joelha Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Note: I told the PS3 thread I would announce what I've found, so I am writing this first post, long before I am ready to (i.e I don't have the links ready yet, nor the instructions). I expect my second post to be ready in a few more days. Thanks to some very ingenious folks on other forums around the world, Mr Wicked's sacd_extract.exe has been found to be effective in ripping SACDS in those players that: 1) have Mediatek chips MT8580 (like Oppo 103/105, Cambridge Audio 752bd/cxu, Pioneer bdp-lx58/88 ) or MT8560 (like Pioneer BDP-160/170 and 180) 2) have an ethernet connection 3) have normal factory firmwares (meaning no mods) The process involves two major steps: 1) create a USB thumb drive that contains an Autoscript program and a Telnet program, then plug it into your player to have it boot up with these scripts 2) using something like Putty (Windows, for example) Telnet from a computer into the BD/SACD/universal player above, then run a command line file that starts the ISO extraction. Both of these steps require links that I will either edit here, or create a new post with them. I am still quite confused as to whether some of these files are different based on Mediatek chip version, of if this is all universal. Here is an idea of the process (google translated and simplified) 01 – Folder AutoScript contain a server program (daemon) to rip original SACD discs 02 – Folder sacd_extract contain a windows client sacd_extract.exe and a file sacd.cmd. You should put this folder on a drive or partition with enough space to create .iso image. Edit sacd.cmd file with Notepad or another editor to change the IP address of the player. PC must be on the same network with the player 03 – Prepare clean USB stick 04 – Copy AutoScript folder with 3 files inside to the root of USB stick 05 – Disconnect from the player all USB devices 06 – Restart the player 07 – Check the Player menu and save IP address of the lan interface. Don’t forget to edit sacd.cmd 08 – It’s better to disable disc Autoplay 09 – Insert prepared USB stick into the player 10 – Wait until the tray is ejected 11 – Remove USB stick from your player 12 – Put sacd disc in tray 13 – Press the Close button 14 – Wait until the disc is recognized by the player 15 – From the Windows run sacd.cmd file and the ripping process should start 16 – To rip another SACD make sure that the sacd_extract.exe worked until the end, eject the tray with previous disc and repeat steps 11-15 17 – Be sure to reboot the player at the end! Net/net, don't sell your Oppo/Cambridge/Pioneer players (and add to this list if you know of any more). I will have links to the Autoscript, Autoscrpt.TSS and sacd.cmd as soon as possible, along with some screen shots, if possible. I wanted to get this out there. Caveat: as with the PS3, this ripping process is ONLY intended for those who already own the SACD discs, for archiving or personal file-based playback purposes. Please do not pirate!! Who else would be the first to report on this if not you, Ted? So my big questions are, is the ripping process performed in real time and no faster? I'm guessing that would be the case, but I hate to guess. And second, is there a difference in sound quality between the discs ripped on these machines vs. the PS3? I ask because I've heard that some other modded OPPO rips can sound better than those coming from the PS3 for some reason. Thanks a lot for the great information, Ted. Joel Link to comment
joelha Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Joel,the ripping times are exactly like the PS3, i.e about 2-3mb/sec and therefore about 20 minutes or so. Thanks Ted. Any reported differences with the sound quality of the discs ripped with this method? Joel Sent from my SM-G928V using Computer Audiophile mobile app Link to comment
joelha Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 Does the software hack for the PS3 and Pioneer, etc. units only work for SACD's or will it work for CD's and Bluray's as well? Maybe a silly question but (obviously), I don't know the answer. Joel Link to comment
joelha Posted August 4, 2022 Share Posted August 4, 2022 I just checked on my own PS3 and it won't rip a redbook disc using version .36. So unless a more recent version can rip redbook, I'll have to assume, at least for now, that it can't be done. Joel Link to comment
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