DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™ User Guide Document # 9301F55800 Revision: D Release Version 2.5 Effective Date: March 2010 DTS, Inc. 5220 Las Virgenes Road Calabasas, CA 91302 USA www.dts.
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DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................1 1.1 1.2 DTS-HD Master Audio Suite .............................................................................................................. 1 DTS Surround Audio Suite ................................................................................................................. 2 2.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 7.2.12 96/24 Core .................................................................................................................................... 28 7.2.13 Timecode Settings Section ........................................................................................................... 29 7.2.14 Broadcast Wave File Timecode Extraction ................................................................................. 29 7.2.15 TC Frame Rate ..............
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 10.5 Restripe Tool ...................................................................................................................................... 59 10.6 Add Silence Tool ................................................................................................................................ 60 10.6 File Info Tool ......................................................................................................................................
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 Table of Figures Figure 4-1 Windows Add/Remove Programs ............................................................................................... 9 Figure 4-2 Macintosh Remove...................................................................................................................... 9 Figure 7-1 DTS Digital Entertainment Splash Screen ................................................................................
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 Index of Tables Table 3-1 Installation Instructions ................................................................................................................ 5 Table 5-1 Common Terms and Abbreviations............................................................................................ 10 Table 6-1 User Interface Element Descriptions..........................................................................................
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 1. Introduction This user guide explains the use and operation of the DTS-HD Master Audio Suite and DTS Surround Audio Encoder. 1.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Suite This suite consists of the DTS-HD Master Audio Suite Encoder, DTS-HD StreamPlayer, and DTSHD StreamTools.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 The DTS StreamTools is a series of software tools capable of editing and verifying DTS-HD encoded streams as desired. 1.2 DTS Surround Audio Suite This software package consists of an encoder that is only capable of creating DTS Digital Surround encoded streams for DVD-V and DTS Music Disc (DTS CD) media types. It supports up to 6.1 discrete channels at 48kHz (96 kHz sample rate for DVD at bit rates up to 1.5 Mbps).
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 2. System Requirements 2.1 Operating System Requirements Microsoft Windows XP 32-bit Operating System or Windows 7 Professional 32-bit, Greater than 2.0GHz Dual-Core processor USB port for iLok dongle (only needed for DTS-HD StreamPlayer) 7200 RPM Non-system drive or External firewire drive for DTS-HD StreamPlayer playback Sun Java TM 2 Standard Edition Runtime Environment, Version 6. Internet Explorer 8 Apple Macintosh Intel running OS X (10.4.11 : 10.5.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 FireWire Hard Drives DTS recommends qualified FireWire drives and a qualified FireWire host adapter. NOTE: DTS highly recommends that when using DTS-HD StreamPlayer, for optimum playback performance, the audio and video files should be located on separate non-OS drives. Playback performance may be significantly impacted if audio playback occurs from files that are resident on the system drive. 2.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 3. Encoder / Tools Installation Instructions The DTS-HD Master Audio and DTS Surround Audio Suites encoder and DTS StreamTools installation packages contain the instructions on how to install the software and any other modules list in Table 3-1: Table 3-1 Installation Instructions Windows Mac OS Setup.exe DTSInstaller.dmg 1) Double Click on Setup.exe 1) Double-click on DTSInstaller.dmg then Double-click on the DTSEncoder.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 3) Double click on the ‘Java Preferences’ application to open it 4) Click on the ‘General’ tab 5) Under the bottom ‘Java Application versions’ click the ‘Restore Defaults’ button which will place the ‘J2SE 5.0 32-bit’ entry to the top of the list 6) Quit the Java Preferences application Warning: Do not move or modify the install path on Mac Intel International Character Support The MAS Suite supports international characters for Input and Output files.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 Warning: Only Standard English characters are supported for Channel ID’s used in Auto import and Folder Based Encode functions. Non-English characters are NOT supported and 2 byte English characters are not supported.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 10) Quit Safari 4. Uninstall Instructions 4.1 Windows Operating Systems To uninstall the applications, please follow the standard process for removing applications by selecting the Add/Remove Programs from the Windows Control Panel. The Control Panel can be activated by selecting the Windows Start Settings button found on the taskbar Confidential - Do NOT Duplicate 17781 v1 8 DTS Document No.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 On the Add/Remove Programs page, search for the DTS-HD Master Audio Suite-DTS Surround Audio Suite application as shown in Figure 4-1. Select this icon and click on the “Remove” button. Figure 4-1 Windows Add/Remove Programs 4.2 Macintosh Operating Systems To uninstall the DTS-HD Master Audio Suite-DTS Surround Audio Suite applications, simply drag the DTS folder located in the Applications directory into the trash as shown Figure 4-2.