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SACD - Hack anyone?

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  • 13-01-2003 11:39am
    #1
    thegills
    Registered Users Posts: 1,802 ✭✭✭


    Does anyone know of a hack for an SACD. I heard murmers about a marker but wasn't sure how to do it?
    Cheers.


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    Kali
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,601 ✭✭✭Kali


    What are you talking about?
    Playing an SACD in a non-compatible DVD/CD player?
    Ripping the audio onto computer?


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    thegills
    Registered Users Posts: 1,802 ✭✭✭thegills


    Playing an SACD in a non-compatible DVD/CD player?
    Yes. I have a non-compatible Philips DVD player plugged into a Yamaha Amp. The SACD was only 10e so I took a gamble on it.
    Ripping the audio onto computer?
    That would be nice but would I require a CD drive that reads SACD??


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    Kali
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,601 ✭✭✭Kali


    I think only certain SACDs will play on non fully-compatible hardware... but I've never heard of any hack, then again I don't really know too much about the standard.


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    silverside
    Registered Users Posts: 1,372 ✭✭✭silverside


    AFAIK:
    This is technically impossible. SACD cd's are sampled at something like 1 MHZ compared with the 44.1 or 96 that most DVD audio or CD players are designed to handle. And SACD players don't output this high-frequency digital bitstream outside the box. So basically unless your player has the SACD chip inside it to convert the SACD bits into standard digital frequencies or analog signals, nothing will come out.
    the other standards of DVD-audio and HDCD are backwards compatible to some extent.


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