ripping to Flac problems

[tgd]

Hello,

I am starting a long effort of ripping all my CD to FLAC format
I did rip already some of those using the following options:
-LossLess Level 5 encoding
-checked option: after encoding verify audio
-DSP RG ReplayGain -albummode="0"
-DSP HD HDCD

--> Conversion is running ok
--> while using a tool to check the file: FLAC TESTER diagnostic is ok
But while using a flac player on my MS laptop: foobar2000 or playing on my CambridgeAudio player there is only noise coming out of it and not music

Anybody, could advise me on this problem
thx in advance & best regards
Tgd

P.S. I would like to post an example but I guess it is not possible to add attachements

[garym]

Re: ripping to Flac problems

why are you using the DSP HD HDCD?

are these 5.1 files?

[tgd]

Re: ripping to Flac problems

I am using the option as in the help it is mentioned that it is safe to use this function even for non HDCD material and that they would keep it to 16 bit
--> I will do a test without this option and let you know

[pablogm123]

Re: ripping to Flac problems

If you own any (relatively) modern CPU, go for FLAC -8 mode. Anyway, your CPU will encode files faster than your CD/DVD drive extracts content.

And delete HDCD DSP. For me, it's better extract the HDCD content untouched (you cannot undo this conversion to get the original content), and post-process later creating a new copy decoded and converted to 24 bit, using the music converter. You can identify HDCD CDs because they features a HDCD logo.