Best software for Blu-ray pure audio

[davidebond]

Hi. Excuse me for the silly question. What is the best software to play pure-audio Blu-ray discs? I use foobar2000, but I am unable to play pure-audio CDs. I am using powerdvd 22, but it is not able to play all the possibilities offered by pure-audio discs, albeit powerdvd is able to play a lot of formats. What can I do?

I use the pc. I don't have a Blu-ray cd player for TV.

Thanks and best,

Davide

 

[twsecrest]

By pure audio CDs, I'm assuming your referring to the normal audio-CDs?
So Foobar2000 is not able to play audio-CDs?
Cyberlink PowerDVD might have a limit of 24-bit/48k for Blu-ray audio files (or at least it use to have that limit).

 

[JSmith]

I use foobar2000, but I am unable to play pure-audio CDs.

Do you mean SACD?

Super Audio CD Decoder

Download Super Audio CD Decoder for free. Super Audio CD Decoder input plugin for foobar2000. Decoder is capable of playing back Super Audio CD ISO images, DSDIFF, DSF and DSD WavPack files.

sourceforge.net

foobar2000: Components Repository - DTS decoder

foobar2000

www.foobar2000.org

JSmith

 

[davidebond]

I installed these components without success. I can play Blu-ray CDs, sacds, but not pure-audio Blu-ray CDs. These with the mshuttle to navigate in their content. Do they work only with a internet Blu-ray equipment?

Thanks,

Davide

 

[JSmith]

I can play Blu-ray CDs, sacds, but not pure-audio Blu-ray CDs.

Well this must be a Foobar issue then as;

A Pure Audio Blu-ray is fully compatible with Blu-ray specifications and can be played with any standard Blu-ray player.

About - Pure Audio Recordings

The Pure Audio Blu-ray combines the advantages of the Blu-ray Disc—its high data rate and storage capacity of up to 50 GB—with the ease-of-use of a CD.

pureaudiorecordings.com

JSmith

 

[davidebond]

Yes. The problem is navigating in the mshuttle. Foobar2000 cannot because it has not a GUI. Powerdvd can, but play only the pcm format. Why not the DTS, which it supports?

Thanks,

Davide

 

[twsecrest]

Yes. The problem is navigating in the mshuttle. Foobar2000 cannot because it has not a GUI. Powerdvd can, but play only the pcm format. Why not the DTS, which it supports?
Thanks, Davide

I'm not the expert, but I believe PowerDVDs has limits on Blu-ray disk audio, It might be because it's used on a computer and it somehow it keeps PowerDVD from being able to make perfect copys of the Blu-ray disk, but it's more of a guess.

 

[davidebond]

What could I do? By the way, how do you listen to pure-audio Blu-ray CDs with DTS?

 

[twsecrest]

What could I do? By the way, how do you listen to pure-audio Blu-ray CDs with DTS?

I would use PowerDVD to listen to the Blu-ray disk and have to be happy with 24-bit/48K audio.
If you play the Blu-ray audio disk in an external Blu-ray player, like you connect to TVs, it might play the high end DTS audio files.
It might help to stop calling Blu-ray disks, Blu-ray CDs, CD normally refers to Audio-CDs. Maybe just say Blu-ray and not Blu-ray CD (not a big deal).

What is the title of the music Blu-ray disk your trying to play?

Maybe this Foobar2000 add-on might help?

foobar2000: Components Repository

foobar2000

www.foobar2000.org

 

[NiagaraPete]

Hi. Excuse me for the silly question. What is the best software to play pure-audio Blu-ray discs? I use foobar2000, but I am unable to play pure-audio CDs. I am using powerdvd 22, but it is not able to play all the possibilities offered by pure-audio discs, albeit powerdvd is able to play a lot of formats. What can I do?

I use the pc. I don't have a Blu-ray cd player for TV.

Thanks and best,

Davide

I’m a bit confused. Do you have a blue ray drive?

