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Old 23rd October 2009, 08:42   #21  |  Link
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So what are you saying? Those articles don't compare Dolby 640 against DTS 1536. One did mention that they are both considered "excellent" in this bitrate range. Hardly a concise scale of performance. Back to the previous post...

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BTW, I don't know for what you need a encoder less efficient and compatible than AC3. If you need encode is better AC3 448 than DTS 768, and AC3 640 better than DTS 1536
This statement says to me that you are implying that DTS is less efficient than Dolby Digital, and that Dolby at 640 Kbit/s is better than DTS at 1536 Kbit/s.

For my previous post, a simple yes or no answer would have suffice. I am extremely sorry to challenge you on this on your own thread as it seems like you put together a nice GUI...

However, there is no way that Dolby at 640 Kbit/s sounds better than DTS at 1536 Kbit/s. Unless you are using equipment that can't reproduce the differences. I can easily hear the difference every, single time.

Different codecs are obviously designed differently and some have sweet spots at different bitrates. If you were to say that Dolby at 640 Kbit/s performs better than DTS at 768 Kbit/s, this might indeed be possible. I just find the level of detail and clarity in DTS 1536, almost as good as it's lossless counterpart.

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Old 23rd October 2009, 11:38   #22  |  Link
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This statement says to me that you are implying that DTS is less efficient than Dolby Digital, and that Dolby at 640 Kbit/s is better than DTS at 1536 Kbit/s.
Yes.
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For my previous post, a simple yes or no answer would have suffice. I am extremely sorry to challenge you on this on your own thread as it seems like you put together a nice GUI...
Don't worry, is only a copy-paste.
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However, there is no way that Dolby at 640 Kbit/s sounds better than DTS at 1536 Kbit/s. Unless you are using equipment that can't reproduce the differences. I can easily hear the difference every, single time.
I never say "sounds better".

The test is: listen the original uncompressed, the DTS encoded and the AC3 encoded.
Maybe for you the DTS sounds better than original uncompressed, but is not the question.
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Old 23rd October 2009, 13:10   #23  |  Link
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there is no way that Dolby at 640 Kbit/s sounds better than DTS at 1536 Kbit/s
How hell no? like comparing simple algo (DTS) with some hevy efficient algo (AC3). Like comparing MPEG2 and MPEG4 and say that MPEG2 still better. AC3 @ 640kbps clearly produce higher sound quality than DTS @ 1536kbps, even AC3@448kbps can be comparable to DTS 1536kbps.
I proved to myself several times on different equipment, even now when I had access to the DTS-HD MA Encoding Suite, which mean i encode my samples with up to date DTS encoding tool.
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Old 23rd October 2009, 22:43   #24  |  Link
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I guess he's refering to bass response with AC3 vs DTS, i.e. due to higher attenuation of low-level frequencies before encoding AC3 does not sound as "bass-rich" as DTS. This is especially true with on-the-fly AC3 (Dolby Digital Live) and DTS solutions on mainboards and soundcards. However, concerning overall faithfulness to the master I'd say AC3 is able to achieve much better replication than DTS, even when comparing 640kbps AC3 to 1536kbps DTS.
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I guess he's refering to bass response with AC3 vs DTS, i.e. due to higher attenuation of low-level frequencies before encoding AC3 does not sound as "bass-rich" as DTS.
This is especially true with on-the-fly AC3 (Dolby Digital Live) and DTS solutions on mainboards and soundcards.
Please, can you explain this. I don't understand...
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Old 24th October 2009, 08:18   #26  |  Link
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I guess he's refering to bass response with AC3 vs DTS, i.e. due to higher attenuation of low-level frequencies before encoding AC3 does not sound as "bass-rich" as DTS.
This thread is going off topic, but no I wasn't only referring to bass response. I can actually hear finer details and more presence with DTS @ 1536 over Dolby @ 640. I can see that a few of you don't agree here which is fine but I can only go with what my ears tell me.

However, I have noticed bass heavy DTS tracks present on quite a few DVD's but for some reason this seems to be different on Blu-ray discs. Whether it is because most DVD's used 768 Kbit/s instead of 1536 Kbit/s or they used an older encoder, I am not sure.

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How hell no? like comparing simple algo (DTS) with some hevy efficient algo (AC3). Like comparing MPEG2 and MPEG4 and say that MPEG2 still better. AC3 @ 640kbps clearly produce higher sound quality than DTS @ 1536kbps, even AC3@448kbps can be comparable to DTS 1536kbps.
I proved to myself several times on different equipment, even now when I had access to the DTS-HD MA Encoding Suite, which mean i encode my samples with up to date DTS encoding tool.
Comparing MPEG2 and MPEG4 (AVC) to Dolby and DTS is nowhere near a similar comparison. There has got to be at least a decade between MPEG2 and MPEG4 (AVC). Computing power and technology has had a quantum leap since then. I believe there was only about a year difference between the first commercial use of Dolby and DTS. I understand what you meant by this in terms of codec efficiency but I really don't think it's as clear cut as that.

