AC3 compliant to dvd.

[RE*S.T.A.R.S*2]

Ok what i want to ask is:
What`s the best bitrate that you need to comvert a given mp3, wav, or any kind of sound file?
becouse i`m concerned about the compatibility of my home`s dvd.
i`m trying to make them 160 kbps but i`m not sure if that is correct.
Also i would like anyone to help to set up the ac3machine, what the best setting that can i use to make them compliant and so it won`t screew things up? any help will be apreciate.

[guns1inger]

For two channel - 192 - 224
For Multi-channel 384 - 448

Some players don't respond well to audio below 192
Some encoders don't go higher than 384

IMO, if you have mp3 source, then anything above 192 is a waste as the mp3 encoding has already compressed most of the quality out of it, even at high bitrates. CD or original DV source material should be given more room to move.

[mh2360]

AC3Machine is based on ffmpeg, which is NOT 100% DVD compliant as far as AC3 encoding is concerned. The majority of players will play the output just fine, others will not (some Pioneer models for example).

ffmpeg is going through some legal wrangles at the moment, probably due to Dolby and MPEG2 (and other) licenses.

http://ffmpeg.sourceforge.net/

[daphy]

some Pioneer models for example

some very very old one

[BJ_M]

some Pioneer models for example

some very very old one

not true

[RE*S.T.A.R.S*2]

ok if i undertand well for 2 channels audio i must have a bitrate of 192
but i captured this home movies at 160 bitrates. will it make problems to my home dvd player or any dvd player? if so can i up the bitrate to 192?
or do i have to capture the whole movies again?

well thanx for the replay buddys i apreciat it.

[akrako1]

some Pioneer models for example

some very very old one

not true

I agreee. My DVR-320 chokes on ffmpeg's and bsweet's AC3 files when attempting to use a digital connection to my reciever. When using analogue cables however, you do hear sound - but who want's to use non-digital sound if you don't have to? I switched to TMPGEnc's Sound Player (AC3 encoder) and haven't had any problems since! See what happens when you get properly licensed technology....

[RE*S.T.A.R.S*2]

Hello can anybody help me?
I just want to know if i need to recapture thewhole movie again with 192 bitrate so i won`t be in trouble playing it on stand alone dvd player
help will be very apreciate it guys thanx

[BJ_M]

no - just re-compress the audio

[mh2360]

According to Tmpgenc DVD Author documentation (which I have always found to be VERY strict about accepting compliant streams), You can use the following Dolby Digital streams for DVD:

Dolby Digital mono 64kbps-256kbps, stereo 128kbps to 448kbps