Losing my mind trying to burn gapless audio to DVD-Video...any advice?

[SeeMoreDigital]

Read his first post. He wants to be able to archive his CD's to a few DVD's to be able to conveniently play them via his Blu-ray player. I assume that the player has no means of connecting a flash drive or USB hard drive or network with the music files on it. Also he is on a limited budget.

I did read the post...

I'm simply interested to know what other storage methods he's tried. And now you've mentioned it, the make and model of Blu-ray player too.

Just so people know... Even though it may not be stated within the players user manual, many players support playback of .mp3 files burned as data files onto CD-R or even DVD~R media.

 

[par4ken]

I did read the post...

I'm simply interested to know what other storage methods he's tried. And now you've mentioned it, the make and model of Blu-ray player too.

Just so people know... Even though it may not be stated within the players user manual, many players support playback of .mp3 files burned as data files onto CD-R or even DVD~R media.

I think that he wanted uncompressed files.

With those programs we have mentioned you can burn as Dolby AC3 for long playing times if desired.

Yes there are other solutions but still Audio DVD's are so cool. I would like to see a Blu-ray version, perhaps one exists?

 

[SeeMoreDigital]

I think that he wanted uncompressed files.

Hmmm, perhaps we could do with more detailed info from @YellowMoon. Along with his gear. MP3 encoded at 320kbps is pretty transparent...

I would like to see a Blu-ray version, perhaps one exists?

It is possible to create Blu-ray audio discs using TSmuxer GUI (without menus). I made a test sample last year.

As with any Blu-ray disc, the video needs to be spec compliant (I created a black video stream). The audio can be lossless PCM encoded at 48/16 at a bare minimum. And 'chapter' navigation points for each track can be created manually.

 

[minimumtumbleweed]

This sounds like A LOT of work and hassle for something that could just be played off of any old computer directly to a receiver/speaker system.

 

[SeeMoreDigital]

This sounds like A LOT of work and hassle for something that could just be played off of any old computer directly to a receiver/speaker system.

Agreed... I stopped creating discs for playing in my disc players many years ago

 

[mandrix]

AudioMuxer will create a "quick and dirty" DVD. You can have a picture display with each track if you wish, but I believe it creates a "blank" video as to be compliant.
I haven't done this in years, but I certainly created a fair number of them years ago with DTS sound.
IIRC, you can create either an MKV file or an ISO.
Don't currently have AudioMuxer installed so can't check it out to be certain.
But anyway it's free.

 

[par4ken]

AudioMuxer will create a "quick and dirty" DVD. You can have a picture display with each track if you wish, but I believe it creates a "blank" video as to be compliant.
I haven't done this in years, but I certainly created a fair number of them years ago with DTS sound.
IIRC, you can create either an MKV file or an ISO.
Don't currently have AudioMuxer installed so can't check it out to be certain.
But anyway it's free.

I just downloaded and installed AudioMuxer, I haven't tried it yet but it sure looks to be chalk full of features (many useful settings), It looks to be very versatile indeed.

It obviously has Snood's stamp of approval, as well! I found this thread Hey all - Where is the safest place to download Audiomuxer nowadays!

 

[mandrix]

I just downloaded and installed AudioMuxer, I haven't tried it yet but it sure looks to be chalk full of features (many useful settings), It looks to be very versatile indeed.

It obviously has Snood's stamp of approval, as well! I found this thread Hey all - Where is the safest place to download Audiomuxer nowadays!

Yes, it's pretty useful. I just wish Pl4it would update it a bit. But he has been out of contact for some time.
I tried to get him to automate encoding for MLP for DVDA but he wasn't interested. He did however automate for DTS-HD encoding, but of course you must have the DTS-HD MAS encoder installed.

 

[mandrix]

Fortunately we also have the MMH app. There's some duplication between the two, but having both, depending on needs, can be quite useful.

 

[YellowMoon]

This sounds like A LOT of work and hassle for something that could just be played off of any old computer directly to a receiver/speaker system.