Just out of curiousity, what sort of equipment are you comparing these on?

Looks like I am not alone on these thoughts...

http://www.audioholics.com/education...of-the-formats
http://www.practical-home-theater-gu...by-vs-dts.html
http://ezinearticles.com/?Dolby-vs-D...ter?&id=553768

As I mentioned above, all these reference the fact that you need the right equipment to hear the difference.
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Your links don't say "DTS is better than AC3" only:
"you need a thoroughly refined audio playback setup to bring out that subtle difference in sound quality between these two formats."

And I agree with this. My audio equipment, or my human ears I don't know, can't distinguish between them.

For that I need trust in blind test with professional audio equipment.
My first link say: DTS 1500 is best than AC3 448 but very close
My second link (not sctrict blind test but also with professional audio equipment) conclude:
"The lossless, Dolby Digital Plus, and DTS-HD High Resolution compressed tracks were just a little more open and airy. I hate to say it, but they just sounded more realistic and transparent. The 448 kbps Dolby Digital and standard DTS tracks were less so, a little more closed off. Between the 640 kbps Dolby Digital and the uncompressed, the difference was even less noticeable."

If most of the people can't distinguish between them (by audio equipment or human ears) and some experts prefer AC3 640 Kb/s over DTS 1500, for what we need spend bytes and select a format less compatible?

If you prefer DTS, use it, but I can't accept DTS is better than AC3 without probe it.
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...but I can't accept DTS is better than AC3 without probe it.
me too!
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tebasuna,
first thank you for the new UsEac3to.

you know, i'm horrible in command lines.
can i ask how to 5.1 96/24 multichannel waves to flac without change sample rate, etc...only compression?
thanks.

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Old 26th October 2009, 01:16   #29  |  Link
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now i know why "was so hard" to encode 5.1 96/24 multichannel waves to flac. lol
in my system(win2000) the down arrows on the right to select formats, parameters, etc are not working, i need to click until the output format(for example) be blue and use the arrows of the keybord to select the desired adjust.(flac, wave, waves,pcm,etc)
i can't say that is a GUI's problem, must be my old system. (?)
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Old 26th October 2009, 04:10   #30  |  Link
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I think Autoit ( http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/ ) support Win2000, but I can test it.
Try download the Autoit software and run the .au3 file instead the .exe.
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I think Autoit ( http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/ ) support Win2000, but I can test it.
Try download the Autoit software and run the .au3 file instead the .exe.
yes, Autoit works in win2k.
i download, run Autoit and open the UsEac3To.au3.
just the same, i can't chose options in "Track Input and Output format" and others (is "combo"? editing the file i saw "GUICtrlCreateCombo")
but works with the "trick" like i wrote before.

thanks for the link and hints.
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tebasuna51,
i'm lost ...
how can i load lots of wavs with differents names from the same folder to encode as flac as the "+ Sources" buttom don't work in this case?
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The button '+ Sources' is only to concatenate sources like .VOB or .m2ts.
Isn't a batch process.

To convert to flac all the wav in a folder use this con2flac.bat file (put your correct path to eac3to) in the same folder and double click:
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for %%a in (*.wav) do "z:\path\eac3to.exe" "%%a" "%%a.flac"
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i did a copy of the lesson and is saved.

i never saw the word "do" in command lines before.

thanks so much.
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To convert to flac all the wav in a folder use this con2flac.bat file (put your correct path to eac3to) in the same folder and double click:
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@echo off
for %%a in (*.wav) do "z:\path\eac3to.exe" "%%a" "%%a.flac"
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command line(.bat) absolutely perfect, works from waves to flacs and adjusting the .bat is perfet from flacs to waves too!
i did dozen files.

regards tebasuna51!
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feliz ano nuevo

thank you so much for UsEac3to it sure is the best eac3to GUI i tried so far any chance on making it more awesome with some batch job features thanks anyway if not for sharing you are helping many unleash the powers of eac3to

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Thanks! This program is exactly what I need.
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New version to add Chapters and Timecodes extraction using MkvExtract.
Split m2ts in 4GB fragments is now optional.

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amigo thank you very much for the update i'am a very happy UsEac3to abuser i always recommend it over all other eac3to GUI's good stuff
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New version
Changelog v0.6 2010-03-06
- Improved command line parse (external programs 'pipe')
- Decode with NeroAacDec and Lame
- Time change also in XML and CUE
- Workaround to change ANSI chars to OEM ASCII for cmd's

Now work with more than one 'pipe'.
Example for a simple stereo downmix:
stdout.wav | Sox --ignore-length - -t wav - remix -m 1v0.3694,3v0.2612,5v0.3694 2v0.3694,3v0.2612,6v0.3694 norm | Lame -b 128 - %_.mp3

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