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Topic: DTS on pc
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Patrick de Groot
Expert Film Handler
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From: Sprang-Capelle, Netherlands
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 05-11-2001 05:15 PM
Is it possible to run a DTS cd on a computer? I can see a program called dts.exe which seems to run. I get te following message:Just a moment... waiting for timecode reader reset Then it won't do a thing... I'm just experimenting a little bit, because I found a disc that got lost in our theater (btw a bad thing ofcourse... nothing hill)
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Aaron Sisemore
Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day!
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Posts: 3061
From: Rockwall TX USA
Registered: Sep 1999
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posted 05-11-2001 05:50 PM
You can run a DTS disc on your PC if you do the following:1. Install all of the DTS playback hardware cards. 2. Install a DTS timecode reader (or use a DTS timecode generator, which costs more than a reader, IIRC). 3. Install 2 or 3 SCSI CDROM drives and SCSI controller tha is compatible with the DTS hardware. 4. Have a DTS print handy that matches your discs (not necessary if you had a t/c gen)
By the time this is all done you'd be better off getting a real DTS unit, as that way would be cheaper. ![](http://www.film-tech.com/ubb/smile.gif) Running DTS.exe on most PC's usually does nothing, sometimes it makes your system reboot. Without timecode its useless. Aaron
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Patrick de Groot
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posted 05-12-2001 05:50 AM
I think it should be possible to decode them someway...Because if you can read the files (.AUD) you should be able to decode them using special software. However I don't know if such a program exists... Maybe you can fake the timecode reader with some software trick. It seems to me that the original DTS hardware consists primary of computer hardware products (on a DTS disc is a program DTS.exe which runs at a dos prompt... in the DTS directory is a .txt file) I don't know how that hardware works because we don't use it... Is there a option display with 3 options like the dts.exe program produces?
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Antonio Marcheselli
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From: Florence, Italy
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 05-12-2001 06:50 AM
Aaron, To test sound system in one of our theater I usually connect an old AT keyboard to the DTS 6D, load a disk, wait for "system" led blinking. Then I press "ESC" in keyboard, to return on main menu. On main menu I have: 1. Play with timecode 2. Play without timecode 3. I do not remember!I select 2 and Enter. Wait to have the track list. I select the track and I press enter, the player goes in Digital and I can hear the soundtrack in the theater without print. I enjoy myself listening all THX trailer, sometimes! I have to do all these operations without see any screen of course. I think that with a VGA card onboard you should see also the screens. IMHO a VGA card could be useful because the screen "play with timecode" contains many many useful information: number of break, status of the player, etc etc. So since on my PC dts disks are able to spin up my CD rom, I think that install all audio cards in a PC could be enought. Joe, DTS's codec is not propietary. It is APTX100 (www.aptx.com). Just buy few chips (in a DTS you can find 5 of them) and build your own sound card!!! ![](http://www.film-tech.com/ubb/smile.gif) With Cool edit I was able to partially decode a .au track and I was able to hear 20thfox fanfare behind something similar to the "pink noise". Bye Antonio
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