DVD movie sound track question

[bladestorm]

Will the 5.1 sound track on a movie always play in 2ch. stereo on a non-surround setup?

[garryheather]

Yes - all DVD players have to support some degree of downmixing.

The same is NOT true with DTS, however - so don't get caught out.

[judgmentday]

But DTS sounds much much better thant Dolby. When I backup a movie, DTS is the first thing that I look for.

[Thunder In Paradise]

Actaully, I really don't have a preference on which sound format I like to include on my rips. By preference, I mean btw. Dolby Digital and DTS. I've watched movies in both formats, and most of the time I really can't tell the difference, and this was on a Bose Lifestyle II system. I tend to go with the Dolby Digital mix most of the time because it's simpler, and also it's only takes up like 1/3 to 1/2 the size that the DTS track does most of the time. Like with Gladiator, the damn DTS track was around 890MB I think, that's almost 1/4 of the DVD-R recording space! DTS included, I think not!

[garryheather]

But DTS sounds much much better thant Dolby. When I backup a movie, DTS is the first thing that I look for.

That very much depends on the listener.

Have you seen this article ? Granted it's by Dolby, but it's worth a look !

http://dolbysearch.dolby.com/tech/mp.in.0103.DigitalVsDTS.pdf