U2 - Rattle And Hum (DVD-Video Audio Demux - AC3 6ch to PCM Stereo - 16bit/48kHz)

Contrast Clause:

- This post is an upgrade from my previous post !

- On my previous post, I used Castudio DVD Audio Extractor and the AC3 2ch track.
- I don't like DVD Audio Extractor for converting AC3 to WAV, in fact, I don't like any DVD Audio Extractor at all.
- I prefer using DVD Decrypter to extract AC3 and then convert it to WAV using foobar2000.
- If a DVD contains a PCM track, again, DVD Decrypter is the best option.

- This time I used DVD Decrypter for ripping the DVD.
- I used the AC3 6ch track (instead of 2ch) and converted it to stereo using foobar2000 (Convert 5.1 to stereo).
- The 6ch is more powerful and bright than the 2ch, all the instruments and voice are very clear.

- Compare With or Without You from previous post & this new post (sample in MP3 VBR -V0).

- The original DVD does not contain a PCM track (lossless), not even the Blu-ray Disc edition, that's why I had to use the AC3 6ch (lossy), anyway, the audio quality is excellent.

- I did not downsample to RedBook format (16bit/44KHz), so, if you want to burn and play this on a standalone CD player, you'll have to downsample yourself using any audio editor like Sound Forge, Audacity, etc…

- NO normalization or edition was done on the audio ! What I extracted is what you get.

- I made some artwork (front, back, disc 1 & disc 2) in case you like to put the RedBook format in a jewelcase.







Lineage:

- DVD Decrypter: DVD ripped from official DVD-Video
- Stream processing: Demux
- Stream information: 0x81 - Audio - AC3 / 6ch / 48kHz / DRC / English
- Foobar2000: Convert 5.1 to Stereo
- CD Wave Editor: Cuesheet
- WavPack Frontend: normal compression


Technical information:

Previous Audio Details: AC3

- File Name: VTS_01_1 - 0x81 - Audio - AC3 - 6ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY -66ms.AC3
- File Size: 316MB (332 251 136 bytes)
- Duration: 1:38:53.056 (284786688 samples)
- Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
- Channels: 6
- Bitrate: 448 kbps
- Codec: ATSC A/52 (Advanced Television Systems Committee)
- Encoding: lossy

Final Audio Details: WAV

- File Name: VTS_01_1 - 0x81 - Audio - AC3 - 6ch - 48kHz - DRC - English - DELAY -66ms.wav
- File Size: 1.06GB (1 139 146 796 bytes)
- Duration: 1:38:53.056 (284786688 samples)
- Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
- Channels: 2
- Bits Per Sample: 16
- Bitrate: 1536 kbps
- Codec: PCM (Pulse Code Modulation)
- Encoding: lossless (Actually it's not lossless since it comes from AC3).

- Codec used for lossless compression: WAVPACK Hybrid Lossless Audio Compressor Win32 Version 4.60.1
- Samplerate: 48000Hz Stereo / Bitrate: 16bit
- Self-Made artwork in 200 dpi, bmp format, no compression.
- It also includes 2 cuesheets (wv & wav) & sfv checksum file.










Rattle And Hum DVD Info:

- DVD Commercial Release: 1999
- Record Label: Paramount Home Video
- A Midnight Films production of a Phil Joanou film. Music produced by Jimmy Iovine. Produced by Michael Hamlyn, directed by Phil Joanou. The movie is 98 minutes in length. Contains 11 songs not included on the album "U2: Rattle and Hum".


Tracklist:

01. Helter Skelter (Live) - 3:11
02. Van Diemen's Land - 2:15
03. Interview #1 - 0:48
04. Desire (Demo) - 2:47
05. Interview #2 - 1:14
06. Exit/Gloria (Live) - 4:24
07. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (Rehearsal) - 4:38
08. Freedom For My People - 0:50
09. Silver And Gold (Live) - 5:56
10. Angel Of Harlem (Demo) - 3:42
11. All Along The Watchtower (Live) - 4:52
12. In God's Country (Live) - 2:47
13. When Love Comes To Town (Rehearsal/Live/Recital) - 5:46
14. Heartland - 4:09
15. Bad/Ruby Tuesday/Sympathy for the Devil (Live) - 8:16
16. Where The Streets Have No Name (Live) - 6:27
17. MLK (Live) - 2:02
18. With Or Without You (Live) - 5:25
19. The Star Spangled Banner - 0:28
20. Bullet The Blue Sky (Live) - 5:22
21. Running To Stand Still (Live) - 4:22
22. Sunday Bloody Sunday (Live) - 7:48
23. Pride (In The Name Of Love) (Live) - 4:47
24. All I Want Is You (in the final credits) - 6:36

Total Playtime: 1:38:53


Addition info:

Tracks 1,6,9,12,15,21,22,23: Live at Denver, CO, McNichols Arena, November 8th, 1987.
Track 11: Live at San Fransisco, CA, Justin Herman Plaza, "Save the Yuppie free concert", November 8th, 1987.
Tracks 16,17,18: Live at Tempe, AZ, Sun Devil Stadium, December 19th, 1987.
Tracks 19-20: Live at Tempe, AZ, Sun Devil Stadium, December 20th, 1987.

Track 1: written by Lennon & McCartney.
Track 2: written and performed solely by guitarist The Edge.
Track 7: feat. the New Voices of Freedom, a gospel choir.
Track 8: written and performed by Sterling Magee on guitar and percussion and Adam Gussow on harmonica.
Track 11: written by Bob Dylan.
Track 13: feat. B.B. King on guitar and vocals.
Track 19: performed by Jimi Hendrix. The recording used here is an excerpt of Hendrix's Woodstock performance in 1969.


Personnel:

- Bono – lead vocals, additional guitar, harmonica
- The Edge – guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Van Diemen's Land".
- Adam Clayton – bass guitar
- Larry Mullen, Jr. – drums, percussion


Guest performers:

- B. B. King – guitar and vocals on "When Love Comes to Town"
- Bob Dylan – Hammond organ on "Hawkmoon 269", vocals on "Love Rescue Me"
- The New Voices of Freedom – vocals on "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For"
- The Memphis Horns – horns on "Angel of Harlem" and "Love Rescue Me"
- Benmont Tench – Hammond organ on "All I Want Is You"


"What other band in our position would learn the chords of 'All Along The Watchtower' five minutes before they went on-stage, play it live and record it ? No-one." ~Bono

'We discovered a common bond between us and some of these older artists like B.B. King. When we met him there was a whole world of understanding and nothing needed to be said. That has been the pay-off of working ten years to get into this position. We no longer have to prove ourselves. It's in the music and people can hear it.' ~Adam