[vdr] Re: [Mplayer-dvb] DTS Sound

["Lauri Pesonen" <lauri.pesonen@firsthop.com>]

On Tue, Mar 26, 2002 at 04:24:38PM +0100, Wolfgang Fiesel wrote:

> But now a more fundamental question, is this DTS feature really such a great
> topic ?
> On most DVD collection there is no DTS sound available. The coding algorithm
> says that DTS compress only by a factor of three (six channel on 1 hour CD). DTS
> is a much simpler compression scheme as AC-3 or MP3. Therefore it need much more
> bits for the same audio quality compared with AC-3 algorithm (only a question of
> memory space).
> On the other side various "audio experts" argue that DTS sounds much better than
> AC-3 in case of music items (not movie sound).
> 

So far the number one reason why I'm not looking into replacing my DVB
player with VDR is the fact that VDR does not support DTS. Ok, I probably
wouldn't give up my DVD player straight away even if VDR supported DTS
(AFAIK VDRs DVD support is somewhat incomplete) , but DTS support would be
a step to the right direction. Most of the earlier DTS-DVDs have only a
2.0 channel AC3 track on them.

just my two cents

> Wolfi

br, Lauri