dts 5.1 wav to DVD-A or just to DVD-Video

[David A]

This is driving me mad, I have some (well lots) wav files that are dts 5.1 and are in wav format. I can play them through the PC using MPC and they show as they should be DTS 5.1. All good.

To get the car to play them (panamera) they apparently need to be in dvd-audio format. Saying that I stuck frozen with a dts 5.1 soundtrack in the changer and it worked for that so DVD-Video would work (there was no picture just audio)

Mastering a DVD-Audio disc seems to be a black art or even just how do I get these wav files onto a dvd-video easily.

One catch - they are 44.1Khz sample rate so for video I know they need to be up sampled (and I have a trial of mediacoder going). For DVD-A I'm not sure but I think they are ok at 44.1.

If any of this means anything to anyone please help !

[allnighter]

Have look at this link and see if it helps:

http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/452-how-...

[David A]

allnighter said:

Have look at this link and see if it helps:

http://www.computeraudiophile.com/content/452-how-...

Wrong way round - thats all about ripping i.e. copying off a dvd-a disc.

I want to create a dvd-a disc (or dvd video with just audio)

[David A]

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[Magic919]

If you just want to play them in the car, MP3 would be simpler.

[David A]

Magic919 said:

If you just want to play them in the car, MP3 would be simpler.

Which I have and lots of, but I want to get the dts files I've got to play in the car as dts files.

[Magic919]

Linn have some good suggestions on their site. http://www.linnrecords.com/linn-dvd-audio.aspx

[JimbobVFR]

You're right that being 44.1 is a problem as far as burning a DVD goes but it does open up a different non intuitive option.

It sounds bizarre but just write the WAV files as an audio CD using your usual method (Make sure your software isn't doing any sort of DSP or RG with the files)

This worked in the past to let me play a DTS WAV file at 44.1 using a standard CD player connected via a digital connection to my AV amp.

Be very careful playing the resultant CD only on a system capable of DTS, it can knacker speakers if played back on a conventional stereo.

[David A]

JimbobVFR said:

You're right that being 44.1 is a problem as far as burning a DVD goes but it does open up a different non intuitive option.

It sounds bizarre but just write the WAV files as an audio CD using your usual method (Make sure your software isn't doing any sort of DSP or RG with the files)

This worked in the past to let me play a DTS WAV file at 44.1 using a standard CD player connected via a digital connection to my AV amp.

Be very careful playing the resultant CD only on a system capable of DTS, it can knacker speakers if played back on a conventional stereo.

You mean write them as files or write an audio cd?

I tried as files and got hissing (much like if I use windows media player rather than MPC on the PC)

[JimbobVFR]

Audio CD. The software and the player will think it's just a standard PCM WAV, it's only once the bitstream gets to the AVR that it's recognised as a DTS stream.

This might explain it better
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/5.1_Music_Disc

[David A]

JimbobVFR said:

Audio CD. The software and the player will think it's just a standard PCM WAV, it's only once the bitstream gets to the AVR that it's recognised as a DTS stream.

This might explain it better
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/5.1_Music_Disc

Woo hoo

Thank-you. That seems to have worked.

Now can I burn them to audio dvd i.e. there is more room on a dvd than a cd so I can put a lot of albums on one?

[JimbobVFR]

Not easily no I don't think so. You can't resample an encapsulated format like DTS, I guess you could decode, resample and then encode back to DTS but not sure if that's possible at home.

[David A]

JimbobVFR said:

Not easily no I don't think so. You can't resample an encapsulated format like DTS, I guess you could decode, resample and then encode back to DTS but not sure if that's possible at home.

Boo sucks. Its a shame the system doesn't read the wavs from the usb (mp3s are fine) and decode them properly. Only seems to work via the cd/dvd changer.

[JimbobVFR]

I'd give it a very slim chance of working but have you tried playing via a Use stick after changing the file name from *.WAV to *.DTS

[David A]

JimbobVFR said:

I'd give it a very slim chance of working but have you tried playing via a Use stick after changing the file name from *.WAV to *.DTS

Yup and nope