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Old 2008-05-17, 06:45 PM
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Re: Re-encode AC3 to LPCM using TMPGenc

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Originally Posted by vladsmythe View Post
Logistically that is a nightmare. I don't need more equipment in my bedroom. Also, I watch what I transfer while I party with friends, so it's a social thing too. I'm cool with AC3. It's not as if it's audio tape. It's all compressed TV via cable anyway. If anyone wants to upgrade the audio portion of any of my vids they can knock themselves out. I think most of my torrents are kind of obscure though.
Thanks for the help. If anyone knows of a standalone that does LPCM let me know. I'll buy it, and sacrifice the video quality and do them at a lower bitrate.
You can't "convert" AC3 to LPCM, what you can do is decompress it to wav, then, if the original audio is low you can boost it in Gold Wave-double it in fact.

It won't be LPCM, it will be bloated AC3. But it will sound better, especially if you boost the volume.

As for SA recorders that record in LPCM, I have a Pioneer DVDR-450 Hs, the models probably have changed now but you can read the specs online and find one that will record in lossless audio.

Some makes will only record one hour in LPCM, not this. I have recorded two hour programs, edited out the commercials, and was left with a 90 minute file which I then split into two.

One hour of video with LPCM is the size of a DVD5, so it fits nicely. You can also add chapters to the recording, split it and then copy to DVD-RW with the "one touch copy" option. That will preserve the chapter points. If you use the other record to disc option, it will add random 10 minute chapters.

The video bitrate the recorder uses for LPCM recording is 8000 kbps.
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