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This is a test to see if the Denver DVD-176 can play AC3/DTS-tracks directly from a data CD.
I used Smartripper v2.41 and DVD2AVI v1.77.3 to rip the sound streams (two AC3 (Dolby Digital) streams and one DTS stream) of track 17 "Highway to hell" from the "AC/DC, Stiff Upper Lip LIVE" DVD.
As output from SmartRipper/DVD2AVI, I got the following files:
| Filename | Explanation |
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| Track 17 AC3 T01 2_0ch 256Kbps DELAY -208ms.ac3 | 256Kbps 2 channel AC3 track |
| Track 17 AC3 T02 3_2ch 448Kbps DELAY -272ms.ac3 | 448Kbps 5.1 (maybe just 5.0 as it says 3_2 ?) channel AC3 track |
| Track 17 DTS T03 DELAY -314ms.dts | 5.1 channel DTS track (768Kbps) |
I copied and renamed these files and burned them onto a regular data-CD with some different extentions.
This is how the CD was organized:
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| AC3_2.0_a.ac3 | 256Kbps 2 channel AC3 | |
| AC3_2.0_d.dts | 256Kbps 2 channel AC3 | |
| AC3_2.0_w.wav | 256Kbps 2 channel AC3 | |
| AC3_3.2_a.ac3 | 448Kbps 5.1 channel AC3 | |
| AC3_3.2_d.dts | 448Kbps 5.1 channel AC3 | |
| AC3_3.2_w.wav | 448Kbps 5.1 channel AC3 | |
| DTS_3_a.ac3 | 768Kbps 5.1 channel DTS | |
| DTS_3_d.dts | 768Kbps 5.1 channel DTS | |
| DTS_3_w.wav | 768Kbps 5.1 channel DTS | |
When I inserted the CD into the Denver DVD-176, this is what happened:
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The DVD-176 did not recognize the CD at all. |
So it seems that the Denver DVD-176 cannot play AC3/DTS files on data-CD at all!