dvd Audio

[vin4evr]

Anyone know where I can buy a DVD-A (audio) disks? I am not finding it online nor in stores? My Acura RDX plays DVD-A disks. Thanks in Advance.

[hech54]

Never heard of them. Me thinks someone is lying to you.

[hech54]

Actually....a DVD-A disc isn't a "type" of disc....it is how the disc was created/authored.

https://www.videohelp.com/glossary?D#DVD-Audio,%20DVD-A

[jman98]

http://www.elusivedisc.com sells DVD-Audio discs. Amazon.com also sells them, although they are not always easy to find. Here's one example of Elton John's classic _Goodbye Yellow Brick Road_ on DVD Audio:
http://www.amazon.com/Goodbye-Yellow-Brick-Road-Elton/dp/B0001Z53MY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8...9306672&sr=1-1

[Noahtuck]

I've bought tons of them over the years from Best Buy & some offline, e-bay, ect.

Best Buy used to have a dedicated section for DVD-A & SACD but some time ago they combined them into the regular cd stock.
Which was pretty stupid because then i/you would have to go through the ENTIRE cd dept., mine is many many isle's, to try and see if anything new came out or what they had on DVD-A, i stopped buying them at best buy at that time.

That glossary description should be updated with a little more current info.

[vin4evr]

Thanks for the replies. I hope everyone is aware that DVD-A discs exists. for Some people the term appears foreign. I am looking for blank DVD-A discs. I checked best buy and I couldnt find any.

[Midzuki]

vin4evr wrote:

I am looking for blank DVD-A discs.
I checked best buy and I couldnt find any.

http://dvd-audio.sourceforge.net/spec/index.shtml

HTH.

[Noahtuck]

Thanks for the replies. I hope everyone is aware that DVD-A discs exists. for Some people the term appears foreign.

Ummm... no... prob. not every person in the world is aware they exist......

I am looking for blank DVD-A discs.
I checked best buy and I couldnt find any.

HUH ?!?!?!

There is NO SUCH THING as a blank DVD-A disc... they are just pressed dvd's like movie dvd's... if you want to make your own you just use blank dvdr's...

Now, do you understand the diff. between a TRUE DVD-A disc and a standard Audio DVD ??

[jman98]

I am looking for blank DVD-A discs. I checked best buy and I couldnt find any.

DVD Audio is pressed on normal DVD discs. They don't use special discs for this format. Thus, if you wanted to make your own DVD Audio disc, either a single layer or a dual layer burnable DVD disc would be OK.

[[_chef_]]

Yup, and there is "DVD Audio" and "Audio DVD", they differ.

[hech54]

]Yup, and there is "DVD Audio" and "Audio DVD", they differ.

As I said before....they are both created on normal DVD blank media....it is
HOW they are authored or created that makes the difference.

Look up discwelder , dvd-audio solo or check out:
http://www.discwelder.com/

[vin4evr]

forgive me if i am wrong. Acura RDX manual specifically says the format of disk which can play includes DVD-A. and manual specifically says the unit will not play DVD+r/-r formats. Therefore I am assuming that a disk type DVD- A exists???? just to expiriment I have authored audio DVD with DVD-R disk and It did not play. For further clarification, I will call acura and check.

[Baldrick]

No, it's not a special disc type for dvd-audio. It means that your player support dvd-audio on commercial pressed dvds and not home recordable dvd-/+r.

[Noahtuck]

forgive me if i am wrong. Acura RDX manual specifically says the format of disk which can play includes DVD-A. and manual specifically says the unit will not play DVD+r/-r formats. Therefore I am assuming that a disk type DVD- A exists???? just to expiriment I have authored audio DVD with DVD-R disk and It did not play. For further clarification, I will call acura and check.

They have ear's yet they do not listen... they have eye's yet they do not see...

You have been told by more than one person here yet you seem to think we are all wrong

Now exactly how many actual DVD-A disc's have you purchased.... authored.... ripped..... burned....
I thought so.

Good luck with calling acura.... because i'm sure whatever phone jockey you talk to will be real knowledgable about such specific matters

[hech54]

Therefore I am assuming that a disk type DVD- A exists????

You will NOT find a blank(ready for you to record) DVD-A disc in ANY store.
These aren't like CD-Audio recordables that exist(ed) for CD recorders....DVD-A
is a "process"....not a product.

[vin4evr]

Thanks all of you for your replies and info. Relax Noahtuck :P take a chill pill :P I am asking questions to double check and learn about this unfamilier topic. dvd audio/audio dvd, its quite confusing to me. I am not doubting any of you experts, i was lil confused with what says it acura manual and the info that I received.

[olyteddy]

Not to toss another new term in (oh no! another trip to the glossary!) but can your burner 'bitset' to the DVD-ROM 'booktype'? I have an ancient (by DVD standards) Apex player and it doesn't support writeable disks at all except DVD+R booktyped to DVD-ROM. It could work with your DVD Audio player.

[Noahtuck]

Relax Noahtuck :P take a chill pill :P

WOW!!!!! I have never had anyone say that to me before!!!!!!
You can tell you are new and have never come across some of the more "spirited" member's of our forum yet 8)

i was lil confused with what says it acura manual and the info that I received.

Why ?? The Acura manual said you you could go to the store and buy "Blank DVD-A media" ??


