DVD-Video Mastering

DVD-Video is the fastest spreading consumer format of all time. In 2003, six years after introduction of the format, there are over 250 million DVD playback devices worldwide, including DVD players, DVD PCs, and DVD game consoles.

DVD-Video can produce high quality video and high resolution audio. The trouble is that the combined data rate of audio and video content must be less than 10 Mbps at any time. More often than not, the audio data rate is compromised, resulting in poor sound quality.

24-96 Mastering can make an enormous difference to sound quality on DVD-V releases by applying special processing prior to the encoding in order to counteract compression artefacts. At 24-96 Mastering we can master and encode audio to linear PCM, Dolby Digital (AC3) and DTS streams, providing the best possible sound quality achievable within the specified bandwidth restrictions.

DVD-Video Source Formats (stereo)

· .wav, .bwf, .aif, .sd2 (16 to 32 bit; 44.1 to 192 kHz on CDR, DVDR, AIT or FTP)
· Alesis ADAT HD24 (rental charges apply)
· Audio CD
· DAT (16 or 24 bit, 44.1 or 48 kHz)
· DDP (v1 or v2 on CDR, DVDR, AIT or FTP)
· dsdiff & DST files (on AIT or ISO DVDR)
· Minidisc
· Sadie EDL, Wavelab Montage, Nuendo Project & Logic Song (please call)
· Tape (¼ inch, ½ inch; rental charges apply)
· Tascam DA88, DA 98 (rental charges apply)
· Tascam MX 2424
· Vinyl (33 or 45 RPM)

DVD-Video Source Formats (surround)

· .wav, .bwf, .aif, .sd2, .ac3 (on CDR, DVDR, AIT or NTFS formatted IDE HD)
· Alesis ADAT HD24 (rental charges apply)
· dsdiff & DST files (on AIT, ISO DVDR or IDE HD)
· Genex GX 9000, GX9048 (rental charges apply)
· Sadie EDL, Wavelab Montage, Nuendo Project & Logic Song (please call)
· Tascam DA88, DA 98 (rental charges apply)
· Tascam MX 2424