Can DTS playback 24bit 48KHz WAVs?

Hi I'm new to the forum.
I have 24 Bit 48KHz stereo WAV audio files and I want to copy them to a DVD-RW and play them back on my DVD player that supports DTS/Dolby Digital and has 24bit96khz converters. I have a PC with a DVD burner.Can I do this with freeware or what software do I need?

Thanks

 

I've just tried DVD-Audio Solo by Cirlinca and it doesn't seem to write rewritables.Am I doing something wrong?

 

I would think it does RW, but I don't remember...

You coulde try the free (but somewhat cumbersome) tools at http://dvd-audio.sourceforge.net/

 

Thanks

The audio tools option does seem a little complicated.

Do you know of any software that definitely does DVD-RW?. I get the message "Not writable" (or something similar) in the processing window. Then the whole burning process is executed (like a dummy run) and the final line repeats that the DVD was "Not writable."

 

I've tried a DVD-RW and a DVD+RW and both give the same error at he end of writing as "Disk not writable".The files seem to have been written O.K.

I read the help file and it does write DVD RWs.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Sorry it looks like the software does write to DVD-RW and DVD+RW. It's just that my DVD player doesn't play it back. The disc not writable means that the drive is not ready.

What software do I need to write the 24/48 as a DTS file that the DVD player will read?

Cheers

 

Didn't read your first posts good enough, I thought you had a DVD-Audio capable player since you talked about the Cirlinca program.

If you want DTS, it's not just a question of "copy tracks" to a DVD-RW, you need to buy a DTS encoder for that.

But - for stereo 24/48 you DON'T NEED DTS, it's for multi-channel. You need some "DVD Audio Creator" type of program, which DOESN'T create and DVD-Audio disks. It create a standard DVD-Video disk with a dummy video track and a 24/48 PCM stereo track.

 

Thanks

It's just that my Samsung DVD-611 doesn't playback the DVD-RW nor DVD+RW that I've tried with "Audio DVD creator". I was trying all the formats possible to get it to play. I haven't tried a DVDR as it destroys the objective of listening to 24 bit mixes at home. It has to be a rewritable to be an interesting option.

Could it be the media? I have tried Imation and Verbatim.

Any other ideas?

 

Most of those "Audio DVD Creators" doesn't let you make tracks with uncompressed 24/48 PCM tracks - but they ought to create *something" (possibly a Dolby 2.0 track), and it should be playable.

Start with trying to play the things you create on your computer, and try more of those programs. Many of them are "try-before-you-buy" shareware programs.

 

Many thanks.

I will keep trying software.

I am presuming 24/48 DVD video files should always sound better than a 16/44.1 CD of the same material, right?

 

24 bits are valuable

 

When I burn to DVD in Audio DVD Creator I can burn as:

WAV 24/48 (Which is what I have to start with) or

AC3 2Ch 96-640kbps

1.What is the difference?

2.Which is the less Lossy?

3.Using the AC3 option is it necessary to go for 640(Max) or is this just overkill on my source material. I read 250 was a good value.96 is the minimum value.

 

Thanks Vurbal.

The sound files I want to hear are the mixes from a home studio.To hear the mixes at home I thought it would be better to burn the 24/48 to DVD-V rather than mixing to 44.1.

I presume that a standalone DVD player will always have better converters than a standalone CD player (Must handle 96kHz)and therefore sound better. At least I will get 48KHz instead of 44.1 even if the extra bits are ignored.

Would you agree?

I will look into the Teratec idea.

Thanks again

 

24/48 and 24/96 for that matter on a DVD-Video disc will be in spec.
However, all that is actually mandated is 16/48.
*most* players will play back 24/48 as intended, as well as 24/96.
There are some that will not though, and these will truncate to 16 bits (very ugly).

DTS can be used in stereo with no problems at all, and in fact is the most hassle-free way to do this.
24/48 PCM on DVD requres the files to be authored, which means menus, visuals, graphics and all that goes with it.
All you need to do for Stereo DTS is resample to 44.1KHz
You can encode DTS-CD in Stereo with 24/44.1 or even 24/88.2 files.
All it takes is the DTS decoder to play the CD back.

Even compressed it sounds better than 16/44.1 does.

 

Denon 2910, 2930, 3910, 3930 just by certain knowledge all play back up to 24/96 PCM from DVD-Video, as long as the settings are correct in the firmware.
Also the Cambridge Audio 540D Azur (A very under-rated player indeed, also supports DVD-Audio)

In general though, you are spot-on correct and 24/48 is not required to be supported, only 16/48 as higher bit fdepths & sample rates are optional only.
FWIW, it's not actually mandatory to support written media of any type. All manuals will say that the players will play back a (correctly) finalized DVD-Video disc, but they will not guarantee it.....

 

What still amazes me are the amount of ill-informed folks who consider themselves Audiophiles who insist DVD-A is "not necessary because you can put 24/96 PCM on DVD-V discs".

 

Many more players than Denon, at reasonable prices, playback DVD-V 24/96 correctly. What is strange is that some (if reports are correct) DVD-Audio capable players that can play MLP 24/96 5.1 can't handle DVD-V 24/96 2.0, or even 24/48 2.0. Must be different chips used for the decoding...