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Use AC-35.1 Surround or Stereo
Wondering whether I should produce my DVD in Architect 2.0 using AC-35.1 Surround…. OR AC-3 Stereo. Is it simply a matter of whether my playback equipment can play Surround? If not, will a DVD produced in Surround still sound as good as one produced in Stereo?
Scott Richards
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3 Replies
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If you are creating your soundtrack in surround, then use surround.
Gary Kleiner
Learn Vegas and DVD Architect
http://www.VegasTrainingAndTools.com
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I don’t think that was the question, Gary.
Most DVD players will play 5.1 audio properly on a stereo system (as stereo, of course). But some will not, so some producers put both a stereo and a surround track on their DVD and a menu button to allow the user to select the audio track at playback time.
On the other hand, I’ve noticed that it’s a rare Hollywood DVD that has this option any longer. They are almost always exclusively 5.1 surround on the DVD.
Steve M.
Stephen Mann,
MannMade Digital Video,
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Most of the more modern DVD players can “simulate” 5.1 but its actually stereo. Also, these players should have no problem with a stereo sound track and conversely, players in 5.1 mode will play a stereo track.
However, if you have done your project in 5.1 with associated audio tracks mixed for 5.1, then thats what I would deliver in. 5.1 abviously has the “theatre” effect for sound which is more pleasing (provided its done right)
Jeremy
MJ Productions
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