Can DVD-ROMs play DVD-Audio discs?

shaun3000 · 04-13-01, 01:59 PM

I know it's a dumb question, but... can they? I assume they can, and ya just need to get software that can play it, right?

So, if this is the case, is there any software out there that plays DVD-Audio?

X · 04-13-01, 02:25 PM

Never saw any software that could do that -- yet.

I think the industry would discourage it as they do not want that music copied. That's why the players output decoded analog signals, not a digital stream to be decoded by the receiver.

bluesman · 04-20-01, 03:18 PM

Most DVD-Roms will play DVD-Audio Discs, as will most DVD Players. You just won't get the High quality audio or Special Video content. It will be Dolby Digital or DTS.

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shaun3000 DVD Talk Hall of Fame Join Date: Jul 1999 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 7,753	I know it's a dumb question, but... can they? I assume they can, and ya just need to get software that can play it, right? So, if this is the case, is there any software out there that plays DVD-Audio?

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X Administrator Join Date: Oct 1987 Location: AA- Posts: 10,122	Never saw any software that could do that -- yet. I think the industry would discourage it as they do not want that music copied. That's why the players output decoded analog signals, not a digital stream to be decoded by the receiver.