HDCD revisited.
 

"Eiron" wrote in message
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Someone has managed to reverse-engineer HDCD encoding:
http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~cjk32/hdcd

So now it's easy to decode an HDCD to a 24-bit file


Is it?, easy I mean.

I downloaded those files but cannot work out how to use them, can you offer
any help?

David.

HDCD revisited.
 

David Looser wrote:
"Eiron" wrote in message
...
Someone has managed to reverse-engineer HDCD encoding:
http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~cjk32/hdcd

So now it's easy to decode an HDCD to a 24-bit file


Is it?, easy I mean.

I downloaded those files but cannot work out how to use them, can you offer
any help?

David.


Put the file somewhere in your path then
hdcd -o output file input file
or
hdcd -h

--
Eiron.

HDCD revisited.
 

"Eiron" wrote in message
...
David Looser wrote:
"Eiron" wrote in message
...
Someone has managed to reverse-engineer HDCD encoding:
http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~cjk32/hdcd

So now it's easy to decode an HDCD to a 24-bit file


Is it?, easy I mean.

I downloaded those files but cannot work out how to use them, can you
offer any help?

David.


Put the file somewhere in your path then
hdcd -o output file input file
or
hdcd -h



Are you talking about DOS?, I haven't used it in years and have largely
forgotten it. And which "file" are you talking about?

David.

HDCD revisited.
 

David Looser wrote:
"Eiron" wrote in message
...
David Looser wrote:
"Eiron" wrote in message
...
Someone has managed to reverse-engineer HDCD encoding:
http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~cjk32/hdcd

So now it's easy to decode an HDCD to a 24-bit file

Is it?, easy I mean.

I downloaded those files but cannot work out how to use them, can you
offer any help?

David.


Put the file somewhere in your path then
hdcd -o output file input file
or
hdcd -h



Are you talking about DOS?, I haven't used it in years and have largely
forgotten it. And which "file" are you talking about?

See that url at the top of the page?
That has a few zip files. Get the latest and unzip it to get hdcd.exe.
If you're running XP or something similar, put hdcd.exe in C:\WINDOWS
then in the Start menu, select 'Run' and type 'cmd' in the box.
Then change directory to where your wav files are and type 'hdcd ...'

--
Eiron.

HDCD revisited.
 

"Eiron" wrote in message
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See that url at the top of the page?
That has a few zip files. Get the latest and unzip it to get hdcd.exe.
If you're running XP or something similar, put hdcd.exe in C:\WINDOWS
then in the Start menu, select 'Run' and type 'cmd' in the box.
Then change directory to where your wav files are and type 'hdcd ...'


Yes, I saw the URL and downloaded all the zip files. I didn't realise that I
only needed one, I wondered why there were so many.

OK I'll give it a go. Thanks for your help, and apologies for being so
dense.

David.

HDCD revisited.
 

"Eiron" wrote in message
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Then change directory to where your wav files are and type 'hdcd ...'


How do I change directory? I tried cdir and chdir but neither worked.

David.

HDCD revisited.
 

David Looser wrote:
"Eiron" wrote in message
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Then change directory to where your wav files are and type 'hdcd ...'


How do I change directory? I tried cdir and chdir but neither worked.

David.




cd

don

HDCD revisited.
 

"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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cd

don

Thanks. I did say it was a long time since I've used DOS (and in those days
I stayed as far away from computers as I could!)

I'll keep experimenting, I'm sure I'll get there in the end.

David.

HDCD revisited.
 

"David Looser" wrote in message
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"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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cd

don

Thanks. I did say it was a long time since I've used DOS (and in those
days I stayed as far away from computers as I could!)

I'll keep experimenting, I'm sure I'll get there in the end.


I've been bashing away at this, but have yet to get the program to work.

Could anyone tell me *exactly* what string to type at the command prompt
(having changed directory to the one with the 16 bit files) if I wish to
convert a file called "track1.wav" to 24 bit?

Thanks in advance and apologies for being so thick.

David.

HDCD revisited.
 

David Looser wrote:
"David Looser" wrote in message
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"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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cd

don
Thanks. I did say it was a long time since I've used DOS (and in those
days I stayed as far away from computers as I could!)

I'll keep experimenting, I'm sure I'll get there in the end.


I've been bashing away at this, but have yet to get the program to work.

Could anyone tell me *exactly* what string to type at the command prompt
(having changed directory to the one with the 16 bit files) if I wish to
convert a file called "track1.wav" to 24 bit?

Thanks in advance and apologies for being so thick.
hdcd -o newtrack.wav track1.wav
Assuming you put hdcd.exe in a directory in your path.
To check, type PATH
If it says 'hdcd' is not recognized as an internal or external command...
then it isn't in your path.

and hdcd -h gives the options.

--
Eiron.