[LAU] creating surround DVDs on linux?

[Jörn Nettingsmeier]

On 01/13/2011 12:59 PM, Robin Gareus wrote:
> On 01/13/2011 11:32 AM, Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:

> You do realize that you can also just use raw PCM for audio on DVDs:
> 48 kHz or 96 kHz, 16 or 24 bit, 2-6 channels; but only up to 6144 kbit/s
>
>> better yet, i'd like to use five uncompressed pcm streams, and the
>> wikipedia article on dvd-video seems to indicate it's possible
>
> oh, you did realize :)
>
>> - has anyone done it
>
> stereo PCM: yes. 5chan: no

i'll try it. does anyone have an idea what the format should be? channel 
order?
interleaved?
sample rate?
bit depth?

>> and will consumer dvd players handle it?
>
> I use 'ogle' http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/groups/dvd/ to test DVD iso
> images. It does not use any big frameworks like ffmpeg or gstreamer for
> the decoding and besides supporting DVD-menus it usually only plays what
> will also play on a hardware DVD player.

good pointer, i hadn't heard of ogle yet.


best,

jörn