PAL & AC3 Problem

PAW wrote on 2/9/2003, 9:43 AM

Hello,

I have created a DVD with AC3 sound. The DVD will play in my philips DVD+RW used for burning but will not play in my Sony DVD player.

There is a reference in the manual to an issue with AC3 and some PAL players but there is no explanation of what this is? Any ideas?

Any suggestions on how I can create a 5.1 DVD - DVDA does not appear to support individual audio streams although it suggests this is the option for the PAL/AC3 problem.

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SonyTony wrote on 2/9/2003, 3:44 PM

AC3 audio stream support is a requirement of the DVD spec when playing on NTSC players. PAL players are not required to support AC3 audio, although most of them do. You may want to double check to see if your Sony player supports this audio format. (If not, you may have to burn PCM stereo for it to work in that player.)

PAW wrote on 2/10/2003, 1:46 AM

Your right the player does not support AC3 Audio - what format do commercial DVDs use I play plenty of 5.1/Dolby Digital DVDs

I was assuming AC3 was the format used. If it is another format any auggestions on how to create DVDs that will support it.

Thanks for the reply.

PAW wrote on 2/10/2003, 6:54 AM

Just to clarify.

The player supports Dolby Digital/MPEG Audio/DTS, I thought AC3 and Dolby Digital were the same.

It does not support DVD Audio

Will DVD architect support any of the formats my player supports to allow 5.1

PAW wrote on 2/10/2003, 9:22 AM

Worked it out for myself

AC3/Dolby digital are the same spec, thought I had missed something there.

I used Nero to burn the DVD and it works. I am using a Philips DVDRW1208 not the 228 listed so I guess there is some compatability issue.

A good idea would be for DVDA to support buring software such as Nero i.e a configurable option which allows you to do the prepare and burn in a single step from within DVDA.