My computer doesnt sound as good through my receiver as my blu-ray player does, either. And even if it did, my computer is in another room, unplugging it hauling it in and out of my bedroom when i want to listen to music that has no CD specifically would be far more hassle than dragging and dropping the FLACs into Roxio and burning a DVD with that.

 

[YellowMoon]

Hmmm, perhaps we could do with more detailed info from @YellowMoon. Along with his gear. MP3 encoded at 320kbps is pretty transparent...


It is possible to create Blu-ray audio discs using TSmuxer GUI (without menus). I made a test sample last year.

As with any Blu-ray disc, the video needs to be spec compliant (I created a black video stream). The audio can be lossless PCM encoded at 48/16 at a bare minimum. And 'chapter' navigation points for each track can be created manually.

Yeah, the blu-ray player (which ive since replaced with a Sony 5DVD changer, sounds the same after a comparison) going to the receiver with Coaxial sounds a lot better than my Activo CT10 does through the line out going to my receiver, its a Yamaha A-S301. I used 2 copies of the exact same CD (same matrix) to test this, aswell as a rip of it done with Exact Audio Copy for the CT10. Sorry for late reply, didnt realize people were still replying to this after I figured it out with the help of @par4ken

 

[SeeMoreDigital]

My computer doesnt sound as good through my receiver as my blu-ray player does, either.

If you are sending audio from your computer to your receiver via the computers 'analogue' audio outputs then it wont sound as good as your Blu-ray disc player via 'digital' coax.

You might get better audio from your computer by buying a USB DAC. Something like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/UGREEN-Adapter-Headphone-Converter-Compatible/dp/B08Y8CZB2S/

 

[mandrix]

Since the proliferation of HDMI on many devices, I can't tell any difference in sound whether HDMI from pc to AVR than playing a disc in one of the disc players.
Back in the day I had many separate pc sound cards, some better than others. But the onboard sound on modern motherboards isn't too shabby compared to years ago. I still have a box full of 3.5mm cables and adapters.
Having said that, I don't use analog connections for anything these days but to pre-out from my AVR to a separate amp.

 

[YellowMoon]

Since the proliferation of HDMI on many devices, I can't tell any difference in sound whether HDMI from pc to AVR than playing a disc in one of the disc players.
Back in the day I had many separate pc sound cards, some better than others. But the onboard sound on modern motherboards isn't too shabby compared to years ago. I still have a box full of 3.5mm cables and adapters.
Having said that, I don't use analog connections for anything these days but to pre-out from my AVR to a separate amp.

Yeah HDMI would be a great option here but my Yamaha doesnt have HDMI sadly, only RCA and Coaxial+Optical.

 

[YellowMoon]

If you are sending audio from your computer to your receiver via the computers 'analogue' audio outputs then it wont sound as good as your Blu-ray disc player via 'digital' coax.

You might get better audio from your computer by buying a USB DAC. Something like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/UGREEN-Adapter-Headphone-Converter-Compatible/dp/B08Y8CZB2S/

Will look into that, thank you! Ill probably get a 2nd small PC build for something like this, was looking into hifiberry aswell, they have a Coaxial addon.

 

[minimumtumbleweed]

Yeah HDMI would be a great option here but my Yamaha doesnt have HDMI sadly, only RCA and Coaxial+Optical.

Ah, that is the real issue here then. Perhaps an upgrade is in order? Black Friday coming soon...

 

[SeeMoreDigital]

Yeah HDMI would be a great option here but my Yamaha doesnt have HDMI sadly, only RCA and Coaxial+Optical.

You could also try a USB to Coaxial/Optical adaptor, such as:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/XMSJSIY-Digital-Converter-Extender-External/dp/B0C2TWJCX4
https://www.amazon.co.uk/DSD-TECH-SH-AU02A-TOSLINK-Coaxial/dp/B0CL5XJPGC/