Dvd Shrink question?

[roosta21]

I use dvd shrink to back up my dvds. Once I open the disk in the Audio section it commonly says AC3 5.1 & DTS 5.1

What is the difference. I have a 5.1 dolby digital home theater so do i need the dts file to be broadcasted in 5.1?

[Siliconjunkie]

I always uncheck everything but 5.1, never had a problem even with my ProLogic system.

If you don't have a DTS player/reciever, it won't matter anyhow.

DTS is similar to Dolby 5.1, another system for it.

[roosta21]

i think all the dts stands for if digital but maybe i am wrong. my reciever is dts so i guess i will check that. but i still do not understand what the AC3 means.

[Siliconjunkie]

AC3=Dolby Digital=Dolby 5.1

DTS=Another 5.1 system

Basically, it is like AMD & Intel. They are the same but different. Some people prefer one or the other, but most cant tell the difference.

[dr_roberts49]

DTS= Digital Theatre Sound (I think). It didn't go over as big as 5.1. To me, it has more punch in background sounds. The D-Day beach landing in "Saving Private Ryan" is a good example. It also depends on your sound system. If you have a good 6 speaker sound system with properly placed speakers, you can really hear the difference, but if you using headphones or just 2 speakers, you won't hear that much of a difference.

Robert

[Siliconjunkie]

oh, and when I say 5.1, I mean 6 channel surround

[roosta21]

Originally Posted by Siliconjunkie

oh, and when I say 5.1, I mean 6 channel surround

I thought that was refered to as 6.1

[Siliconjunkie]

The newest is 6.1 (actually 7 channels), the .1 is the subwoofer in both cases. 5.1 is actually 6 channels. ProLogic is 4 channels.

[roosta21]

There are 7.1 recievers out there but no movies are broadcasted in that format.