Is it possible to keep Dolby 5.1 or DTS ?

[K_cin_az]

I havent purchased a dvd burner just yet. To me sound is just as important as picture. I know DVD xcopy does carry over the 5.1/dts audio, least it claims to (is this fact?!). But I want to be able to use one of the many shrinking methods explained on this page, or even pinnacles software that does if for you. My question is their any shrinking method from dvd9 to dvd5 that will keep dts/5.1 audio. I realize picture wont be original quality through the shrinking.

thanks so much, this site is friggin awsome!!

[Vejita-sama]

Yes, most do. There really is no need to lower the bitrate of compressed ac3 audio for most DVD backups.

[wingnut]

Hi there,

yes you can keep the sound if you are creating a DVD backup. DVD Shrink et al all output the original sound with one proviso. IF you choose re-encode and custom streams and then choose which audio tracks to keep, make sure that you pick the DD 5.1 / DTS versions and not just a 2.0 stereo/dolby matrix surround track. I believe 2.0 tracks are becoming rarer nowadays as studios leave dolby surround downmixing to the DVD player in the event that you dont have a Dolby digital compliant amplifier.

Check out www.doom9.org guides for more info or for a usefull DVD shrink guide.

Cheers

Edz

[Bc-Zero]

If you cut the special effects and all the other languages you can keep DTS/DD and have no video loss quality, the only limit I have found on "backups" is that I can't do this on anything over 2 hours and 42 mins or so that doesn't have any special features. Like HP2 for example, my little sister wanted a copy and I couldn't back one up for her. To big and not enough info to take out. I could care less about special features, watch them once and that's it, if you really want to see them again put the original in, and as for languages, I'm not goint to watch something in french or spanish, etc.