It's just after 7 years.... it still amazes me as how many clueless (no offense) people come here... ask questions, then argue and then talk like they know more than the people here when they get an answer they don't like... and it seem's to me... if they knew so much... why are they coming here asking questions to begin with ??

[vin4evr]

It's just after 7 years.... it still amazes me as how many clueless (no offense) people come here... ask questions, then argue and then talk like they know more than the people here when they get an answer they don't like... and it seem's to me... if they knew so much... why are they coming here asking questions to begin with ??

Again Noahtuck(Mr. Know it all !!!) , relax my man :P. I am here asking questions because I wasnt sure about this topic. Notice, I wasnt arguing if you read my postings correctly. I was asking questions(I was not making statments to argue..clear ???). I have never made a DVD-Audio's before. I believe and I have faith in all of you experts. Again, I am not arguing. Just to clarify, Acura manual says Acura RDX plays DVD-A disks(it made me wonder if thers a DVD-A disk) and It will not play DVD+/-R's. I guess their statement is confusing and they need to rewrite their manuals. I ended up making a DVD- Audio(using DVD-R) with Ulead Burn now surround..It sounds awesome in my RDX !!!I have also made custom surround sound with Adobe Audition 3.0..Good Stuff ! I am sure you know how to do that too Noahtuck??

[vin4evr]

It's just after 7 years.... it still amazes me as how many clueless (no offense) people come here... ask questions, then argue and then talk like they know more than the people here when they get an answer they don't like... and it seem's to me... if they knew so much... why are they coming here asking questions to begin with ??

Look who is arguing off the topic. !!! May be its 7 years is too long for you...u need to think about retiring this forum :P just kidding. Now you are accussing everyone whos taking part in this forum of being clueless??? hahah...Take it all in the good spirit man..we are all here to ask, discuss and learn. If you dont have patience to take part, you shouldnt answer any questions. Dont discourage people from asking questions. That would defeat the whole purpose of having this forum. This forum wouldnt be here if each and every one of us knows it all... Thanks everyone for being so kind and contributing to my knowledge.

[Midzuki]

I think Noahtuck referred to the fact that too many people
come to this site and post questions that have been already answered
(and very-well answered). They --- the "SuperN00bs" --- seem to be
too lazy to find out where the f**k is the "Search" button and to click on it.
It's boring to have to see the same old basic questions posted over and over again.

\\\\\

[vin4evr]

I understand what you are saying although I cant agree much. I am sure clicking on "search" is easier that typing the questions. So I dont think all people who are asking questions are lazy. They may be having difficulty finding the correct information or I guess Sometimes people gets lazy and they want answers fed to them. watevr The case is, if a topic seems familier with its title or if I feel like its a repeat, you can ignore it. Having lot of methods/views on the same topic is an advantage. In Todays world of technology, where things are changing constantly, there are many ways of doing things and we learn new methods by reposting/asking the same question to get different views. Obviously some poeple here are old and they may want to stick to the old ways/postings doing things their old ways. So I dont think thers anything wrong with asking questions again even if it feels like a repost. I will give you a perfect example. If I were to ask the question: "can you time remapp in adobe premiere 1.0 or 2.0? 1 or 2 years back answer would be "no" but there were methods to stretch frame or freeze frame. But If I were to ask the same question today the answer would be "yes" with the current version cs3 and as most of you know who uses premiere cs3, time remapping has gotten soo much easier with the feature. So answer could be different on the same question as days pass by. So If i ignore a shared information thinking that its boring i may miss an important topic. So I would say repost in doubt.

[jg0001]

Let's be clear.. were you looking for DVD-A so you could burn a large pile of mp3s to a DVD-A "blank" b/c it won't take them on a DVD+/-R
OR were you looking for DVD-A b/c you wanted to try out 6 channel DVD-A Audio?
[as previously noted, DVD-A is just a DVD with a different type of encoded file type... many commercial DVD-A discs will play in regular DVD players, but have a separate set of files for the DVD-Video capable players (i.e. those that can't decode the DVD-A stuff).

[vin4evr]

I was looking for DVD-A to Experience 6 ch surround in my acura Rdx. I have used DVD-R to author DVD- Audio(dvd-A) discs using Ulead Burn now.

[jg0001]

Well, I suppose you can author them all you like, but you're not really getting 6 discrete channels if you are just taking regular stereo tracks and putting them on a DVD-A; as such, I remain a little confused as to the issue of making your own DVD-As... Does your RDX not also simply play mp3's if you were to burn them to a DVD as a data disc burn?

[vin4evr]

no it would not play if I burn mp3's as data files on a DVD-r. It has to be authored as a DVD-A disc to play dvd.

[Midzuki]

Just out of curiosity, what is your DVD-Audio authoring software

[dphirschler]

I don't mean to stir the pot, but my old Pioneer DVD player was only supposed to play commercially pressed VCDs and CDs (can't remember about DVDs). And for the most part that was true. However, I was able to make it play discs I authored if I used the right brand CDR blank. I think Fuji was the right one, also Maxell. So it does not always matter if the manual says you can't do it. No harm in trying anyways.


Darryl

[vin4evr]

I used Ulead Burn now 1.5 to create DVD-A Discs.

http://www.dolby.com/consumer/home_entertainment/music_dvdaudio_faq.html

[Midzuki]

dvda-author does not support MLP-encoding,
but at least it is free.