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 5. Common Terms and Abbreviations The terms and abbreviations found in Table 5-1 are commonly used throughout this manual. Term or Abbreviation Meaning CA Coherent Acoustics Constant Bit Rate - used in the DTS-HD core substream, CBR maximum value 1.5 Mbps The portion of the DTS-HD stream that contains the backwards Core Substream compatible component that can be decoded by legacy DTS decoders. Cs Center Surround Sometimes known as the 'reference offset' value.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 6. Graphical User Interface Overview The DTS-HD Master Audio Suite software provides a graphical user interface (GUI) designed from the ground up for ease of use with dynamic parameter settings. Throughout the user interface, certain controls will be restricted, activated or de-activated depending on the decisions and selections that are made in the various drop-down menu items.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 7. DTS-HD Master Audio Suite Encoder When the DTS-HD Master Audio Suite encoder application is launched, the splash screen in Figure 7-1, will be displayed while the application is being initialized. At the completion of the initialization phase, the main window will be displayed. Figure 7-1 DTS Digital Entertainment Splash Screen Confidential - Do NOT Duplicate 17781 v1 12 DTS Document No.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 The main window consists of an easy-to-use interface with all of the required selector menus and input fields for creating an encoded stream in a single session. The user interface is depicted in Figure 7-2. Figure 7-2 Master Audio Panel Through a series of drop-down menus on the audio panel, the user can quickly specify the Destination Format, Stream Type, Channel Layout, Sample Rate and Bit Rate.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 Figure 7-3 About Splash Screen 7.1 Main Menus The Main ‘File’ menu holds the open and exit options. The Options menu contains preference settings for operations that will automatically perform after an encode has completed. The Save/Recall Settings menu houses various save and recall settings that the encoder offers. Confidential - Do NOT Duplicate 17781 v1 14 DTS Document No.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide 7.1.1 v 2.5 Open PBR Analysis Graph When the File menu item is selected, an open dialog box will appear. Navigate to the desired directory, select a ‘.dtspbr’ file, and click ‘Open.’ For more details about the Peak Bit Rate tools, please look at Section 10.8 Peak Bit Rate Analysis. 7.1.2 Auto Verify When the Auto Verify preference is checked , the encoder will automatically add a verify job directly following the actual encode.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide 7.1.7 v 2.5 Folder-Based Encoding When the is checked, the function of the input and output file directories will change from a single file input output model to a source and destination folder model. First, a confirmation pop-up message will display after clicking the Encode button warning the user that Folder-based Encoding is enabled. If the user clicks CANCEL, no encoding will occur.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide 7.1.9 v 2.5 Downmix Settings These menu items, found under the ‘Save/Recall Settings’ menu, allow all downmix parameters to be saved to a preferences file, which can later be recalled. The menu option will open a Save dialog box for the user to choose where the ‘.dtshddmx’ file will be created. This file will save all user settings available on the Downmix panel. The menu option will display an Open dialog box which allows a saved ‘.dtshddmx’ file to be recalled.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 7.2.1 Destination Format The Destination Format menu allows the user to select a specific media type for an encode. Figure 7-4 identifies the destination formats supported in the DTS-HD Master Audio Suite Encoder. When the destination format is selected, other menu items on the Audio Panel are updated to reflect the specific options that can be further selected.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 supported by the respective specifications of the destination format. For example, whenever a destination format is selected (e.g. DVD), the stream type menu will be updated dynamically to indicate only the stream type(s) which the destination format is able to support. Table 7-1 defines all of the DTS stream types that are currently supported. Table 7-1 Descriptions Stream Type (logo) Product Description DTS-HD Master Audio, up to 7.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide 7.2.4 v 2.5 Channel Layout The Channel Layout drop-down menu will change depending on the destination format and stream type selections. This allows the user to access only those channel layouts, which can be properly encoded under the current selections. The list of all possible channel layouts is given in Table 7-2.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 The abbreviations used in Table 7-2 are defined in Table 7-3 below. Table 7-3 Channel Abbreviations Abbreviation L R C LFE Ls Rs Cs ss sr h S Oh w Lt/Rt 7.2.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 48 kHz 7.2.6 Input Files The Input Files that are required for the encoding process must be loaded into this section of the user interface (see Figure 7-5 and Figure 7-6). Input files may be loaded either by drag-and-drop into the appropriate text field or by double-clicking on the text field and selecting the source files from the file browser window. All active channels should be populated with mono or stereo audio input source files.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide 7.2.7 v 2.5 Auto Import Upon import of the Left (L) channel audio file, the MAS Encoder will populate the remainder of input fields with audio files that follow the guidelines outlined below. This process occurs automatically and dynamically according to the currently selected channel layout. Refer to Table 7-4-1 Supported Channel IDs and Definitions for supported channel IDs.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide 7.2.8 v 2.5 Audio Channels (Ch) The audio channels input fields accept either mono or stereo wav files. It is highly recommended that mono file be used whenever possible.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 Figure 7-6 Input Files Section (Stereo and Mono Case) Bw and Fs – Bit width Resolution and Sampling Frequency of Audio Channels All audio files entered for any channel layout must have the same bit-width resolution (Bw) and sampling frequency (Fs).
