Using Solo and Extractor, I created 6-channel .WAV file from Eagles HFO(DTS). I burned a disc (-R) and it will not play.

 

maybe it's the -R disc format. The .Wav format is the standard lossless format for CD songs.

 

did you burn the disc as a dts dvd? from what you said, it sounds like you ripped the .wav files and put them on a disc, which you can't do...has to be either dts or dvd-audio format for the TL to recognize it...but stick with dvd-r like you mentioned...

 

See the tail end of this thread:

https://acurazine.com/forums/technology-16/review-sony-ericsson-p900-138007/

I did exactly the same thing, and I found in the end the cheap DVD-R do not always work. I burned several copies of the same ISO image: some of them were entirely requested, and others played partially, but some songs were cut short.

I went back to the store, bought expensive 16x DVD-R (Sony) disks, and these have so far worked perfectly. This might be your problem.

If you get this to work, check for one other thing. I found the Eagles HFO tracks to be somewhat low volume. I have to turn it up to 35 for the early songs (when I play most CD's at 20 or so). They seem to get a bit louder later on, but overall the results are quieter than a normal CD. I am comparing to a CD I burnt to DVD-Audio. I don't know if there is anyway to increase the volume of the original WAV files.

-Keith

 

there is and i've done it a few times for some songs that were too quiet...you can increase the gain of a song using an audio editor (i use peak 4) and then i normalize the song...works everytime...

 

It depends. I have some really cheap ones that only play in my TL and not in any other players I have. So unfortunately price isn't always a determining factor. I think it has more to do with the dyes used in the media and the type of transport in the player. Thats why when I find media that will play on everything I own I stock up.

There is a way to normalize them using BeSweet but I still find that they are softer. I think that many normalization routines still sum the 6 channels internally to a two channel signal that is used to figure the normalization factor. This will leave each channel well below the 100% point. I guess you would have to run each channel separately and get the normalization factor for the channel that had the highest peaks (lowest additional gain required). Then you could use that figure on all 6 channels. Alternatively you could just say "screw it" and live with them the way they are OR normalize them to over 100% and see if you are lucky enough to have no channels clip.

 

like adobeman stated, you don't want the audio to clip (the audio goes higher than a mic is able to record and causes distortion)...the audio editor i use, peak 4, has a clipguard feature that will take the audio to the max without clipping, giving you the highest audio gain...then i normalize the song just to make sure the audio is at a standard level and not jumping between different levels...send me the song(s) that are too quiet if you want and i'll put some juice into them...

 

I used DVDA Solo to create an ISO image and saved it to my Hard Drive.

I tried to burn this file to a disc using Sonic Record Now, but it did not play, just like my .WAV files.

Someone suggested that I just copied the file and did not create an image. Yes, I did drag and drop the file as it was stored from Solo and burned it to the disc.

How do I create an image from the Solo file? What am i missing here?

I appreciate the assistance.

 

like i posted in a different thread on how i create my dvd-a discs...

on mac os x:
1. pick mp3's to use on disc and convert to wav format using switch

on windows:

2. add wav files to dvd audio solo

3. write iso image file to hard drive

on mac os x:

4. burn iso file using toast to dvd-r disc (dvd+r won't work)

my primary computer is a mac, so if you're strictly pc, you'll have to substitute some of my steps to suit your needs...

i'm not sure why the disc didn't play for you if you burned the iso image that dvd audio solo created for you...only thing i can think of right now is the media you used to burn it too...

 

Once I have an ISO image, I use Nero to burn the actual disk. I think most of them work in a similar manner. The ISO image *IS* a file on your hard disk, but on the DVD it is not a file, it instead represents the *entire* DVD.

On Nero you can not drag this to the output window as if it was a file. (Well, you can, but it does the wrong thing.) You have to use the "open" menu command, and select the ISO image that way. Once this is done, Nero prompts for all the burn settings. It can not show you the contents of the ISO image, but it can burn the entire thing onto a DVD, making the resulting DVD exactly like the ISO image.

Are you sufficiently confused now?