DivX and Dolby ? A moral question....

[Ebenrot]

Hello folks...

Let me introduce you into my little problem...

Some month ago I've bought the new Creative Soundcard with THX support and so on... and furthermore the inspire 6700 6.1 dolby system...
I've done that because I wanna have this cool cinema sound when I am watching films.
For sure you know it works great if you are watching DVDs.

But I also wanna watch DivX Films. The quality is great but one thing is buggering me...

I know that some films have "AC3" within their filename. So Dolby Digital is supported. But what about all the other films? I mean... It's no fun to have a sound system for great sound but not the suitable movies for it....

There is an option that you can upmix 2speaker sound into 5 speaker sound... but I did not test it right now and have no idea if it works the same way as with having real 5.1 sound...

so... can anyone tell me if there is an option to watch that kind of movies without digital track as there would be one? maybe with an ac3 codec?

thx for help
ebenrot

[The Maynard]

If you're talking about converting a pro-logic source to 5.1 it may be possible but it will not be as good as actual pure 5.1 sound. It will do some matrixing of the sound kinda like Pro-Logic 2 does and give you matrixed seperated left and right rears. They won't be full range sound at all. As to how to do that, I don't know. I just thought I'd give you at least this bit of info. Good luck though.

[Greg2k]

I'm looking up on that one, Ebenrot.

But since you've got this fabulous piece of kit, I recommend you activate all the EAX surround settings of your sound card. It may not be as good as real 5.1 sound, but at least you get a better "spacial experience" from those 2.0 DivX movies.

Greg2k

[Ebenrot]

Originally posted by Greg2k
I'm looking up on that one, Ebenrot.

But since you've got this fabulous piece of kit, I recommend you activate all the EAX surround settings of your sound card. It may not be as good as real 5.1 sound, but at least you get a better "spacial experience" from those 2.0 DivX movies.

Greg2k

Thanks Greg...

I would be glad if you could find something out....
it would be great if there is any opportunity to watch 2.0 films with a sound like 5.1

[Greg2k]

Well, think I may have found something after all . Dunno, I'm a simple newbie, but this URL may solve your problem.

http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/ac3machine.html

It does just about everything to and with AC3, so give it a whirl. Haven't tried it yet, but suppose it's useful.

L8rs

Greg2k

[Ebenrot]

Originally posted by Greg2k
Well, think I may have found something after all . Dunno, I'm a simple newbie, but this URL may solve your problem.

http://www.digital-digest.com/dvd/downloads/ac3machine.html

It does just about everything to and with AC3, so give it a whirl. Haven't tried it yet, but suppose it's useful.

L8rs

Greg2k

Thanks for this tool....

But maybe there is also an opportunity to convert standard 2.0 sound into ac3 ???

[Greg2k]

Hmmm... I reckon that's what it does!

[UncasMS]

stop complaining about the sound quality of illegally downloaded files!

[Ebenrot]

oh...ok...

than thx a lot for your help!

[Enchanter]

It remains a fact that emulated Dolby-prologic sound is never as good as true Dolby sound.

And yes, stop complaining about the sound quality of compressed AVIs. Get the DVDs yourself. Your soundcard and speakers deserve good quality source (My . . . those people over at 3DSS will flame me down when they read this statement ).

[Ebenrot]

Originally posted by Enchanter
It remains a fact that emulated Dolby-prologic sound is never as good as true Dolby sound.

And yes, stop complaining about the sound quality of compressed AVIs. Get the DVDs yourself. Your soundcard and speakers deserve good quality source (My . . . those people over at 3DSS will flame me down when they read this statement ).

thx!!! You just gave me the yank I needed... Why have I bought such a expensive system when I do not use it at all? But you have to admit, that the offering of films iin the internet s such big that you're really going to think about it....

I have just ordered two DVDs "Ghost Ship" and "the Ring"
I don't wanna miss that great sound feeling anymore