ISO to test DVDA

[AlanHK]

I'd like to test if my DVD player supports DVDA (DVD audio).

I know there should be a logo on the panel, still it supports a few things that aren't mentioned so best way to tell is to try it.

Anyone know where I can download an ISO of a (public domain) DVDA -- doesn't matter what it is -- that I can burn and see what happens?

[HemLok]

I'd like to test if my DVD player supports DVDA (DVD audio).

I know there should be a logo on the panel, still it supports a few things that aren't mentioned so best way to tell is to try it.

Anyone know where I can download an ISO of a (public domain) DVDA -- doesn't matter what it is -- that I can burn and see what happens?

Here you go: http://www.diatonis.com/dark_edges.html

[jman98]

Alan - Do note that DVD Audio discs almost always come with a DVD compatible section that plays the audio in AC3. It's not an absolute requirement of the format and it can be skipped, but I've never seen a commercial disc without it. Since this is not a commercial disc it seems from the link that it does not have a DVD compatible section, but you should be aware of it as a possibility. Check out the VIDEO_TS directory on the disc and use something like IFOEdit or some other tool to be sure that there isn't some AC3 lying around that your player might be able to access instead of the DVD Audio section (which is in AUDIO_TS).

[AlanHK]

Alan - Do note that DVD Audio discs almost always come with a DVD compatible section that plays the audio in AC3. It's not an absolute requirement of the format and it can be skipped, but I've never seen a commercial disc without it. Since this is not a commercial disc it seems from the link that it does not have a DVD compatible section, but you should be aware of it as a possibility. Check out the VIDEO_TS directory on the disc and use something like IFOEdit or some other tool to be sure that there isn't some AC3 lying around that your player might be able to access instead of the DVD Audio section (which is in AUDIO_TS).

Well, this ISO only has files in the AUDIO_TS, VIDEO_TS is empty.
Some big AOBs and a couple of small VOBs, presumably menus.

The bad news is that my DVD player can't play it -- it recognises it as "DVD Audio" then ejects it.

I can open it after a fashion in VLC, it displays some images but can't play audio. ffmpeg says it's
Audio: pcm_s16be, 96000 Hz, 5 channels, 7680 kb/s.

IFOedit can't give me any information.

Anyway, I was wondering if I might make a DVDA from a bunch of audio CDs, as it seemed it would be the best quality. But no point in that now. I can just load a bunch of high-rate MP3s as a data disc, though the player has a crappy file menu.

[MOVIEGEEK]

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[jman98]

If VIDEO_TS is empty, then as I suspected it contains no DVD video compatibility section with AC3. IFOEdit won't work on that.

You can make normal DVDs of just music using WAV as input or convert everything to AC3 if you don't mind it being compressed. I think we have guides here on doing that. I am positive that I remember various discussions here about how to do this in the past.

[AlanHK]

If VIDEO_TS is empty, then as I suspected it contains no DVD video compatibility section with AC3. IFOEdit won't work on that.

You can make normal DVDs of just music using WAV as input or convert everything to AC3 if you don't mind it being compressed. I think we have guides here on doing that. I am positive that I remember various discussions here about how to do this in the past.

I've done that using GfD and its "Audio titlesets".

I was interested in DVDA particularly for its lossless MLP codec, which would let me get 10 hours or so lossless stereo on one DVD.

I don't fool myself that I can really hear the difference between lossless and 320 kB MP3/AC3, though. It's just a nice idea I wanted to try.