Lesson 19. Audio Encoding

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Time

This lesson takes approximately 60 minutes to complete.

Goals

Learn what formats of digital audio are compatible with DVD Studio Pro

Explore AC-3 files and discover how they produce such tiny yet great-sounding audio streams

Discover how to choose data rates for your AC-3 streams

Explore dialog normalization

Learn about dynamic range compression profiles

Use downmix settings to turn a 5.1 surround stream into an appropriate stream for stereo playback

There’s an old saying in the video world: Video is two-thirds audio. You can spend a great deal of time encoding perfect MPEG-2 streams, and your menus might be fun and engaging, but if your title’s audio ...

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