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RE: Ayre C5 xe Dvd-audio

Posted by Charles Hansen (M) on January 17, 2009 at 00:17:25

In Reply to: Ayre C5 xe Dvd-audio posted by mikaelhansen62 on January 16, 2009 at 01:16:27:

Originally DVD-A discs put each type of mix (multi-channel, stereo, et cetera) into its own group. This was good, as navigation is easy. Most discs had the multi-channel in group 1 and the stereo in group 2, due to the belief that most people wanted multi-channel.

Then just before DVD-A died, they decided that it would be easier for the consumer to put all of the music into one group. Then you would select the music you wanted with the "soundtrack" feature just like on DVD-Video discs. (You probably have seen DVD-V's where there are different languages available on the various "soundtracks".)

The problem is that there is no *easy* way to know what soundtrack you are in. With the old method, the group was displayed on the front panel. With the soundtrack method, you have to scroll through the various soundtracks and watch the display carefully. If the Dolby or DTS lights come on, that is not what you want! Instead, look for the highest sampling rate lights to come on.

Occasionally you will have a disc where both the stereo and surround mixes will have the same sample rate. In this case, you have to just listen to each "soundtrack". The surround will be mixed down to stereo, and will usually sound kind of funny.

Sorry for the difficulty. DVD-A was designed by a committee, so there are a lot of stupid things about it. It's not our fault....

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