DD,DTS Doolby Pro Logic encode/decode

[DocGaw]

Is there a program, using the M-Audio 1010 or other pro sound card, that will encode and/or decode DD or DTS input on digital SPDIF, or Dolby Pro-Logic on analogin real time?

[Nika]

Doc,

I don't know of one, but I'm not understanding your need yet either. There are boxes that will decode DTS and convert them to analog in our living rooms. Why do we want to pass it through a computer first?

I'm happy to help more if I understood more about what you were trying to accomplish. I get the feeling that in the end the answer will be "yes, but prohibitively expensively" to whatever your question ends up being. The folks at DTS only make money off of the licensing of their encoding algorithms anymore, so software that utilizes it can be fairly expensive.

I hope this helps? Let me know more and I'll see if there's something that will work.

Thanx!
Nika.

[DocGaw]

I am using my comp;uter for home theater with built in DVD and CD playback with Radeon card at 960P, 72 HZ., using M-Audio 1010 card fopr 6 channel decoding, and HDTV playback with HI-PIX HDTV card. But have to output the HDTV DD audio to external decoder. Would prefer to do all decoding by the 1010, including C-band satellite audio, which is output as Dolby Pro-logic and Dolby Digital. Would be great to be able to get rid of my EAD Theatermaster Signature processor as the 1010 does a fantastic job of decoding CD and DVD audio. Bill

[Nika]

Doc.

OK, I think I get the picture. So there is software available, but I don't think that it operates utilizing the M Audio cards. Minnetonka, Digidesign, and Kind of Loud all makes encoder/decoder software. Most of them are around $2k for the DTS version and a little less for Dolby. You'd have to buy both. But you'd also probably have to have some sort of playback card that was compatable.

Does that answer your question? If not, let me know and I'll tackle again.

Thanx!
Nika.

[Clay Stahlka]

For decoding only, the WinDVD 3.0 and PowerDVD programs offer versions with both standard Dolby/DTS decoding as well as the new Dolby surround headphone algorithms. They do not, however, offer any encoding options. Sonic Foundry's SoftEncode would be the only game in town, so far as I have seen.