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Hey there,
Trying to get some different discussions going.....
Got the Steve Stevens Flemenco album recently, which I am quite impressed with. But the packaging is so confusing, that I'm not surprised at all that average listeners or even enthusiasts have not embraced the format.
First it is released by a DTS promoting company which really pushes DTS as surround sound. I had a hard time determining if it even had a true DVD-A content (basically it just shows a small logo). No specs on resolution in any of the formats, though. Apparently it also has Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 also. It seems to me they should have come up with some quick reference standard terms to paste on an album for a person to glance at and understand. My wife wont even try to play any DVD-A's because I have so thoroughly confused her (and I just tried to have her play it like a standard DVD).As a side topic, how are the different formats stored on the disc? I suppose the dolby's are together, but what about DTS and DVD-A?
Bye,
Follow Ups:
You may have a couple of ways of checking resolution. This is what works on my Denon universal player and receiver. On the universal player hitting the DISPLAY button and scrolling will show me if the out put is PPCM at 24/48, 24/96 or 24/192 or show LPCM 2 channel for DVD-Audio. This information is when I am using the MULTI CHANNEL ANALOG OUTPUT TO EXT IN ON MY RECEIVER. In the case of my player I must have the DIGITAL OUTPUT set to PCM to output 24/96 on DVD-Video content which I believe would include the DTS output. In this case I use the OSD (On Screen Display)from my receiver which tells me if the output is truly 96khz or 44khz. If you don't have your dvd digital output set to pcm it is my belief it is being downconverted to 16bit/44khz output.
as I have owned and truly enjoyed that recording on redbook for a couple of years. Steve Stephens is a remarkable guitarist. Does anyone know if this is a one-timer for Stephens or can we look forward to seeing the rest of his post-Billy Idol work in higher resolution?
It seems a little odd to me that the disc is promoted in a lossy format (DTS 5.1) over the hi-res DVD-A format. Even Dolby Digital is listed before DVD-A.On the other hand, this could be a good thing if more DVD's would be released with DVD-A on the back side as a "bonus". It seems that multi-channel music in general hasn't been promoted well. A big push for multi-channel in the lower formats (DTS and DD) played on home theater equipment could spark more interest in multi-channel music in general.
But then, I'm amazed how popular MP3's (Sub-CD quality stereo)are. I would have never predicted that.MarcuSS
.little to no chance, is my guess.
I'll probably have better luck hunting down vinyl...;)
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despite being labeled so on the disc. 48/24 MLP?
If it is labelled as 24/48 MLP, then that is what it will be.
All MLP is lossless.
If it is labelled as MLP, and is not, then take it back or complain about false advertising.Bitrate is no indication of resolution though, as MLP does it's thing in a number of ways. I have created 24/48 6 channel MLP streams that have a bitrate of only 2.5Mb/sec.
Yes, lack of labelling/incorrect labelling and no adherence to any sort of authoring standards has always been a big problem with DVD-A. Whenever a new disc is announced, the standard discussion here is:1. Does it even have DVD-Audio content?
2. If so, what is it?These questions seldom get answered until the disc is released, someone buys it, and reports on it.
Typically, Dolby, DTS, and LPCM content are stored in the VIDEO_TS directory, which is accessible by a standard DVD player. The DVD-Audio content is stored in the AUDIO_TS directory, which is accessible by a DVD-Audio player.
Depending on how the disc is authored and how your player is set up, the data you get by default can vary.
Additionally, the DTS stream would be Audio Stream nuber 2 in the Video_TS, as support for DTS is optional in DVD-Video, not mandated.
Jsut let me get home and find this disc, which I played once and left on the shelf. IIRC, the recoring level is so low my amp could not boost it to normal levels.
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