Ok - I have no idea what will happen when others start to try to use this. But if anyone wants a tool to automate the ripping of SACD to flac, give this a try.
prerequisites:
python
sacd_extract.exe
sox
ffmpeg
Extract all the contents of the zip file into a folder of your choosing.
Run the file sacd2flac_ripper_gui.py - if you have python installed, you should be able to run it by double clicking the sacd2flac_ripper_gui.py file. Or by opening a command prompt, browsing to the folder that contains the files, and typing "python sacd2flac_ripper_gui.py" and pressing enter.
Click on file - settings, and fill in the location of your sacd_extract.exe file, sox.exe file, ffmpeg.exe file, and ffprobe.exe file. Also fill in your output folder - this is where folders Multichannel_FLAC and Stereo_FLAC will be created, and have flacs saved out to. Some temp folders/files will also be created and deleted from this folder during the process. Click save.
Here's an image of the GUI
With Local ISO Extraction selected, you'll have the options to select a single ISO file, or select folder with ISO files. Using the Browse button, you can browse out to the ISO file, or folder of files, that you wish to convert to flac.
Or, if you have a blu-ray player that supports ripping SACDs, and have it booted to the mode for extraction over the network, you can select the Network Extraction option, which will give you a field to enter the ip address and port of the player.
Check the checkboxes for Process Stereo and/or Process Multichannel depending on what portion of the disc you want to convert. If you check the Multichannel box, and the disc doesn't have Multichannel material, this won't cause a crash or a problem, it'll simply skip and move on to the next thing - so if you have a folder of isos that aren't all multi, and you want to extract stereo and multi of all of them, this won't be a problem, simply check both and it'll extract all there is to extract.
The Force 5.1 Output checkbox will insert silent channels to any multichannel content that uses less channels, like 5.0 or 4.0.
The apply gain adjustment checkbox is checked by default, and is what enables the feature to scan for the peak level, and apply gain to bring the peak up to -1.0dB. With discussion here of people choosing not to apply gain and use replaygain, I figured some may prefer to continue not applying gain, but want to make use of a tool that simplifies the process of going from SACD to flac. Simply uncheck the box, and no gain will be applied, if that's your preference.
Once everything is setup and you have an iso or folder chosen, or a disc ready to go in a player with the correct ip filled in, press run process, and away it goes. You can follow along with the process in the command prompt window that is opened.
The flac files are saved in the format of Stereo_FLAC\artist - album\track - title and Multichannel_FLAC\artist - album\track - title.
Tagging relies on the metadata of the SACD, which is better than nothing, but not perfect. I find a lot of incorrect or not filled in genres, sometimes song titles include the track number, sometimes all caps are used, so if you're particular about things like that, you may want to clean that up a bit with something like mp3tag.
prerequisites:
python
sacd_extract.exe
sox
ffmpeg
Extract all the contents of the zip file into a folder of your choosing.
Run the file sacd2flac_ripper_gui.py - if you have python installed, you should be able to run it by double clicking the sacd2flac_ripper_gui.py file. Or by opening a command prompt, browsing to the folder that contains the files, and typing "python sacd2flac_ripper_gui.py" and pressing enter.
Click on file - settings, and fill in the location of your sacd_extract.exe file, sox.exe file, ffmpeg.exe file, and ffprobe.exe file. Also fill in your output folder - this is where folders Multichannel_FLAC and Stereo_FLAC will be created, and have flacs saved out to. Some temp folders/files will also be created and deleted from this folder during the process. Click save.
Here's an image of the GUI
With Local ISO Extraction selected, you'll have the options to select a single ISO file, or select folder with ISO files. Using the Browse button, you can browse out to the ISO file, or folder of files, that you wish to convert to flac.
Or, if you have a blu-ray player that supports ripping SACDs, and have it booted to the mode for extraction over the network, you can select the Network Extraction option, which will give you a field to enter the ip address and port of the player.
Check the checkboxes for Process Stereo and/or Process Multichannel depending on what portion of the disc you want to convert. If you check the Multichannel box, and the disc doesn't have Multichannel material, this won't cause a crash or a problem, it'll simply skip and move on to the next thing - so if you have a folder of isos that aren't all multi, and you want to extract stereo and multi of all of them, this won't be a problem, simply check both and it'll extract all there is to extract.
The Force 5.1 Output checkbox will insert silent channels to any multichannel content that uses less channels, like 5.0 or 4.0.
The apply gain adjustment checkbox is checked by default, and is what enables the feature to scan for the peak level, and apply gain to bring the peak up to -1.0dB. With discussion here of people choosing not to apply gain and use replaygain, I figured some may prefer to continue not applying gain, but want to make use of a tool that simplifies the process of going from SACD to flac. Simply uncheck the box, and no gain will be applied, if that's your preference.
Once everything is setup and you have an iso or folder chosen, or a disc ready to go in a player with the correct ip filled in, press run process, and away it goes. You can follow along with the process in the command prompt window that is opened.
The flac files are saved in the format of Stereo_FLAC\artist - album\track - title and Multichannel_FLAC\artist - album\track - title.
Tagging relies on the metadata of the SACD, which is better than nothing, but not perfect. I find a lot of incorrect or not filled in genres, sometimes song titles include the track number, sometimes all caps are used, so if you're particular about things like that, you may want to clean that up a bit with something like mp3tag.
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