audio files > dvd

[ykz]

greetings,

i have an audio show recorded in 24 bit/96 kHz which i would like to put on dvd-r with some movie stills (my player supports that) but i can't afford DVDSP. Is there any freeware solution to do this?

cheers,
ykz

[terryj]

Do you have iMovie4.01, IDVD and Quicktime Pro?
if so just use them.
Use Quicktime Pro to dumb down the audio to 48Khz, 16 bit, AIFF.
Use iMovie to bring in the photo stills and create a slide show, setting transitions between stills.
bring in the Audio and set it to play the length of your slideshow.
Export the whole thing to IDVD, and then burn.

I just did a similar project where I created a Portfolio
DVD for a person, using Photos they had taken of their gallery paintings, and a 3min 22 sec audio track of just them
playing acoustic guitar. Exported to iDVD and used the Blue
Portfolio layout, came out nice.

[ykz]

Do you have iMovie4.01, IDVD and Quicktime Pro?
if so just use them.
Use Quicktime Pro to dumb down the audio to 48Khz, 16 bit, AIFF..

no imovie, no idvd. qt pro refuses to play the files (i read somewhere that QT cannot play 24/96 audiofiles). the only app that plays them correctly is soundhack (didn't try any shareware option right now).

thanks for trying to help!

cheers,
ykz

[terryj]

You have:
no iDVD
no iMovie

what do you have?!?

Without at least iMovie and iDVD, ore even Toast,
for the majority your stuck.

Also for the record:
Yes, the top end audio QT Pro will open is 64khz/24bit.
You will need a Sound Editor/Converter like the excellent
Amadeus II(shareware, $35) to edit the file down to 48khz/16bit.

So to at least convert the audio, you'd have to buy an App.
While your at it, you could also pick up iLife 04
(with iMovie and iDVD) for >$30.

but as for freeware, none exist AFAIK.

[maetel99]

There was a program a while back called Spark ME that was free and could handle 24 bit / 96 kHz audio. Here is a link to their Spark LE product: http://www.tcelectronic.com/SparkLE. Unfortunately, it looks like they have discontinued all their Spark products.

I think Peak LE (comes with Toast + Jam) can handle 24 bit/96 kHz audio also.

Supposedly, QuickTime 7 under Tiger will be able to handle 24 bit/96 kHz audio.

[ykz]

thanks for all the kind replies. i found someone who actually can master these files to a dvd without downsampling them.

cheers,
ykz

[maetel99]

The only problem with 24 bit / 96 kHz audio on DVDs is that the license agreement player manufacturers have to sign forces them to cripple the digital audio output so their players can't output audio at better than 48 kHz.

You can get analog out from a player, but the digital PCM output is downsampled to 48 kHz. You have to rip the 96 kHz with an extraction program to get the full 96 kHz digital stream off the DVD without downsampling.

Just another example of the movie industry's anti-consumer bias...