I recently traveled to Jackson, MS to make a 5.1 recording of a large Ruffati pipe organ. I directed low frequencies to the LFE (.1) channel. This is quite a sound and could be used as a leasebreaker should you need one! Vegas is a marvelous tool!
I decided to used DVD Architect and make a Music Compilation DVD using AC3 5.1 to send to the organist. After "burning" the DVD I checked it using several DVD players. I have an APEX AD-1200 that played the files instantly. But.....
I discovered that other DVD players evidently look at the bitstream and go through a series of algorithms before deciding to decode. A high-end Onkyo and a low-end Zenith both chopped off the first couple of measures on each track. I've not read anything about this in the literature but I went back and added two seconds of "preview" silence to the beginning of each AC3 file. This gives the player time to decide what's coming so that the beginning measures of each track are not chopped off. I may have to increase that time but two seconds satisfied those two players.
I decided to used DVD Architect and make a Music Compilation DVD using AC3 5.1 to send to the organist. After "burning" the DVD I checked it using several DVD players. I have an APEX AD-1200 that played the files instantly. But.....
I discovered that other DVD players evidently look at the bitstream and go through a series of algorithms before deciding to decode. A high-end Onkyo and a low-end Zenith both chopped off the first couple of measures on each track. I've not read anything about this in the literature but I went back and added two seconds of "preview" silence to the beginning of each AC3 file. This gives the player time to decide what's coming so that the beginning measures of each track are not chopped off. I may have to increase that time but two seconds satisfied those two players.