Surcode CD DTS

[TwistedLincoln]

I see that SurCode is selling this for only $99, and it claims to produce a 6-channel DTS surround .wav file (44.1khz) for use in burning audio cd's. The DVD version does the exact same thing, but at 48khz also, and costs $499.

My question is this: if the output of the program is a standard .wav file, couldn't you simply re-sample it to 48khz? Or would that kill the DTS encoding?

More importantly-- why not simply create a non-standard DVD with 44.1khz audio?

This certainly seems to be a cheap way to create digital surround sound...but somehow also seems too good to be true...

[guns1inger]

You can't simply upsample because you will lose the encoding. Non-standard (read non-compliant) DVDs are a possibility, however you have no guarantees that it will play in most players.

[BJ_M]

the output is not a standard wav file , its a digital file with a wav header ..... if you play it on a system that doesnt do dts decoding , you will hear some nasty sh*t ....

[guns1inger]

pink noise

[BJ_M]

no -- not pink noise... it has a square wave component - its digital noise , not random like band pass filtered pink noise ..

[daphy]

a simple idea to use the dtswav for your projects
you need:
AVI file
DTSWAV
AVImuxGUI/VirtualDubMod
a DIVX compatible player (-> ~ EUR 70)

simply mux your AVI with this DTSWAV but beware of the over all steam, some player can´t be feed with streams (video + audio) over 2000kbs
I did some testings with the KISS 450 - no problem at all even above 2000kbs

bye Daphy