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide 7.2.10 v 2.5 Constant Bit Rate Parameters The Constant Bit Rate Parameters section allows the user: to specify the bit rate to be used in the core substream, to select Rear Ch -3 dB attenuation, to perform ES phase shifting and to inform the encoder that the input material for a 6.1 ES Matrixed channel layout has been pre-mixed (indicated by selecting the ES Pre-Mixed button). Figure 7-8 depicts the interface for these settings.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 Table 7-5 Bit Rates for Destination Formats and Stream Types Destination Format Stream Type (Logo) Bit Rates (kbps) Allows only for a variable bit rate (VBR) stream to be encoded but that stream also includes a constant bit rate DTS Digital Surround backward-compatible core data substream. Blu-ray Disc Primary Audio DTS Digital Surround Core bit rates can range from 192 to 1509 kbps. (Channel layout dependent) Note: For channel configurations 5.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 Bit Rate ranges given will all be further limited based on the specific channel layout chosen. In general, the small channel layouts will use the smaller bit rates and the larger channel layouts will use the larger bit rates within the given range. 7.2.10.2 Rear Ch -3dB Attenuation This option is available for 6.x Discrete, 6.x Matrix (Pre-Mixed), and 5.x channel layouts in all Stream Types except DTS-HD Master Audio.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 playing back the stream on a DTS Master Audio decoder, the lossless portion of the stream will decode. All three decode scenarios given play from the same encode. 7.2.13 Timecode Settings Section The Timecode Settings section allows the user to specify a SMPTE (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) timecode frame rate and the time frame to encode (see Figure 7-9). The default setting is to encode the entire source file.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide 7.2.17 v 2.5 Start Time The Start Time input text field allows the user to specify the start time in hours, minutes, seconds, and frames. 7.2.18 End Time The End Time is read-only field and specifies the end time relative to the Start Time based on the duration of the input files. The value shown is based on the duration of the shortest used source file present in the input files section. 7.2.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 Caution: A DTS-HD encoded stream whose reference time do not equal its start time may have a delay that is inappropriate for disc authoring. Encoding with a user specified reference time is only necessary for use with the Join operation. 7.2.22 Timecode Error Processing The user interface contains rudimentary error processing whenever and invalid timecode is specified. Only numeric values can be entered into the timecode field.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 Figure 7-12 Diagnostics and Output button, when selected will display a file browser window allowing the user to specify a The directory for the new encoded file to be saved. A filename may be specified in the file name text field. The default filename is “DTSENC” if a filename is not supplied. The extension to the right of the file name text field will be appended to the specified file.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 Each job that is submitted will generate a unique log file that can be viewed with any text editor installed on the computer. This ASCII file will contain key parameters used for the selected encode. The file name of the document will be the same name as the encoded file with “_log.txt” as its filename extension. 7.3 Bitstream When the Audio panel is displayed, selecting the tab will activate the Bitstream Panel as shown in Figure 7-13 Bitstream Panel.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide 7.3.2 v 2.5 Mono Secondary Audio – Channel Output Mapping These 6 faders are only active for Blu-Ray Secondary Audio DTS Express Mono streams. (1.0 channel layout only) This function allows a user to place the single input audio channel into a 5.1 output configuration. (This can be used for 5.1 panning) All 6 faders receive input from the Center speaker input file and they allow the user to adjust the output gain of each individual speaker in a 5.1 setting.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide 7.3.4 v 2.5 Primary Audio Fade Down/Up for Static Attenuation Next to the Primary Audio Attenuation Fader are two menus which are used to set Fade Down and Fade Up time spans for the Beginning and End of the Secondary Audio File. Each menu allows a Fade range from 0 Sec to 9 Sec at 0.5 Sec intervals.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 selection of an AAF file. When an AAF file is loaded the AAF Metadata Settings Window will automatically appear. Once the desired channel layouts have been selected and Submitted, the AAF Metadata Settings window will close. The button will bring up the AAF Metadata Settings window if further changes are needed. Please look at Section 14 - AAF File Import Supplement. for more information about the AAF Metadata Settings Window.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 Example: Selecting an automation track for the channel under the heading will essentially take the mono audio input file (imported into the MAS Encoder) and map it out the right channel copying the volume rides that were used in the selected AAF track. The same will occur for all other channels. Please look at Section 14 - AAF File Import Supplement for detailed instructions on how this feature should be used as well as the proper way to create AAF Files.