SACD Ripping using an Oppo or Pioneer? Yes, it's true!

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I have seen some Pioneer BDP-80FD  "factory refurbished" units for a pretty good price. 

 

Were there software updates to the BDP-80FD that might be loaded on these that would preclude using them for SACD ripping?

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Thanks, One and a half. 

 

There's a lot of pages to hash through.  Was most concerned with a manufacturer update closing the "back door", like the PS3 firmware updates.

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Success!

 

I bought the last refurb Pioneer BDP-80FD from Accessories4Less a couple of weeks back, finally got enough free time to give it a try. 

 

My wifi isn't all that great - I had the process stop a couple of times when I was too far away from the router - but it works just fine as long as I'm not in the far corner of the house. 

 

I am using ISO2DSD from the Sonore website to convert the ISOs to DSF. Works fine in Win 10, but I had to download a Java program. Tagging from the meta data for JRiver is fine (for the handful of disks I have ripped) but I have to find cover art - no big deal. 

 

A big thank you to everybody that who worked on putting this together and worked the kinks out!

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I have a handful of first generation CD's that have been reissued, and the original cover art isn't out there, but the replacements are good enough.  A couple of classical CD's, no artwork anywhere I could find.  Photos work. But I haven't ripped all of my classical CDs yet.  I expect SACDs won't be an issue.

 

Local/Regional artists/groups can be impossible if their websites lapse.

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Came across an issue ripping the DG box set of von Karajan's 1962 Beethoven cycle.  Apparently, on disc 3, Symphony  #5 tracks 3 & 4 are both "Allegro".  Disc 5 Symphony #9, tracks 4 & 5 are both "Presto"

 

looks like iso2dsd didn't create or save the second example in each instance

 

any way around this?

 

 

 

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The issue isn't really that it's a multi-disc set;  I did rip them individually and moved them into individual folders to keep the iso files separated, as they all generated with the same iso file name. 

 

It's the naming convention within the individual discs.  Disc 3 has two sequential tracks named "Presto" and disc 5 has two sequential tracks named "Allegro".