DTS to DTS

[mp3boy]

I do have a DTS file which is encoded 768 kbps already and I like to encode it to 448 kbps, is there any tool out there to do this? any guid?

thanks

[BJ_M]

you should not do this -- as it will either ruin the file or not play or maybe not even be able to be encoded .
it will ruin the file because you have to convert it to wav and re-encode it .
plus that is to low a bit rate for dts ..

plus the encoder is 1500$

[mp3boy]

I wouldn't care if its low for dts but its still dts but the thing is 1500bucks

thats too much

just curious, which one is 1500 ? is the best? and does besweet able to do that?

so:

first: how to convert it to PCM Wav so no quality loss?

second: whats the best cheapest and fair quality option?

thanks for you reply btw

[BJ_M]

DTS doesn't support 448 for 5.1


besweet - no


you might as well convert it to ac3 5.1 as it wouldnt mater much anyway (448 ac3 is going to sound better than 448DTS (which you cant do anyway) )


http://www.steinberg.net/en/ps/products/upcoming/dts_encoder/index.php?sid=0 (you need Nuendo also)

or

http://www.surcode.com/

if you convert it to wav - you will have quality loss when re-encoding as it is a lossy format ..

[mp3boy]

why would dts will be bad in lower bitrate? any information for DTS structure and comparison with ac3?

my knowledge isn't enough

[BJ_M]

there is a comparison on both the dts and dolby web sites (with different results of course)

DTS uses a higher bit rate than dolby -- end of story .. i think it also sounds better , but it requires a higher bit rate to achive this ..

if ac3 were at the same bit rates -- it may also sound better ...

[mp3boy]

how about 556 kbps ? am I gonna be able to do that? I just want to make a bit of saving space for the audio

[BJ_M]

convert it to ac3 448 ....