Does somebody knows the procedure and the programs required to produce your own DTS DVD-A from original CD's ? Is it possible to do it, I mean to separate a normal stereo CD into DTS ?

Maybe it's a repost, but I can't find any precise answer.

Thanks to everybody !

 

Here is a list of the programs I used to do this conversion:
• DVD Decrypter
• DVD2AVI
• BeSweet
• BeSure
• HeadAC3che
• SurCode CD Pro DTS (this one is the kicker. If you're honest, you can pay $499 for this 1.5MB encoding utility. If you're dishonest, you probably know where to find a copy)
• Your favorite CD Burning Program (I used Nero)


1. Open DVDDecrypter
2. Make sure it is in file mode (Mode – File)
3. Select Tools – Settings
4. On the File Mode Tab – Select File Splitting to None
5. Select Files and IFOs (Edit – Select Main Movie Files + IFOs)
6. Select Destination folder
7. Right click on highlighted files and choose Stream Processing
8. Deselect all except Audio – AC3
9. Highlight Audio – AC3 and choose Demux and OK. Process should start and take about 20 minutes.

10. Open Chapter-X-tracter
11. Click on Customize Tab
12. Scroll down to Open IFO – Choose appropriate IFO (use AC3 name as hint)
13. Song numbers will be listed – beware of leading and trailing songs
14. Select songs you want
15. Click on Format tab
16. Select Preset: BeSplit
17. Choose AC3 file from above as filename
18. In the directory file, be sure it does not have a “\” at the end of the directory! Example: D:\DVD\ IS WRONG!, it should be D:\DVD . You will have to correct this in the printout window, also. This will put the file under the D:\ root directory and name the files DVD01.ac3, DVD02.ac3, etc.
19. Hit the GO button in the bottom right.
20. Separate AC3 files should be created for each selected song. Process should take about 2 minutes.
21. See log file to see where the AC3 files were created.
22. Get an AC3 plugin for a media player (e.g. winamp) and listen to the AC3 files that were created, especially beginnings and endings. If they need to be recreated (songs weren’t separated properly), now is the easiest time to recreate them.

23. Open BeSure
24. Find the files listed on the Files and Folders tab (should be there if used previously).
25. On the BeSweet Settings Tab, make sure Normalize is checked and select DTS-CD.
26. Select the Input Files dropdown, hit Add and file the select all the AC3 files created in step 20. Then hit OK.
27. Click the GO button. (Takes 15 – 60 minutes, depending on # of songs)
28. If needed, use VideoLAN’s VLC player to play DTS Wav files. These files can be renamed if desired.
29. If needed, use WAV Splitter to “trim” the DTS Wav files. The splitter won’t play them, but it will split them, based on time in milliseconds. Play them with the VLC player, get the start and end times, and use the Splitter to edit them.
30. Use Burning software (e.g. Nero) to make CD-R – this will create a CD that only a DVD player (with DTS) can play.

Props to frozenpenguin, Zon76, and WickedWiz for doing the initial research on this!

 

Tx very much bzss7x


I now have to find out all those programs. Any idea where I can find them ? Morpheus maybe ? ANy better idea ?

Thanks again for the complete description.

 

bzss7x, can this same process be used to create a DVD instead of a CD?

 

I don't have a DVD recorder, so I don't know, but I sure someone around here has tried it. I would think it'd be possible using Discwelder towards the end of the process instead of the DTS part. Anyone have input on this?

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You can use discWelder or Wavelab to author the DVD-A and burn it.

The procedure you outlined works to extract ac3 files from a DVD and convert them to a DTS format. There are variations on this theme explained at length at the following site: www.dtsac3.com. This site is also a gold mine of information if you're interested in converting a 2.0 stereo source into a 5.1 surround mix.

Regards.

 

bzss7x: who's the chick in your sig? She's hot !!

 

That would be Jaime Pressly...

 

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