Topic: DVD-Audio creator by Sonic

[bagtagsell]

Anyone ever use this?  Thoughts?

[the yokel]

Not for the faint of heart.  You need a very good understanding of the dvd specifications.  That & around $32,000   I do remember seeing a quick walkthrough of how to burn a very basic dvd-a(just audio, autoplay) somewhere.  I look around & see if i can't dig it up.  Unless you need access to all aspects of the spec then DVD-A Creator is really just overkill.  Minnetonka's Discwelder Chrome has most of the features DVD-A Creator does & is around $3,000.  It's UI is also much more intuitive. 

[RebelRebel]

The one scott brown came up with is as simple as it gets...

I have Discwelder but it hasnt been used since Scott announced his app.

[bagtagsell]

I'm just having some issues with either 1. media, 2. burning software because my head unit won't play any of these discs.  A guy on the board said he uses this and it works great.

[scb]

what player?

dvd-audio is a standard.  i don't' see how the burning software would affect where it plays

[RebelRebel]

Have you Tried Scott's application,. Mark?

Ive never had an issue with it.

[bagtagsell]

I used your program scott, super easy and spit out the iso fine.  I messed two discs up because I wasn't burning the iso, just the folders.  But now the iso will play in my Samsung HD841, but not in my JVC 5100 head unit.  My old head unit wouldn't play files burned in CD creator.  So, I bought 3 different brands of DVDs to try today.

[scb]

i've been looking up info on that jvc 5100, and i can't find 1 place that says it plays dvd-audio.  there are just references to dvd-video, dts, dolby and mpeg. 

[bagtagsell]

Man, you are right.  I guess, in my excitment I misread/misunderstood it.  It plays DVDS and the audio from them.

[THE NIZ BIAAAAACH!]

I ve heard that dvd audio creator is really good,and that it makes discs that can be played in any dvd player, not just dvd a players.

[JasonSobel]

I ve heard that dvd audio creator is really good,and that it makes discs that can be played in any dvd player, not just dvd a players.

many people here use it.  (audio-dvd-creator).  it actually creates DVD-Video discs, not DVD-Audio discs, which is why just about any player can play those discs.  With DVD-Audio, you need to be sure that you're player can handle that format.

[Lil Kim Jong-Il]

I'm one of the ones who uses audio-DVD-creator for the reason stated above.  There are still a lot of players out there that do not support DVDA and I want to be able to take my discs anywhere.  I often burn DVDs for some of the smaller bands I record and I'm pretty sure none of those guys has DVDA capable playback because of the blank stares I get when I ask.

[Terps]

DVD-A and DVD-V have different specs.
for DVD-V you are limited to 24/48 and 24/96
DVD-A also do 24/88.2 and 24/176.4 which works better for those who want to resample in CD frequency multiples

[Lil Kim Jong-Il]

I don't really view the short list of DVDV LPCM rates as a limitation.  When I get around to transfering my DAT masters, I'm leaving all of them at 48K.  About the only value I see for the other DVDA LPCM rates is if I wanted to move some older CDs onto a single 44.1 LPCM DVDA disc to hold an entire show.  I agree that resampling an integer multiple is likely to be marginally better, but I'm much more interested in maximizing format support than in maximizing the quality of the resampled material that gets played in my car.   

For me the reason to not use DVDA is the lack of ubiquitous support for the format.  I can take a DVDV disk almost anywhere - not everywhere because some older machines don't seem to play 24-bit audio.  There are very many deployed DVD players that do not support DVDA.  Also, the free media player software in most PCs won't play DVDAs but will play DVDV audio discs.  Another thing that bothers me about DVDA is that I can no longer find DVDAs at BestBuy and Tower Records.  To me that indicates an end of the format expansion in consumer gear, especially since lossy compression is the new consumer format of choice.

YMMV