5.1 played on a 2 channel stereo

[Intuit]

Hello all. I have a quick question. I have a 5.1 channel movie in .AC3 format I would like to burn to DVD and watch on my television which is connected to a receiver. All i have are a Bose subwoofer (not self powered) and two satellite speakers. I really don't have 5.1 stereo capabilites. Will I have a hard time hearing the DVD?

[BJ_M]

no

[edDV]

Hello all. I have a quick question. I have a 5.1 channel movie in .AC3 format I would like to burn to DVD and watch on my television which is connected to a receiver. All i have are a Bose subwoofer (not self powered) and two satellite speakers. I really don't have 5.1 stereo capabilites. Will I have a hard time hearing the DVD?

The DVD player will do a 2 channel mix to the white/red RCA connectors. Some DVD players will have a separate subwoofer output.

[Intuit]

Sweet. Good deal. Thanks guys.

[Intuit]

Hey, I have one last question. THis particular movie that has 5.1 ac3 sound is really low (with regards to volume) when I listen to it on the computer. Will that lack of volume transfer to my finished dvd? Do I need to boost the volume on the demuxed audio tracks at all? If so, any quick tips on how to do this?

I should probably start a new thread with this....

[BJ_M]

just turn it up - instead of re-encoding it

[psx_pirate]

watching it on your computer ... are you using power dvd?

if so then ignore the low volume as it will probably be normal on your standalone player .... i have the same problem with low volumes with dvd's and other movie files when using power dvd.

try playing it with a different software player to see if the sound is still low .... as it seems to be only power dvd that produces low sound on my pc

[edDV]

The reason DVD audio seems to play low is because of increased dynamic range for digital audio (better signal to noise). Some players and DVD players offer a volume "compression" mode to reduce dynamic range.