Audio DVD's

[Neil Rutman]

A client wants to put a collection of audio CD's onto DVD -to be able to be
played on his home DVD player. Nero can make what it calls a "Jukebox Audio
DVD" which can incorporate mps, wma or nero digital audio files. It doesn't
make sense to me to compress the audio only to put it on a DVD which can
play higher resolution files. Is there a program to burn wav files to DVD
(not looking for surround) to be able to be played in a DVD player - not
just for storage?

Thanks,

Neil R

[Richard Crowley]

"Neil Rutman" wrote ...
>A client wants to put a collection of audio CD's onto DVD -to be able to be
>played on his home DVD player. Nero can make what it calls a "Jukebox Audio
>DVD" which can incorporate mps, wma or nero digital audio files. It doesn't
>make sense to me to compress the audio only to put it on a DVD which can
>play higher resolution files. Is there a program to burn wav files to DVD
>(not looking for surround) to be able to be played in a DVD player - not
>just for storage?

Are you looking for a *specific* solution for your client, or are you
looking for a *general* solution that will work for everyone? If you
seek a specific personal solution then you only need to determine
exactly what kinds of files and discs your client's player(s) will read.

One way is to just create a DVD data disc with a bunch of WAV
files and try it in the DVD player(s). Another method would be to look
up your DVD player make/model in the list at www.videohelp.com

Dunno that there is a *general* solution as not all DVD players will
play a data DVD disc full of WAV files.

[Scott Dorsey]

Neil Rutman > wrote:
>A client wants to put a collection of audio CD's onto DVD -to be able to be
>played on his home DVD player. Nero can make what it calls a "Jukebox Audio
>DVD" which can incorporate mps, wma or nero digital audio files. It doesn't
>make sense to me to compress the audio only to put it on a DVD which can
>play higher resolution files. Is there a program to burn wav files to DVD
>(not looking for surround) to be able to be played in a DVD player - not
>just for storage?

There are a lot of different things you can do, but if you want to put
reasonable 44.1 or higher resolution audio on a DVD, you might as well
just burn a DVD-A. However, not all DVD players can play DVD-A discs.

On the other hand, how big is the collection? If you compress the hell
out of it and create a DVD-V with compressed audio, you can get more time
on the disc.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[Neil Rutman]

Thanks for the replies guys!

Neil R

"Scott Dorsey" > wrote in message
...
> Neil Rutman > wrote:
>>A client wants to put a collection of audio CD's onto DVD -to be able to
>>be
>>played on his home DVD player. Nero can make what it calls a "Jukebox
>>Audio
>>DVD" which can incorporate mps, wma or nero digital audio files. It
>>doesn't
>>make sense to me to compress the audio only to put it on a DVD which can
>>play higher resolution files. Is there a program to burn wav files to DVD
>>(not looking for surround) to be able to be played in a DVD player - not
>>just for storage?
>
> There are a lot of different things you can do, but if you want to put
> reasonable 44.1 or higher resolution audio on a DVD, you might as well
> just burn a DVD-A. However, not all DVD players can play DVD-A discs.
>
> On the other hand, how big is the collection? If you compress the hell
> out of it and create a DVD-V with compressed audio, you can get more time
> on the disc.
> --scott
> --
> "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

[Robert Orban[_2_]]

In article >, says...
>
>
>Neil Rutman > wrote:
>>A client wants to put a collection of audio CD's onto DVD -to be able to be
>>played on his home DVD player. Nero can make what it calls a "Jukebox Audio
>>DVD" which can incorporate mps, wma or nero digital audio files. It doesn't
>>make sense to me to compress the audio only to put it on a DVD which can
>>play higher resolution files. Is there a program to burn wav files to DVD
>>(not looking for surround) to be able to be played in a DVD player - not
>>just for storage?
>
>There are a lot of different things you can do, but if you want to put
>reasonable 44.1 or higher resolution audio on a DVD, you might as well
>just burn a DVD-A. However, not all DVD players can play DVD-A discs.
>
>On the other hand, how big is the collection? If you compress the hell
>out of it and create a DVD-V with compressed audio, you can get more time
>on the disc.
>--scott

IIRC, a DVD-V disc can carry up to two channels of 96kHz/24bit audio,
uncompressed.

[Peter Larsen[_3_]]

Neil Rutman wrote:

> A client wants to put a collection of audio CD's onto DVD -to be able
> to be played on his home DVD player. Nero can make what it calls a
> "Jukebox Audio DVD" which can incorporate mps, wma or nero digital
> audio files. It doesn't make sense to me to compress the audio only
> to put it on a DVD which can play higher resolution files. Is there a
> program to burn wav files to DVD (not looking for surround) to be
> able to be played in a DVD player - not just for storage?

Test wma lossless with his actual player. LOSSLESS mind you!. I had not
expected to ever recommend something audio out of Seattle, but they have
actually come up with something useful that you can implement without
additional license cost.

> Neil R

Kind regards

Peter Larsen