try again tomorrow - there is a note on the Sonore site indicating that this software has not been updated too recently. I'm wondering if it's compatible with the current Big Sur operating system?In any case, thanks for your help!
Edits: 04/25/21
| FAQ |
Post a Message! |
Forgot Password? |
|
||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Top of Page ]
[ Contact Us ]
[ Support/Wish List ]
[ Copyright © 2024, Audio Asylum, all rights reserved ]