What is the default sound for DVD?

[Sarah Naomi Campbell]

Greetings,

 

I just wrapped post-production on a no-budget short shot on film and then transferred to digital for editing. The sound which was composed and edited in post is in stereo.

 

My question: for the purpose of submitting to film festivals, what is the default for basic DVD's with Stereo sound?

 

The list they provide doesn't list stereo and so I am unsure as to which is appropriate.

 

Thanks for your input...

[Sarah Naomi Campbell]

Greetings,

 

I just wrapped post-production on a no-budget short shot on film and then transferred to digital for editing. The sound which was composed and edited in post is in stereo.

 

My question: for the purpose of submitting to film festivals, what is the default for basic DVD's with Stereo sound?

 

The list they provide doesn't list stereo and so I am unsure as to which is appropriate.

 

Thanks for your input...

 

Here is the list of available sound formats provided, none of which list Stereo...?

Optical

Magnetic

SepMag/Cardband

Dolby A

Dolby SR

LTRT

DTS

SDDS

OTHER

SILENT

Dolby E

Dolby Digital

[Jason Sikorski]

Here is the list of available sound formats provided, none of which list Stereo...?

Optical

Magnetic

SepMag/Cardband

Dolby A

Dolby SR

LTRT

DTS

SDDS

OTHER

SILENT

Dolby E

Dolby Digital

That's an interesting list, because it appears to contain a mix of audio formats (e.g., "Dolby Digital") as well as transport mediums (e.g., "optical"). I suppose it's just a way for them to allow rare or proprietary formats - you bring the decoder with an optical output, and they'll broadcast it.

 

Either way, "LTRT" (LtRt -> LeftRight) is probably the most sensible choice -- unless I'm missing something.

[Hal Smith]

Either way, "LTRT" (LtRt -> LeftRight) is probably the most sensible choice -- unless I'm missing something.

You could do a Left-Center-Right-Surround mixdown. Basically a Dolby SR style mix but without the SR noise reduction. That mix will sound okay on stereo playback systems and have a bit more "sizzle" on surround systems. Just about any "home theatre" style system has a Dolby Surround mode.

[Jason Sikorski]

You could do a Left-Center-Right-Surround mixdown. Basically a Dolby SR style mix but without the SR noise reduction. That mix will sound okay on stereo playback systems and have a bit more "sizzle" on surround systems. Just about any "home theatre" style system has a Dolby Surround mode.

While that certainly is sound advice (no pun intended), I believe the sound for her film is already finished in basic two-channel stereo - she just needed help choosing the closest match from the list (since "stereo" wasn't listed).

[Bernhard Zitz]

for the purpose of submitting to film festivals, what is the default for basic DVD's with Stereo sound?

 

The listed formats are normally used for 35mm Film. For Video-DVDs they don't matter. DVDs neither use SR noise-reduction.

 

Video-DVD provides 5 channels plus subwoofer (5.1). Your DVD-authoring-software should put the stereosignal automatically where it has to be. With certain software you can choose wether the subwoofer is used or not. Video-DVDs with stereosound are normally "Dolby Digital 2.0".