Eric Seaberg;288393 Wrote: > I've done both AC3 and DTS and haven't had problems. In fact, I've done > some of my own 5.1 surround project mixes and encoded to AC3. Slim > plays them fine.
Sounds interesting with your own 5.1 surround projects - what kind of software are you using for that purpose? Eric Seaberg;288393 Wrote: > Can you confirm the Dolby settings of your receiver verifying it's not > doing a stereo downmix? Is there any way you could send one of us an > AC3 file to check? I could give you FTP access to get it to me. I've sent you a PM and would like you to test a couple of files. As far as the receiver (Sony STR-DB940) goes I'm not sure of anything - when it recognizes a surround stream it turns on a big blue light (rather annoying actually) and I normally choose "AFD" (Auto Format Decode) which gives the receiver right to choose as it sees best. My DTS-files are playing as I'm expecting but the AC3-files only play in stereo and there is no blue light! One strange thing (to me anyway) is that if I change from "AFD" setting to "2-channel stereo" the music still plays BUT the volume of the increases!? Eric Seaberg;288393 Wrote: > As far as the difference between Dolby and DTS, that kind of depends on > the source. DTS is capable of 96kHz/24-bit playback while Dolby can > only do 48kHz/24-bit. I actually prefer to work with Dolby, only > because I know it better. It's data rate is a little less than DTS, > too, if you've got limits on your network (about 60% of DTS). I think I remember something about DTS-track being better when used from my DVD-player (both AC3 and DTS work fine with my surround-receiver when the DVD-player is the source!)? from your reply it doesn't sound like there's a lot of difference between the two formats when using the SqueezeBox? /Tommy -- tipsen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tipsen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15643 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19260 _______________________________________________ ripping mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/ripping
