does anyone on this list have any idea of what an HDCD is? i have a cd and that logo is on the back, and windows media player 7 recognizes it as an hdcd and displays the logo, but i dont know if that means it is supposed to sound better or what. it sounds fine......feel free to email back to me and not to the list as this is off topic...........uhh..........i am ripping it to ogg vorbis! =P Andy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands, and stick together. *~*Song Of The Moment*~*Go INSANE!!*~*by*~*DJ Venom*~* ¸_./'\._¸ ¸.·¤**¤·.¸.·¤**¤·..* *·. .·* Andy Dale /.·*·.\*.·¤**¤·.¸¸.·¤**¤·.* ICQ # 76178574 AndyCool22 on AIM andycool22@peoplepc.com andycool22@msn.com on MSN Messenger http://www.livejournal.com/users/andycool22/ andycool22@yahoo.com on Yahoo! Messenger Ska-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la.. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------- <p>--- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ Ogg project homepage: http://www.xiph.org/ogg/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'vorbis-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
Is it not that format of CD that sticks 1.4GB of stuff onto a single CD ?- stuff on it on Afterdawn.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andy D. Smith" <AndyCool22@peoplepc.com> To: <"Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@xiph.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 7:21 PM Subject: [vorbis] HDCD <p>> does anyone on this list have any idea of what an HDCD is? i have a cd and> that logo is on the back, and windows media player 7 recognizes it as an > hdcd and displays the logo, but i dont know if that means it is supposedto> sound better or what. it sounds fine......feel free to email back to meand> not to the list as this is off topic...........uhh..........i am rippingit> to ogg vorbis! =P > > Andy > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------> -------------------------------- > When you go out into the world, watch out for traffic, hold hands, andstick> together. > *~*Song Of The Moment*~*Go INSANE!!*~*by*~*DJ Venom*~* > ¸_./'\._¸ ¸.·¤**¤·.¸.·¤**¤·..* > *·. .·* Andy Dale > /.·*·.\*.·¤**¤·.¸¸.·¤**¤·.* > ICQ # 76178574 > AndyCool22 on AIM > andycool22@peoplepc.com > andycool22@msn.com on MSN Messenger > http://www.livejournal.com/users/andycool22/ > andycool22@yahoo.com on Yahoo! Messenger > Ska-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la.. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------> -------------------------------- > > > --- >8 ---- > List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ > Ogg project homepage: http://www.xiph.org/ogg/ > To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'vorbis-request@xiph.org' > containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. > Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered. > ><p>--- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ Ogg project homepage: http://www.xiph.org/ogg/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'vorbis-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
Andy D. Smith <AndyCool22@peoplepc.com> wrote:
: does anyone on this list have any idea of what an HDCD is? i have a cd and
: that logo is on the back, and windows media player 7 recognizes it as an
: hdcd and displays the logo, but i dont know if that means it is supposed to
: sound better or what. it sounds fine......feel free to email back to me and
: not to the list as this is off topic...........uhh..........i am ripping it
: to ogg vorbis! =P
HDCD is a basically a 16-bit 44.1kHz CD with extended information that can
be decoded by HDCD-compatible equipment to produce supposedly superior
frequency and dynamic range.
Confusing information here:
http://www.hdcd.com/partners/proaudio/articles.html
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On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 08:21, Andy D. Smith wrote:> does anyone on this list have any idea of what an HDCD is? i have a cd and > that logo is on the back, and windows media player 7 recognizes it as an > hdcd and displays the logo, but i dont know if that means it is supposed to > sound better or what. it sounds fine......feel free to email back to me > and not to the list as this is off topic...........uhh..........i am > ripping it to ogg vorbis! =PHDCD is some sort of CD quality hack to improve the sound, though the precise way it does so seem to be shrouded in mystery - does it capture 20bit words? Do D/A hinting? Resonate with the Celestial Spheres? None of the articles I've read are particularly consistant about it. But I have read reviews for high end DAC separates which said that the effect of having an HDCD enabled DAC (and an upsampling one, for that matter) is 'pretty subtle', which is Hifi speak for 'I couldn't really tell, but I'm not about to admit it'. I'm pretty sure you need special hardware to take advantage of it, in any case, unless WMP7 does something clever with DAE to get at the extra information. It seems to me that this is just another piece of tech to keep the hifi propellerheads on the hardware upgrade treadmill. John --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ Ogg project homepage: http://www.xiph.org/ogg/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'vorbis-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.