[Neil Van heerden]

Hi David,

Yes unfortunately Surecode Compressor plugin is not an option due to older version and OS compatibility.

I will definitely make contact with DTS, their Pro-suite is pricey but perhaps we can come to some arrangement.

Thanks for your input and advice.

[Neil Van heerden]

Hi Danny,

I 100% agree with your philosophy of not investing into dated software or hardware for exactly that reason, no backup or support, i’m just trying to cling onto an existing long term client by utilising existing systems.

This is the reality of keeping abreast with technology and regularly upgrading software and hardware, to ensure that you can provide an unlimited service to existing and future potential clients.There comes a time when sweating your assets is no longer viable because you cannot accomodate or access later version projects, thus limiting your client base.

The rality for us is that its time to upgrade all our systems.

Appreciate all you comments and input, thanks for the Chat.

[Neil Van heerden]

Hi Danny,

It so happens that we are running OS-X ver 10.9.5 as well as Compressor ver3.5.3.
So the SureCode plug-in should work for me right?
Why do you say it is not worth the price?
I respect that you are not keen on endorsing any software becuase you offer DTS encoding as a service however, I’m based in South Africa and farming out the DTS encoding is not cost effective and also our turn around deadlines will never accomodate third party involvement.

The price I have for the Surecode proffesional Plugin, is aprox 265 Dollars.
Considering above comment of distance and turnaround time, do you think it is a good option for my sittuation?

[Neil Van heerden]

Hi Danny,

Yes I have recently seen the plug-in Software for Compressor called “SureCode” and yes it does stipulate only compatible with ver3 but not ver4 and upward.
luckily We are still running ver3 compressor on our systems so, I will be looking at that as an option.

Appreciate your offer to Encode DTS for us however, we are based in South Africa and the logistics and turnaround time to complete the mastering does not justify farming out the work.

Thanks for your assistance.

[Neil Van heerden]

Hi Daniel,
Thanks for your response, I had a look in our ENCOR project Settings and it only has 2 options for audio transcoding:
1)PCM and 2) Dolby Digital.
I’m assuming there is also plug-in software that I would need to purchase to enable DTS option in ENCORE?.
I know I need to purchase Plug-In software for compressor to handle DTS.