[MPlayer-users] [OT] AC3 vs. DTS

[RC]

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 09:14:37 +0400
Vladimir Mosgalin <mosgalin at VM10124.spb.edu> wrote:

> It is possible to have a long film with very high bitrate and
> dts track; calculate yourself.

A lot of things are possible.  It's possible they will ditch their
hardware MPEG-2 encoders for something far better, but I wouldn't
count on it happening anytime soon.  It's possible they will put just
high-bitrate video and a DTS track on a DVD-9, but I don't expect
anyone will do so.

Personally, I think DTS is either a placebo effect, or a case of DTS
supporters intentionally mastering the AC3 tracks poorly, so the DTS
tracks will sound better, through no fault of either codec.

> Dante's Peak DVD. Average video bitrate of 7.5 mbit/s, English and
> Russian 384 kbit/s AC3 tracks, DTS 768 kbit/s track. The length is
> 109 minutes.

109 minutes is NOT a long movie by any accounts.