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 the file. The button enables the import of a CSV file which will contain a list of branch points used as exit/entry points within the encoded file. Please look at Section 15. CSV File Import Supplement – Seamless Branching for detailed instructions on how this feature should be used as well as the proper way to create CSV Files.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide LFE INF INF INF 0.0 INF INF INF INF Ls INF INF INF INF INF INF 0.0 INF Rs INF INF INF INF INF INF INF 0.0 Confidential - Do NOT Duplicate 17781 v1 v 2.5 39 DTS Document No.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide 7.4 v 2.5 Downmix Panel When the Audio panel is displayed, selecting the tab will activate the Downmix Panel as shown in Figure 7-14, only when the selected channel layout is one of 5.x, 6.x or 7.x channels. There are two levels of downmixes on this panel. The top section is reserved for those cases where a downmix to 5.x channels is desired while the lower section is reserved for those cases where a downmix to stereo (2.0 channels) is desired. Downmixes to 5.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide 7.4.1 v 2.5 Downmix to 5.1 The Downmix to 5.1 section of this panel allows the user to specify the appropriate parameters for the downmix as shown in Figure 7-15. This section will only be active if the selected channel layouts have 7.1 or 7.0 channels. Figure 7-15 Downmix to 5.1 The channel layout selected on the Audio panel will dynamically update the headers in the columns of the Downmix to 5.1 faders. The first fader (i.e.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 When a 6.x channel layout is selected, the second extra channel (i.e. the third fader in each group) will not be selectable as it is not required for the selected channel layout. Furthermore, when using the 6.x is valid. If this button is not activated for the 6.x Discrete channel layout, only the Discrete channel layout, an error message will be displayed informing the user to activate this button. Note: When selecting 5.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide 7.4.3 v 2.5 Downmix to 2.0 The Downmix to Stereo section of this panel allows the user to specify the appropriate parameters for the downmix as shown in Figure 7-16. This section will only be active if the selected channel layout has 5.1 channels. Figure 7-16 Downmix to Stereo Panel The values specified for the L, R, C, LFE, Ls and Rs denote their respective contributions to the output mix for the Left and Right stereo channels.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide Downmix Button States v 2.5 Description When this button is pressed, the settings for the selected 7.x or 6.x channel layout will reset to their initial factory default states. If this button is illuminated, then the encoder will use the built-in legacy downmix coefficients at encode time. If this button is illuminated, the user can update the parameters in the fields on the Downmix to 2.0 portion of the Downmix Panel.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide 7.4.5 v 2.5 Discussion on 6.1 Matrix Processing DTS-HD Master Audio Encoder supports the ability to encode a sixth ‘phantom’ channel from a 5.1 channel layout. This is accomplished by selecting the 6.1 Matrix or 6.0 Matrix channel layout from the Channel Layout menu. When this occurs, the speaker illustration will update with a speaker configuration showing the phantom channel as shown in Figure 7-17. Figure 7-17 6.0 and 6.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide 7.5 v 2.5 Encode Queue The primary function of the encode queue is to allow the user to control and manage all of the jobs that have been submitted through the encoder user interface. The Encode Queue operates on the local machine only allowing the user to control the jobs they have created. A job can have one of six states: In-Progress, Pending, Completed, Canceled, Passed, Error or Failed.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 This symbol specifies that the job has completed This symbol indicates that the user has canceled the job This symbol, when pressed, will display the log file associated with the selected job (see Section 0 13. Encoder Log File Output Example). This symbol indicates that the job is currently being encoded with the status bar indicating the percentage complete. The status bar shows the progress of an active job or the status of a completed/canceled job. 7.5.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 To clear all jobs that are not currently “In-Progress” or Pending click the button. Once clicked, all jobs that have Completed, Error’ed, Canceled, Passed, or Failed will be removed from the Queue window. 7.5.2 Encode Jobs An Encode job is loaded into the Encode Queue by clicking the Encode Button located on the main MAS encoder Audio Panel. Once this Encode Button is clicked, the resulting encode job will be placed in the Encode Queue as the last job.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 difficult to decipher. (See StreamTools File Info portion of this manual for details) As an aid, the encoder automatically places a Log file that contains all information used to create the encoded file in the same directory as the encode for future reference. A DTSPBR file can also be created in the same fashion by checking the Auto PBR option from the Options menu.