I've tried searching and reading the FAQ with no luck

How do I burn a dts music DVD

-the files are all .dts
-I have DVD-R's
-2007 Acura TL

I tried burning the ".dts" files in Nero as a "data dvd" but it wasn't read by the player.

How should I burn these dts files?

 

Start simple and create a DTS-CD. This is simpler than creating a DVDA so it is a good place to start. And you can use Nero to burn using any CDR media. No special software is needed.

Lots of stuff on the net already if you search for "DTS CD" you may find some nice torrents that will easily burn to a CD. The TL displays DTS on the display when playing DTS encoded material. Also to note these CDs can not play back on the PC or home CD player unless specially equipped with a DTS decoder. Older versions of the VLC player for the PC do work.

I don't think you can use a .DTS extension directly without renaming it. What you can burn is a DTS encoded (6channel) .WAV file. For now and burn a test track by renaming a .DTS file to .WAV then using Nero "Create an Audio CD" and drag the .WAV file onto the compilation and burn it on a CD. Test it in the car.

If it did not work there is one thing to check. The audio file needs to be 44.1kHz to meet the CD standard. Some .DTS files may be 48kHz. There are freeware utils to convert if needed just can't remember off the top. FYI 44.1kHz and 48kHz are the two standard sampling frequencies used in CD and DVDs (CD only 44.1). Wavelab is a very good utility to check and convert sampling frequencies.

 

thanks, I will take another shot at this...
i'll update the thread with results.

 

well, trying to put .DTS extension on a "Audio CD" in Nero gives an error of not recognized files...
even changing their extension to .wav didn't help.

I'm trying to use Wavlab right now but I have no idea how to load a ".DTS" file or how to properly load a ".wav" file that was a ".dts"

So confusing.

I really thought this would be easy because I have all the tracks as ".DTS" :o

 

I'm sure somebody has done this

.DTS -> Acura

 

I tried a program called "dts2wav"
It made a 44.1 kHZ wav file from my dts file

I burned the wav files with Nero
the Acura played it as static though

 

Verify you are able to burn an Audio CD. Try using a .WAV file from the C:\WINDOWS\MEDIA\Windows XP startup.wav Using a .WAV that is stereo will create a normal CD so you can verify you are able to burn Audio CDs. Play with this until you have a sucessful burn then move on to .DTS burning.

Start Nero - I am using ver. 7.5.7 but they are all very similar
Close the Nero create wizzard
Select FILE on nero's drop down menus
Select New from the menu
Select CD from on the New Complilation dialog box
Select Audio CD on the New Compilation dialog box
Click New at the bottom of the New Compilation dialog box

Drag the .WAV file onto the left pane of nero and it should accept it. Burn a test.

Rename the .DTS to .WAV and repeat the test. If not either it is 48kHz or you do not have the correct CD compilation type

A DVD is NOT a big CD. This can not be done on a DVD disc. It is for CD only. The TL does not play DTS DVDs.

I'd suggest you get a few discs for expermentation purposes. Get a selection of a few DVD-R RW (Ridata 8x if you can find them) and a few CD-RWs at whatever speed you can find. These will pay off in the long run because you need to test many things and you can re-write them.

PM me an email address and I will send you a test 5.1 .WAV file that speaks the channel assignments.

 

Verify that there is a DTS logo on the '07 TL stereo face. '04-06 all play DTS-Cds The 07 can also play Dolby 5.1 but did they remove the DTS-Cd function ? That would be a bummer, since there is a plethora of DTS-CDs available on the net but very little DVDA stuff. I find the DTS-CD function more useful than the DVDA and can sound very good.

 

Get a copy of VLC. VLC is free but you need an older copy that can play DTS files. My version is 0.8.5-test4. New versions can play DTS with a few tricks but to start out it is nice to be able to use VLS that will tell you what the .WAV is encoded with DTS or DOLBY5.1

BTW stereos that can't decode DTS 5.1 will play the disks back as static. This is why I am wondering if the 07 is DTS compliant.

 

A keyword search for dts* might bring up some old DTS creation threads.

 

it has the DTS logo

 

Yeah.

No luck finding info on burning this for the Acura

 

All you need is Xilisoft Audio Ripper and Audio DVD creator from Goland Tech.

The ripper will take the .dts tracks from any Video DVD and the other program will take the .dts tracks and burn it as a DVD audio.

Works like a charm. I have converted many of my DVD Video -> DVD Audio, this way.

 

We've covered that software on this site in the past. That company makes software to create AUDIO-DVDs not DVD-Audios. Their home page even mentions that Audio-DVDs should not be confused with DVDA which requires special software. Also it only does PCM at 48KHz/16bit while DVDA can do 6 channel at up to 96kHz/24bit in either LPCM or MLP encoding. So unless something has changed, that software is out.

So I hope I am wrong and you created DVDAs for your TL using this.

 

I'm tired of wasting CD-R's and DVD-R's so...if anyone knows of a way that worked for them let me know. (For burning .dts files to play in the Acura TL)

Thanks

 

Patience has its rewards. A CD-RW will cost you $1.50. The last line of post #7 "PM me an email address and I will send you a test 5.1 .WAV file that speaks the channel assignments." this can be burned with Nero and will give you a confirmation of DTS encoding, channel assignments and verify 5.1 is working. Might also reaffirm your ability to master this. BTW I have over 60 titles on DTS and the ones I really like I may convert to DVDA.

 

YOU are the man!!
This worked for me!

I was able to just rename the .dts extension to .wav and do as above and it worked in my fathers 2007 Acura TL

Thank you for your help.

 

ok, just do update...

it seems like some .dts files you can rename to .wav and burn with Nero...

but some DTS cd's after being changed to .wav extension won't be recognized in Nero....it will say bad/corrupt file.

But I did have success with two DTS-CD's

 

Nero will take some .dts files without having to rename them to .WAV. I am not sure what the difference between .dts and .wav is, but the dts packaging must be similar but not the same as wav.

I suggest you try the program called Tranzcode. Latest is .4 beta. This is a command line util, but if you want you might be able to use Tranzgui which is a windows interface for Tranzcode. Google will give you several hits on Tranzcode and it is freeware. This util is also good if you want to split the file into the 6 .WAVs preparing to create a DVDA.

Gspot is great for viewing .dts and .wav files as it shows sampling frequency bitrate etc.

Also worth a mention is Azidts. It is quite complex and you have to be prepared to install and register a few drivers and a support programs it calls. Hypercube Transcoder is also a good tool. Caution with the dts2wav util, I believe it creates stereo wavs only. Another good one might be dtsdec.