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I'm using an old copy of Sony DVD Architect given to me by a friend who "outgrew" it. I went to the Sony website and upgraded it to 1.0d, but I hear version 2 is out now.But for my needs, version 1 is more than sufficient.
The process is simplicity itself - create a "music compilation" DVD project - drag and drop the PCM wave files (sampling rate MUST be 96 or 48 otherwise DVD Architect will resample to 48 and the bit depth must be 16, 20 or 24). in the "Optimize DVD" menu choose PCM Stereo instead of Automatic AC-3. then click "Make DVD" and you're done. process doesn't seem to take any longer than burning an audio cd.
the only problem is DVD Architect has several bugs. First of all, it warns that it will "recompress" the 96/24 tracks but ignore the warning - in actuality it doesn't. i've verified this by comparing file sizes.
Secondly, it "flags" the 96/24 tracks as 48/16 in the IFO files. this will cause problems with some dvd players. i have checked the actual VOB files and the audio track is correctly flagged as 96/24 there.
i'm assuming these bugs will be fixed in 2.0 but i'm not going to upgrade just for that.
One solution that was suggested in the sony forum was to use a program like Ifoedit to manually set the correct flags in the IFO file. this should fix it for problematic players.
so - there should be no reason for people to complain that it's difficult or time consuming to make 96/24 DADs.
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Christine,I like DVD Architect, and I am thinking of upgrading to the 2.0 release.
Did you check the final file after rendering compared to the original as I suggested? The reason for this is that in DVD Architect, I think some kind of normalization/emphasis takes place during the rendering. Other DVD authoring programs have that problem, they assume that soundtracks should be according to certain standards regarding dialogue / music, obviously in AC3 but in PCM as well.
I haven't been able to really compare the final results with the discs I have made, because the files are not recognized as 24/96 LPCM (but I haven't thought of changing the flags manually -- that's a bit complicated for me :)
Even if the files have been changed in Architect, by re-ripping the tracks you will have a digital version to compare to your files captured through your sound card.
In any event, I'll be interested in your findings
Best
but i knew that even without checking, because it only took a few minutes for DVD Architect to create the DVD image from the source files, and in that time there would not have been enough time to do any processing.if you don't edit the flags, the resulting dvd is not playable on some players (although my panasonic was quite happy recognising them). if you edit the flags, then the dvd should play on all players (there's a discussion on the forum on the web site about it, and various people have confirmed this).
editing the flags is quite easy in IfoEdit - all it takes is a few seconds (if you know what you are doing).
This may be a silly question, but what is the benefit of making DAD's from a 44.1/16 redbook source?
they are not from redbook. these are 96/24 recordings of my LPs.
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