Mindset reports both the S6500 and S6700 use Linux kernel version 3.10.26 with MediaTek MTK8580DJAG (armv7L) chipsets.
Rip SACD with a Blu-ray player
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Mindset reports both the S6500 and S6700 use Linux kernel version 3.10.26 with MediaTek MTK8580DJAG (armv7L) chipsets.
Based on this I picked up a brand new BDP-S6700 from the local Target for $99. Now I don't have to worry about getting my 3 PS3s repaired.
I looked and both my local Best Buy and Target did not have the unit in stock anymore and oddly, they would not ship it to me either, it was local store pickup only for some reason. The closest option was a Best Buy 37 miles away and a toll bridge across the Hudson River, in Clarkstown, NY. No thanks.
B&H now lists it as "out of stock, more coming in 7-14 days", they are usually very accurate with that sort of thing but sometimes they will change that status to "no longer available", so I picked up an open box unit at $65 instead.
Crutchfield is listing the S6700 as "temporarily out of stock, expected 6/29".
After I'm done with it I can repurpose it over at my dear Mother's house, where the DVD player in her spare/guest bedroom just died after many years of service. Ironically, it was a Sony DVD/CD/SACD player I had given her as a Christmas gift something like 15 years ago.
Best Buy is now showing that you can order them for store pickup next week. A number of Target stores in the Houston area still have them in stock.
Good move, those PS3s have no doubt seen their better day, it likely wouldn't be cheap to fix them.
These S6700 units are the first SACD rip compatible new-in-box Blu-ray players available since sometime in 2017, when the last of the OPPO and Pioneer units left the store shelves.
Just want to give a shout out to MikeyFresh for continuing this thread which after two years plus continues to be so informed and interesting. I haven’t gotten around to actually ripping my SACDs yet but the task remains near the top of my
“Go Ahead and Try This and Then Embarass Yourself Once Again With Your Inability To Grasp Technology” list.
Anyway, thanks Mikey!
“Go Ahead and Try This and Then Embarass Yourself Once Again With Your Inability To Grasp Technology” list.
Anyway, thanks Mikey!
Thank you, I really do appreciate that.
Don't worry, we'll walk you through it no sweat. Maybe check stock at the local Best Buy or Target on that soon to be added to the compatibility list Sony BDP-S6700, it will cost you more than a used piece, but it's also brand new and you won't have to deal with any sketchy eBay sellers or guess about high mileage on an already old machine.
Good afternoon to all!
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To all thread participants, thank you, and Happy SACD ripping!
As June 2020 nears its close, this thread has surpassed 200,000 views, now with 1,728 posts. In just over 25 months since inception, it is the most viewed thread in HiFi Haven history.
We count HFH members here from the USA, Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico, Columbia, Brazil, Chile, UK, Germany, France, Hungary, Switzerland, Finland, Norway, Czech Republic, Spain, Greece, Romania, Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Lithuania, Austria, Ukraine, Portugal, Sweden, Japan, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Hong Kong, India, Russia, China, and Taiwan... This month we welcome one new member country participant, now 37 participating member countries represented.
Also in June we welcome @EugenF and his new sacd_extract v3.9.3 to HiFi Haven, and we welcome back @Nexus3 and his new ARMinfo script, as well as his discovery of a new Pioneer Blu-ray player model added to the compatible list. We also eagerly await more news from mindset on the availability of a new AutoScript he has developed that potentially opens compatibility to the Sony BDP-S6500, and S6700 player models. Stay tuned!
To all thread participants, thank you, and Happy SACD ripping!
That is a fair price for a new product 👍.
Please do try out these info scripts - I would like to know, whether they fully run on the new Linux kernel.
Will do, I probably won't have time till this weekend.
I could not get the ARMinfo scripts to run on an S6700, the player does acknowledge the insertion of the USB flash drive as the LED activity light flashes twice, but the disc tray does not open, and no .txt files are present on the flash drive after a good long wait.
Hi everybody!
After finding this thread a few weeks ago, I yesterday got a Sony BDP-S490 (30 Euros) to check this out. I'm really excited about it.
Basic functional check for BD and SACD: performing as expected.
Connect it to my home network via Internet router: no problem
Checking this by ping from my PC: works
iso2dsd_gui v9 is already installed.
Checked for free space on the drive - 2.5 TB should be sufficient to start this ;-)
Creating USB drive for AutoScript - folder content looks like this:
Starting iso2dsd_gui and entering IP-address.
Inserting USB drive into Sony: tray opens after approximetely 5 seconds.
Inserting SACD and closing tray.
When Sony display shows summarized track length, extract USB drive - Sony shows missing USB media on screen.
Click 'Execute' button in iso2dsd_gui - nothing happens.
In the iso2dsd_gui folder no subfolder for the disc is created.
I tried several slightly different variants of this regarding wait time until taking the USB drive out of the Sony, or even letting it in the Sony - nothing changes.
Any ideas?
Is the AutoScript folder content shown above correct?
PC config: XEON, 128 GB RAM, Win 10 Pro
Additional information added: occasionally the Sony freezes when trying to run the ripping process. Only pulling an re-inserting the mains plug will bring it back to life.
EDIT:
Solved ... 🥳
The problem was: sleep mode was disabled in the player's setup menu.
