Queen - DVD audio releases

I only have The Game. :-(

Marknow wrote:

I only have The Game.  :-(

Did you rip the stereo LPCM audio from it. It's way louder than the 2011 CD remasters, right?

Play The Game (The Orb) 24/48 stereo LPCM (0dB peaks shown in red)
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Play The Game (DVD Audio Disc) 24/96 stereo LPCM (0dB peaks shown in red)
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I ripped the 5.1 to wav, but preserved the six channels. What program have you used in the above screen caps? Quite a noticeable difference there.

Audacity.

I did a straight 5.1 wav rip with Vegas, very handy. Here is a look at PTG from The Game.

Is it peaking at 0.dB?

Not to sure tbh, I did the rip without normalising the audio level, maybe that's it? The Left and Right are off the scale in some places as you can see. Here is another screen of PTG in Adobe Audition. 24/96

Thanks Mark, do you have a graph of your 24/96 stereo LPCM rip though?

Here you are PTG 24/96 wav.

Looks about the same as my rip, but mine peaks at 0.dB.
That graph seems to indicate you normalised at -1.00dB.

The DVD-A stereo are very different mixes from the multi channels, the stereos are the original album mix. Generally the 96/24 stereo suffers loudness wars, whereas the 5.1 MLP tracks don't. The 5.1 rips from the Queen DVD-As I've seen look a lot better than the ones given here, something doesn't add up.

I agree Owen. The 24/96 stereo LPCM is WAY too loud! The 24/96 5.1 MLP levels look ok in comparison. Play The Game (DVD Audio Disc) 24/96 5.1 MLP (0dB peaks shown in red)

So in conclusion, the levels on the DVD Audio Disc 24/96 stereo LPCM peak at 0dB much more often than the 5.1 MLP. This ultimately results in a much louder experience overall. I used DVD Audio Extractor to rip, and the result is shown below. As it rips the audio direct from the Vob files I can't see how the levels would be anything but an exact replication of what's on the disc. Bohemian Rhapsody (DVD Audio Disc) 24/96 stereo LPCM (0dB peaks shown in red)

The 24/96 stereo LPCM levels on the Blu-Ray Pure Audi Disc seem a lot more acceptable (although the 5.1 levels are still quite high!) Bohemian Rhapsody - ANATO 24/96 (Blu-Ray Pure Audio Disc) stereo LPCM (0dB peaks shown in red) Sadly it's from the 2011 masters though.

Marknow wrote: You can do a uncompressed rip to pcm .wav 96/24 with Sony Vegas v12.

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