> > Ripping it to FLAC stores it properly by default. If you playback a HDCD encoded
> FLAC
> > file through Foobar2000 it will pickup the HDCD stuff and play it back. It also
> tells
> > you what HDCD features the track uses.
>
> That's not what I want. I want to decode it to linear PCM so I can play or re-encode
> the resulting file with things that aren't HDCD-aware. (I don't like HDCD in
> principle - sacrificing resolution to get a bit more dynamic range and causing peak
> distortion on standard equipment isn't a trade-off I support. Sucks that there are a
> bunch of CDs mastered as HDCD that don't mention it on the packaging, too.)
You need sox: http://sourceforge.net/projects/sox
I used it a couple of times to convert 24bit 192k wavs to conventional 16bit 44.1k flac without distortion or clipping (you'll most probably have to play with negative gains).
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