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In Reply to: Free is even better posted by Denis Powell on September 25, 2005 at 14:45:25:
the software *is* usable and provide the same basic functionality (just a bit harder to use, ok, maybe a *lot* harder) :-)*** surely $34.95 is well within your reach ***
well, i think Wavelab is already more than sufficient for my needs - it offers more functionality, such as the ability to rip (unprotected) DVD-As back into wave files. The latest version of Samplitude may be even better, but mucho dollars.
Besides, I don't believe in upsampling, and i certainly wouldn't trust the resample quality of a $34.95 package. But that's just me.
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The trouble with that Sourceforge project is that it is reverse engineered, and developed by "Analysing" commercial discs.
This is never going to produce a disc that will give reliable and correct playback.Free is not necessarily better.....
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Reverse engineering is arguably more reliable, because it duplicates reality, as opposed to specs. As we all know, not all authoring programs or all players adhere to the specs, so I would rather trust a program that uses the same format as existing discs that play on existing players rather than something built from the scratch based on a dubious interpretation of a spec book.Remember, every PC in the world today with an Award or AMI BIOS is based on partial reverse engineering of the IBM PC-AT BIOS (IBM published the original IBM PC BIOS, but not the AT BIOS or the PS/2 BIOS). Remember when the word "IBM PC clone"?
Sorry, I cannot agree with that statement.
The specs were written by consultation with all parties, and reverse engineering is not a good idea.It's just a cheap attempt to try & avoid buying the spec books.
There is quite simply no way that it can be a good application this way.
(I strongly suspect we will have to agree to differ though.
Each to their own)
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All Wintel PCs are based on partial reverse engineering. You can't buy a "Genuine IBM PC" anymore, since IBM no longer makes PCs.
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