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 The peak and average bit rates of the encoded file are placed in the log file. (See Section 10.8 Peak Bit Rate for more information) 7.6.5 Saturation Warnings If the encoder detects saturation (digital clipping of 0dBFS) in the downmixed streams a warning message will be displayed in the Encode Queue.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 8. DTS Surround Audio Suite Encoder The DTS Surround Audio Suite encoder application behaves exactly like the DTS-HD Master Audio Suite. All of the processing capabilities described in Section 7 pertain to the DTS Surround Audio Suite Encoder with the exception that the only available destination formats are DVD and DTS Music Disc. Features that are not available in the DTS Surround Audio Suite include Downmix, and Bitstream Settings.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 9. DTS-HD StreamPlayer The DTS-HD Master Audio Suite utilizes a stand-alone software player to QC encoded streams. Please consult the StreamPlayer user manual for operation details. The StreamPlayer user manual can be viewed by clicking the small button in the top right corner of the StreamPlayer user interface. Figure 9-1 DTS-HD StreamPlayer Confidential - Do NOT Duplicate 17781 v1 52 DTS Document No.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 10. DTS-HD StreamTools In addition to the DTS-HD Master Audio Suite Encoder, the DTS-HD Master Audio Suite contains DTSHD StreamTools; a set of editing tools used to assist the user in performing specific modifications to the streams without the need for re-encoding. When the DTS StreamTools application is launched, the splash screen in Figure 10-1 is displayed while the application is being initialized.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 Due to the non-synchronous relationship between DTS frames and SMPTE timecode, caution must be taken when using these tools to ensure: a) Synchronization of audio to SMPTE timecode b) Bit Exact audio edits c) Quality of audio transition All of the tools except for File Info, Verify, and Peak Bit Rate (PBR) Analysis may either alter the contents of a selected stream or will create a new stream based on the processing that is selected.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 10.1 Join/Replace Tool The Join/Replace tool allows users to join two DTS-HD encoded streams, or replace a portion of one encoded stream with another, where audio to timecode synchronization and bit exact editing are mandatory 1. The Join/Replace Tool is activated by selecting the button, as shown in Figure 10-3 Join/Replace Tool and Main Tools Screen.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 Join/Replace operations must be performed with overlapping audio regions. The audio contained in the overlapping regions MUST be bit for bit identical. Overlapping regions must be at least 1 second in length and MUST be present before and after the intended join time/s in order for a join operation to be permitted. Overlaps are necessary for a bit-exact edit to be performed.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 In the case of a Replace operation, the overlapping identical audio regions would be found one second from the beginning and end of the shortest encode (Encode 2 in Figure 10-5.1 below). The regions in Encode 2 (green and yellow selections) must contain bit identical audio to the same regions in Encode 1. The audio between the overlaps in Encode 2 is the replacement audio. The shorter encode will always replace the longer encoder. Figure 10-5.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 From the example in Figure 10-6, Encode 2 could not be placed at 02:00:00:00, it’s intended start time due to asynchronous DTS frame alignment between the two encodings. DTS-HD StreamTools editing occurs between DTS-HD frame boundaries. Encode 2 could not be placed exactly at 2:00:00:00 and would then be out of sync, relative to it’s intended start time, after being joined to Encode 1.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide o File name o Start time o End time v 2.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 10.2 Append Tool The Append Tool is activated by selecting the button. As shown in Figure 10-8 Append Tool, the operation requires two DTS-HD encoded streams as its input and a destination file to save the results of the append operation. Double-click in each of the filename fields to load the files that are to be joined. A little as 2 and as many as 8 files can be appended together in one single process.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 Figure 10-9 Append Tool Diagram Audio to timecode synchronization for all encodes following the initial encode will be lost. As demonstrated in Figure 10-9, appending one Encode to another will cause Encode 2 to drift later in time, no greater than one DTS frame. This drift will increase with every Encode appended. The resulting DTS-HD encoded file will retain the start time of the initial encode.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 10.3 Trim Tool The Trim Tool is activated by selecting the button, as shown in Figure 10-10 Trim Tool, requires a single DTS-HD encoded stream as its input and a destination file to save the results of the trim operation. Double-click in the filename input field to select the file that is to be trimmed. The Timecode Start and Timecode End text fields show the start and end time of the input material.