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Software HDCD Decoding?
Toshito asks: "I found that I have several CD's with HDCD encoding. I understand that these CD's contain a 20 bits stream encoded in the 16 bits (the original signal is truncated at 15 bits). A standard CD player will play the 15 bits version, but you have to get a HDCD compatible player to access the 20 bits version. My question is: do you know of any way to decode this stream on a computer with software only? Is the decodind method secret and only available in chip (hardware) form?"
talk to Microsoft about licensing it, as they purchased Pacific Microsonics....
Okay, I know this is dumb, but at first I read this as, "the purchased Pacific Histrionics, which seems very much like the sort of company Microsoft would want to purchase.
Well, it amused me, anyway.