I'm not even sure there are any functioning CDS units full stop.

If the data blocks could be converted back to a bitstream then there is possibly a chance of reverse engineering the compression, it is a PCM codec so there is no psychoacoustic algorithm, but there is redundant data/metadata etc.

(2026-06-27, 08:42 PM)zoidberg Wrote: I'm not even sure there are any functioning CDS units full stop.

If the data blocks could be converted back to a bitstream then there is possibly a chance of reverse engineering the compression, it is a PCM codec so there is no psychoacoustic algorithm, but there is redundant data/metadata etc.

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