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 Figure 10-11 Trim Tool Diagram The DTS frames located at the specified Trim timecodes are retained in their entirety. However, the user specified start and end times specify where audio playback will begin and where it will end. Upon decoding, only the audio between the specified Trim timecode values will be decoded. If this file were joined or appended to the end of another encoded stream, the entire first frame would be heard when decoded.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 10.4 Split Tool The Split Tool is activated by selecting the button, as shown in Figure 10-12, requires a single DTS-HD encoded stream as its input and a two destination files to save the results of the split operation. Double-click in the filename fields to load the file that will be split. The Start Timecode and End Timecode text fields show the start and end time of the input material for the selected files.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 Figure 10-13 Split Tool Diagram The DTS frame located at the specified split time is retained in both encodes. When the encoded streams are decoded, only the audio between the specified timecodes will be decoded. Note: Proper audio editing techniques dictates that all edits take place during a silent passage or a zero crossing in order to avoid any audio anomalies at the split point. Confidential - Do NOT Duplicate 17781 v1 58 DTS Document No.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 10.5 Restripe Tool The Restripe Tool is activated by selecting the button, as shown in Figure 10-14 Restripe Tool requires a single DTS-HD encoded stream as its input. Double-click in the filename fields to load the file that will be restriped. The original Start Timecode and Frame Rate will display in the read only fields. Specify the New Start Timecode and the New Frame Rate for the restripe operation.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 10.6 Add Silence Tool The Add Silence Tool is activated by selecting the button as shown in Figure 10-16 Figure 10-15 – Add Silence Tool This Tool appends silence (-INF) audio to the Head, Tail, or Head and Tail of a Blu-Ray Primary Audio encoded file. When the encode is loaded, the and will display the current timecode Start and End times for the file.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 Note: Changing either to anything other than or changing the to something other than the will result in an encoded file with an adjusted Reference Time to a valid timecode per the new frame count. Note: The Add Silence tool will ONLY work with Primary Audio files created by MAS Encoder v2.0 and after. 10.6 File Info Tool The File Info Tool is activated by selecting the button, as shown in Figure 10-16.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 File Information for C:\My Encodes\Movie.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 10.7 Verify Tool The Verification Tool is activated by selecting the button, as shown in Figure 10-17. Figure 10-17 Verification Tool The left blue field is the file input field. Double clicking this blue file field will open a browser allowing the user to select a ‘.dtshd’ ‘.cpt’ or ‘.wav’ file for validation. A user can also Drag and Drop valid DTS file(s) into the file field. A single selected file can be removed by clicking the ‘Remove’ button.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 using Ctrl-C (Windows) or Apple-C (Macintosh) to copy from the scrolled pane and Ctrl-V (Windows) or Command-V (Macintosh) to paste into an open file. To clear the contents of the black output window simply click the ‘Clear’ button located directly beneath the window. The status bar above the file name selection area provides feedback on the number of frames that have been processed.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 Frame Interval=1 Bytes Per Entry=4 Skipping printing of Navigation entries.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 10.8 Peak Bit Rate Analysis The Peak Bit Rate (PBR) Analysis Tool is activated by selecting the Figure 10-17. button, as shown in Figure 10-18 Peak Bit Rate The Peak Bit Rate Analysis tool analyses variable bit rate encodings (DTS-HD Master Audio encoded streams) graphically plotting the selected encoding’s bit rate over time, as if the encoding had been “smoothed” for authoring using a Peak Bit Rate scheduling utility.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 Upon “processing” an encode, the status window is populated with the performance related data, seen below, as the .dtspbr file is created on disk. Note, the Peak and Average Bit-rate are stated within the status window text. ---------Starting analysis on file: C:\DTSENC.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 Figure 10-19 Peak Bit Rate Graph Right click on the graph window for more options such as properties, save as, print, zoom, and auto range. Along with the ability to zoom via the right click menu, the graph window also allows drag and drop zoom functionality. Click and drag down and to the right over the desired selection to zoom in. Repeat for a closer view. Click and drag from right to left for a full zoom out.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 11. Encoder Error Codes The following section is a list of possible error return codes.