After finding this thread a few weeks ago, I yesterday got a Sony BDP-S490 (30 Euros) to check this out. I'm really excited about it.
Basic functional check for BD and SACD: performing as expected.
Connect it to my home network via Internet router: no problem
Checking this by ping from my PC: works
iso2dsd_gui v9 is already installed.
Checked for free space on the drive - 2.5 TB should be sufficient to start this ;-)
Creating USB drive for AutoScript - folder content looks like this:
Starting iso2dsd_gui and entering IP-address.
Inserting USB drive into Sony: tray opens after approximetely 5 seconds.
Inserting SACD and closing tray.
When Sony display shows summarized track length, extract USB drive - Sony shows missing USB media on screen.
Click 'Execute' button in iso2dsd_gui - nothing happens.
In the iso2dsd_gui folder no subfolder for the disc is created.
I tried several slightly different variants of this regarding wait time until taking the USB drive out of the Sony, or even letting it in the Sony - nothing changes.
Any ideas?
Is the AutoScript folder content shown above correct?
PC config: XEON, 128 GB RAM, Win 10 Pro
Additional information added: occasionally the Sony freezes when trying to run the ripping process. Only pulling an re-inserting the mains plug will bring it back to life.
EDIT:
Solved ... 🥳
The problem was: sleep mode was disabled in the player's setup menu.
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Thanks for testing MikeyFresh, that does not sound too good though - coming up with a working AutoRip script might take longer this time.
Good evening simplex,
I think your excitement can be increased even a bit more
. You mentioned here that you own a Yamaha BD-A1020 player.This model was released back in autumn 2012 and could very well carry Linux kernel version 2.6.35.
If you want to find out whether it might support SACD ripping, take a look at these info scripts first and report back (with the text files).
Happy testing.
Hi Nexus3,I think your excitement can be increased even a bit more
This model was released back in autumn 2012 and could very well carry Linux kernel version 2.6.35.
Actually I wondered whether my Yamaha might support ripping this afternoon when trying to get the Sony solution up and running. I will certainly check this out due to sheer curiosity.
For practical use though, it might be better to keep the cheap Sony close to the desktop PC I use for all audio and photo purpose. I do not expect an audible difference in the ripped files, should be bit by bit in both cases.
Best regards.
.New member here. I am so glad I stumbled across this thread. I have a small SACD and DVD-A collect and found DVD Audio Extractor to handle my DVD-A discs. I found a Sony S5100 on EBay and have it coming in a few days. I noticed mention of the Sony S6700, but not much around that one. Seeing can buy a new one for $99 and it does 4K it might be a decent player to hold onto even for casual UHD use even though I rip all my 4K media. I am still sifting through this thread still to figure out what I need to do, but I don’t know that I have seen that someone has been successful ripping their SACDs with the S6700. Did I miss that or just that it has the right OS and such, but no one has actually ripped with it yet?
Welcome to HFH, we're glad you did too!
Excellent, that model is tried and true.
Well it does not do actual 4k UHD, only upscaled or "near UHD", many of these SACD rip compatible models will do the same, but so far no compatible model does true 4k UHD, only upscaling.
One person (a software developer extraordinaire) has managed it so far, that AutoScript version is in beta at this time and as such it is not officially on the compatibility list. One major concern is with the S6500/6700 firmware version. With all of the known working compatible models on the current list, all known firmware versions work, so any machine you buy on that list will have a working firmware to the best of our knowledge. The S6500/6700 is a brand new finding, we do not yet know if there are any non-working firmwares, or if the firmware version can be rolled back if there was ever an update pushed by Sony that blocked compatibility. That is being looked into right now, so for the time being we can't list that model as definitely compatible nor encourage anyone to buy it with the intention of ripping SACD, it may not work. Current developments there are of concern, so for now the S6500/6700 will stay off the compatibility list.
I got a Sony BDP-S5100 off eBay just for this. It is working. I transferred the A1neo files to a new drive (SanDisk 256GB) just out of the package. I removed all the files that came with the drive before I put on the three A1neo files.
I turned the BDP-S5100 on and plugged the USB drive in. Nothing happened.
I can find nothing in the menu for the Quick Startup" option or the "Auto Disc Playback" option.
Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
I know a friend who got it to work on his Oppo BDP-103 two days ago when I told him about the site. He was very happy to have this. I am getting crickets.
Thanks for your time.
I turned the BDP-S5100 on and plugged the USB drive in. Nothing happened.
I can find nothing in the menu for the Quick Startup" option or the "Auto Disc Playback" option.
Any ideas what I am doing wrong?
I know a friend who got it to work on his Oppo BDP-103 two days ago when I told him about the site. He was very happy to have this. I am getting crickets.
Thanks for your time.
Just to add some more info. When I look on the TV the USB stick with the A1neo files shows like any USB stick. I used a 2TB hard drive with music on it and the BDP-S5100 could select a file and it plays. I tried the front and rear USB slots and both work. The drive works and plays CDs, SACDs, DVDs and Blu Rays. This unit is fully functional.
I tried the USB stick with the A1neo files with the HDMI plugged in and removed. I put it to factory reset settings. Nothing helps, the A1neo program does not run, the tray does not open.
Again thanks for your time.
Hello ARDA, you not only need the files but the "AutoScript" (& the files in it) folder as well.
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