 

[davidebond]

For example Karajan and the Walküre, 2L CDs, Colin Davis and Nielsen' symphonies, etc. I know that Foobar2000. I have no problems in playing CDs, but those with the mshuttle. I use a normal Samsung bd-burner without internet connection.

Thanks for your replies and please forgive me for my awful English,

Davide

 

[JSmith]

Maybe this Foobar2000 add-on might help?

OP already installed this as per a few posts back...

I installed these components without success.

It might be worth informing about your issue;

Contact - Pure Audio Recordings

Contact Us There are problems, questions or requests about Pure Audio Blu-ray and Pure Audio Recordings? Let us know! Our team will gladly take care of your request. For support inquiries regarding shop orders we would ask you to indicate the corresponding order number. Your email adress Name...

pureaudiorecordings.com

Do you have a blue ray drive?

OP is using a BD drive via PC and has tried Foobar2000 with DTS pack plus Power DVD 22, however they are not playing pure audio BD's which are supposed to work on any BD player/drive.


JSmith

 

[davidebond]

Well. I contacted the staff of mshuttle. According to their opinion, from a pc with a bd-burner one can navigate with explorer in the content of the cd and copy the files dragging them on the PC. This is right and there are different formats, but they have not the DTS, nor have the same resolution of the files, one can listen to with mshuttle. I searched in the cds, but without result.

Berliner Philharmoniker Insert in the case of the cd also a code to download the high-res files from the web with our without surround and at different resolution. This is best and it works.

The files you download this way are flac and foobar2000 has no problem in playing them.

Otherwise, one can download files from Presto Classical or native dsd.

What about jriver player?

Thanks,

Davide

 

[JSmith]

@davidebond, have you installed a codec pack like;

Download K-Lite Codec Pack

Download links for the K-Lite Codec Pack. A free software bundle for high quality audio and video playback.

codecguide.com

?


JSmith

 

[davidebond]

I didn't know its existence. It is great! I'll download it.

Many many many thanks,

Davide

 

[Offler]

I'm not the expert, but I believe PowerDVDs has limits on Blu-ray disk audio, It might be because it's used on a computer and it somehow it keeps PowerDVD from being able to make perfect copys of the Blu-ray disk, but it's more of a guess.

I have PowerDVD 20. I pointed out on their support forum that when using SPDIF, audio output switches to 48KHz 16bit Stereo and it should not happen.

They claimed that SPDIF is limited to 16bit 48KHz stereo, which is simply not true - the limitation is 24bits 192KHz stereo. My impression is that their development team does not know what they are doing.

 

[kiwifi]

Have you tried VLC?

 

[twsecrest]

I have PowerDVD 20. I pointed out on their support forum that when using SPDIF, audio output switches to 48KHz 16bit Stereo and it should not happen.

They claimed that SPDIF is limited to 16bit 48KHz stereo, which is simply not true - the limitation is 24bits 192KHz stereo. My impression is that their development team does not know what they are doing.

From my personal understanding, PowerDVD is limited on what audio it can play off a Blu-ray disk, limit being 48K (16 or 24 bit?).
Not sure why, but guessing they are not fully licensed for using all the DTS or Dolby audio tracks.

 

[Chrispy]

I have PowerDVD 20. I pointed out on their support forum that when using SPDIF, audio output switches to 48KHz 16bit Stereo and it should not happen.

They claimed that SPDIF is limited to 16bit 48KHz stereo, which is simply not true - the limitation is 24bits 192KHz stereo. My impression is that their development team does not know what they are doing.

Maybe they mean their implementation of spdif spec is limited?

 

[davidebond]

I don't know if you are interested in, but if you insert a bd audio with mshuttle in the optical driver of the pc and you search in the disc the string "flac", you find a folder with all the flac files at 24 bit/96khz. I think that an audiophile can be interested, since in this way, one can listen to the music in the bd with foobar2000 simply adding the folder in issue. I didn't find the dts version of these files.

Best,

davide