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DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 12. DTS Tools Error Codes The following section describes the possible error codes that may be generated by the DTS Tools application. 12.1 File Error Codes "Format not supported" The format of the .dtshd file is not supported by the given operation. For example, Sub Audio (CA) encoded streams are not permitted for use with the Join operation. DTS Express encoded stream editing is not permitted for sue with tools operations.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide 12.2 v 2.5 Timecode Error Codes ”Invalid drop frame timecode" The SMPTE Drop Frame standard dictates every frame :00 & :01 are dropped for each minute except for minutes ending in 0 (00:, 10:, 20:, 30:, 40: & 50). "Timecode is out of file range" The specified timecode is out of range of the selected file. "Frame count too big" Timecode value specified contains more frames then given frame count. (Ex: 01:00:00:45 at 30 frames per second).
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 12.4 Encoder Log File Output Example Due to the use of tabs and other white spaces contained within the log file, Table 13-1 depicts the editors that should be used for best on-screen viewing on the log file. Windows Operating System Notepad WordPad may be used but the data will not be formatted as desired.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide Use Reference v 2.5 = false OUTPUT LOCATION -----------------------------------------------------Directory = /Encodes/ Filename = DTSENC.dtshd DOWNMIX SETTINGS -----------------------------------------------------5.1 Downmix Settings ---------------------------------------------------Scale Input Factor XCH1 XCH2 ---------------Left 3.0 INF INF Right 3.0 INF INF Center 3.0 INF INF LFE 3.0 INF INF Ls 3.0 3.0 INF Rs 3.0 INF 3.0 2.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide 13. v 2.5 AAF File Import Supplement – Dynamic Secondary Audio 1. Required Software / Overview Required Software 1. Pro Tools HD 7.0 or higher with DigiTranslator 2.0 or higher. Overview With the integration of Secondary Audio for Blu-ray Disc, DTS-HD streams can be encoded with dynamic volume automation for real-time mixing between Secondary and Primary Audio. Mono Secondary Audio can also be encoded to incorporate dynamic panning between channels.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 4. Create a single multi-channel audio track for your Primary PCM audio. 5. Load your Primary PCM audio into your multi-channel audio track. a. NOTE: Your Primary Audio must be one solid region. b. NOTE: The Primary Audio should be spotted to match the eventual start and end time of your MAS encode. (EX: If the first reel starts at 01:00:00:00, then the Primary Audio track should start at 01:00:00:00 in the timeline.) 6.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 3. Creating Automation 11. On the Primary track, write your volume automation. This is going to reflect how the Primary Audio is attenuated when the Secondary Audio playback is enabled. (If you will be using Dialog Normalization on your DTS Encodes, please refer to the Appendix, Section B, Dial Norm Note) When creating your automation points on the Primary track, note the following: a.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 a. If you are not using dynamic panning, this should be the only track selected. This will include all volume automation within the Primary Audio region. b. If you are using dynamic panning, select the Primary Audio track AND each Secondary Audio track. This will include all volume automation within the Primary Audio region, as well as all volume data across Secondary Audio channels. 15. For Pro Tools, go to File>Export>Selected Tracks as New AAF/OMF...
