Hi
I was considering the oppo DV-980 as my primary use will be for audio. However I have some doubts about if this player is suitable for the following requirements:
1. USB connect should allow external HDD filesystem navigation
2. Capability to play WMV/FLAC encoded files. I know the disc player supports WMA, but will the HDD files encoded in WMA/WMV/FLAC also play?
2.a Will the Oppo allow playlists to be created from my HDD collection?
3. If 1 & 2 don't work, then option is to transcode my ripped HDD collection and burn DVD-A and play it downmixed to 2 ch. stereo. Objective is not to try and acheive the same dynamic range or quality that the studio mastered DVD-A will give rather to have a large navigable collection in a single disk - cheaper than buying cd changers. My source will be the 2ch stereo encoded files anyways.
4. In the case of 3 might as well go for the DV-981-HD right? Only I heard that 980 gives more faithful sound reproduction. I will have no use of the DVD-A bass management feature or the on-board Faroudja DCDi video processing chip as my PC monitor Dell 2408WFP already has this chip. ( So why pay for it?) so 2 ch downmix for DVD-A is my only concern.
5. I want only video to go via HDMI and transfer the stereo to my amp via analog out. Is it possible? I think not, but possibly via monitor > amp aux input right?
Thanks a lot for any inputs you might have.
Regards
I was considering the oppo DV-980 as my primary use will be for audio. However I have some doubts about if this player is suitable for the following requirements:
1. USB connect should allow external HDD filesystem navigation
2. Capability to play WMV/FLAC encoded files. I know the disc player supports WMA, but will the HDD files encoded in WMA/WMV/FLAC also play?
2.a Will the Oppo allow playlists to be created from my HDD collection?
3. If 1 & 2 don't work, then option is to transcode my ripped HDD collection and burn DVD-A and play it downmixed to 2 ch. stereo. Objective is not to try and acheive the same dynamic range or quality that the studio mastered DVD-A will give rather to have a large navigable collection in a single disk - cheaper than buying cd changers. My source will be the 2ch stereo encoded files anyways.
4. In the case of 3 might as well go for the DV-981-HD right? Only I heard that 980 gives more faithful sound reproduction. I will have no use of the DVD-A bass management feature or the on-board Faroudja DCDi video processing chip as my PC monitor Dell 2408WFP already has this chip. ( So why pay for it?) so 2 ch downmix for DVD-A is my only concern.
5. I want only video to go via HDMI and transfer the stereo to my amp via analog out. Is it possible? I think not, but possibly via monitor > amp aux input right?
Thanks a lot for any inputs you might have.
Regards