>-- Original Message -- >Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 21:13:47 +0100 >From: Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Discussion about mythtv <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Archiving Shows to DVD >Reply-To: Discussion about mythtv <[email protected]> > > >On 8/18/05, Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Please, please, PLEASE... make the audio to the DVD standard of AC3! >> MPEG2 Audio is NOT a standard for US DVD players contrary to popular >> belief. Other than that... Good luck on these scripts! I t >>ought >> mythburn was dead! I really can't wait until this becomes >> incorporated into the standard myth build or plugins.
>Some useful information on the DVD spec and differences in its >evolution in NTSC and PAL countries (essentially any NTSC DV > should >have audio in at least AC3 and/or PCM format, other formats are >optional and may or may not be supported in the player): >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD Snip from Nicks link: ... Initially, in countries using the PAL standard (e.g. most of Europe) the sound of DVD was supposed to be standardized on PCM and MPEG-2 audio, but apparently against the wishes of Philips, under public pressure on December 5, 1997, the DVD Forum accepted the addition of Dolby AC-3 to the optional formats on discs and mandatory formats in players. The vast majority of commercial PAL releases employ AC-3 audio by now. In other words: older (pre 1998) European DVD's probably don't include AC-3.... Please, please, PLEASE remember that the US of A isn't the ONLY country in the world (no offence intended Matt). Cheers Marius Registered Linux user
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