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 m. Save and Close your session . 4. Importing AAF into the DTS-HD Master Audio Suite 16. Open the DTS-HD Master Audio Suite encoder. 17. Choose your Destination Format to be Blu-ray Secondary Audio 18. Select your channel layout and load your Secondary Audio wave file(s) (Refer to Section 5. Preparing Secondary Audio for Authoring Systems) 19. Choose the desired bit-rate 20. Match your TC Frame Rate and Start/End Times to those established in Pro Tools 21.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 menu. 25.Once you have made all of your selections, click to exit this window. 26. Go back to the Audio Panel and choose the Save To destination 27. Name the encode appropriately and click the Encode button 28. You are done. *If you need to encode multiple Secondary Audio streams, there is no need to reload the AAF file. 5. Preparing Secondary Audio for Authoring Systems There are two ways to deliver Secondary Audio streams to Authoring.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 presentation. Out-of-mux authoring is most commonly used for content that is delivered via BDLive or media that is attached to a BD player. In-Mux authoring, the most common usage, specifies that the Secondary Audio track be one complete region when being imported into the authoring system.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 APPENDIX: a) Automation Rules (Due to the Blu-ray Specifications) a. ALL automation points/nodes must be contained within the single Primary Audio Region. The AAF file uses the timecode of the Primary Audio region as the reference for the embedded volume automation changes during Secondary Audio playback. If automation lies outside of the Primary Audio file, the AAF does not retain it. b.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 a. Any automation value above 0dB will reduced to 0dB upon Encode b. The supported range of volume automation on the Primary Track is from 0 to -60dB, INF (negative infinity). Volumes below -60dB will be treated as INF upon encode b. Automation data will be thinned to a resolution of approximately 2 SMPTE frames. c. If a volume fade greater than 10dB is necessary, it is recommended the fade to gradually take place over the minimum duration of a second.
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DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 14. CSV File Import Supplement – Seamless Branching 1. Required Software / Overview Required Software 1. Microsoft Excel – any version (Macintosh/Windows) capable of exporting CSV files Overview Seamless Branching is a space-saving mechanism supported by Blu-ray Disc players, commonly used when multiple versions of a film are included on a single disc.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 Use CSV Branch Points Unlike Single Clip mode, Use CSV Branch Points mode uses a CSV file containing the same branch points that will be defined in authoring. This mode is often used to encode the complete versions of the film. Follow the steps in the next section to create a CSV file. 3. Creating a CSV file 1. Create a new workbook within Microsoft Excel. 2.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 3. Save as “MS-DOS Comma Separated (.csv)” (File > Save As). Note: The “.csv” extension must be included in the filename so that the DTS-HD Master Audio Suite can recognize the file. 4. Importing CSV into the DTS-HD Master Audio Suite 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Open the DTS-HD Master Audio Suite encoder. Choose the Destination Format Blu-ray Primary Audio. Select the channel layout and load wave file(s). Choose a bit rate.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 5. Verifying branch points applied during encoding 14. Open the encode log file stored in the same Save To directory as the encode. 15. Locate the BRANCH POINTS section and verify that the applied branch points are accurate. **************************************** MAS Version Number = 2.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 15. Folder Based Encoding Supplement 1. Overview Folder-based encoding is designed to streamline workflow when performing a large number of encodes with identical file attributes. Examples of projects where this can be useful include the following: • Multiple language dubs of the same feature • Multiple episodes of a TV series, (e.g.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 a. Double-click inside the first Input Files window. This will open a browser window. Navigate to the folder that will be the source for the group of encodes, and select an input file. b. Drag an audio file from the batch folder into an Input File window. 4. Select appropriate Dialog Normalization, Constant Bit Rate Parameter, Timecode Settings, and Save To location. a. NOTE: Settings will apply to ALL encodes in the batch.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 3. Output 1. The Encode Queue window will appear. This indicates the number of encodes that will be processed, as well as the status of each individual encode. 2. Select the Info icon to open up an html file that will list all completed and pending encodes. 2 Confidential - Do NOT Duplicate 17781 v1 92 DTS Document No.
DTS-HD Master Audio Suite™, User Guide v 2.5 3. Click the “Log File” hyperlink if you wish to open the log file for a specific encode. 3 4. Additional Notes • Output encode file names will match their corresponding input file names, minus the channel ID descriptor. • Channel ID’s must match the supported DTS channel ID naming conventions. (See Table 7-4-2 Supported Channel IDs and Definitions) • Audio files for all channels in a selected channel layout must be present for an encode to process. o e.
