.wav muxer?

[odin24]

Is there a way to mux the individual 5.1 .wav files into one wav file?

[azad]

try behappy. Does an excellent job in 5.1 muxing of wav files.

[tebasuna51]

If you want try BeHappy read this post (http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1082702#post1082702).

[odin24]

Guys, thanks for the reply... although I didn't get auto-emailed???

Anyway, I figured out a way. I used Nero SoundTrax., quite simple actually. I loaded the six .wavs, then exported to one 5.1 wav file. Except it took me a while to figure that the file couldn't be larger than 4GB, so I used delaycut to split the individual files, mux, then append with tsMuxeR.

I'm satisfied with my results, if BeHappy can auto-split I might try this way in the future... heck, my audio receiver can't even take uncompress LPCM... I was just experimenting.

The wav files that I was working with came from a EAC3 file from a HDDVD that had a bit rate of 1536kb/s. I extracted the wav while trying to converting to DTS (for BD conversion)... and just for shits & giggles I loaded the single wav file in tsMuxeR. I noticed the bitrate for the single file was approx 2300kb/s. This is why I wanted a solution to mux the wavs. Now I have an uncompress LPCM surround track @ 4608kb/s... sweet!

So, on to my question... Is an AC3 or DTS file just a set of encoded/compressed wav files, or did eac3to convert (instead of extract) to wav while I was originally converting the EAC3 track to DTS?

[tebasuna51]

... Except it took me a while to figure that the file couldn't be larger than 4GB, so I used delaycut to split the individual files, mux, then append with tsMuxeR.
wav files can be larger than 4GB but tsMuxeR don't support these files, you need convert wav files > 4GB to special lpcm format accepted by tsMuxer (Pcm2Tsmu)

heck, my audio receiver can't even take uncompress LPCM...
LPCM is not compressed, is like wav PCM files but with different order of bytes. The first think you must know is the formats supported by your player system.

The wav files that I was working with came from a EAC3 file from a HDDVD that had a bit rate of 1536kb/s. I extracted the wav while trying to converting to DTS (for BD conversion)...

The eac3 track is decoded or decompressed to wav (not extracted) mono files to use after Surcode DTS encoder (need monowavs like input)

So, on to my question... Is an AC3 or DTS file just a set of encoded/compressed wav files, or did eac3to convert (instead of extract) to wav while I was originally converting the EAC3 track to DTS?

I don't understand your question, maybe help some ideas:
- Ac3 and Dts are encoded/compressed audio streams.
- Wav is a container and can contain uncompressed audio data but also compressed (mp3, ac3, ...).
- Convert a compressed format to other always need decode the original format and encode to desired format.
- If you use BeHappy (for instance) to convert dts to ac3 the audio data is decoded and send to the encoder without intermediate wav files.
- If you want encode to DTS using Surcode you need like input 6 PCM (uncompressed audio) mono wav files. Is a Surcode issue, and eac3to decode eac3 to 6 mono wavs to send these files to Surcode.
- If you want output ac3 (until 640 Kb/s) or flac or aac you don't need write the wav files, the uncompressed audio data can be send directly to encoders.

[odin24]

wav files can be larger than 4GB but tsMuxeR don't support these files, you need convert wav files > 4GB to special lpcm format accepted by tsMuxer (Pcm2Tsmu)

When I tried to create the 5.1 LPCM track from the 6 monowavs Nero would crash exactly at 4GB, that is why I went the delaycut route.

LPCM is not compressed, is like wav PCM files but with different order of bytes. The first think you must know is the formats supported by your player system.

What I meant was, I am limited to DTS and AC3 @1536kb/s only... no HDMI input on my audio receiver. I knew LPCM is not compressed.

I don't understand your question, maybe help some ideas:
- Ac3 and Dts are encoded/compressed audio streams.
- Wav is a container and can contain uncompressed audio data but also compressed (mp3, ac3, ...).
- Convert a compressed format to other always need decode the original format and encode to desired format.
- If you use BeHappy (for instance) to convert dts to ac3 the audio data is decoded and send to the encoder without intermediate wav files.
- If you want encode to DTS using Surcode you need like input 6 PCM (uncompressed audio) mono wav files. Is a Surcode issue, and eac3to decode eac3 to 6 mono wavs to send these files to Surcode.
- If you want output ac3 (until 640 Kb/s) or flac or aac you don't need write the wav files, the uncompressed audio data can be send directly to encoders.

From this I can answer the question that was in my head, maybe not exactly what I typed.

Anyway, thanks for all of your help... this has been very informative.