[MPlayer-users] Re: How can I hear dts?

[Giacomo Comes]

On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 10:37:19PM -0500, Robert Henney wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 05, 2007 at 11:00:16PM +0100, Reimar D?ffinger wrote:
> 
> > 
> > The problem actually was in ffmpeg, it was known (at least to me), and
> > was just fixed in latest SVN.
> 
> I just updated from svn and the 5.1 DTS (using ffdts/libdts) sounds
> terrific here.  thank you!
> 
> could just be that the DTS tracks on the DVD's I've tried received
> better treatment from the authoring companies than the AC3 5.1 tracks,
> but after repeating the same segment of movie listening to both tracks
> the AC3 sounds flat in comparison.  with the DTS track playing, the
> sounds of machine gun fire flying around your head during a war scene
> is enough to make one duck.

You can read this article that explains the differences between
AC3 and DTS.
http://www.spannerworks.net/reference/10_1a.asp

Ciao
Giacomo