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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. (it will not display the full message) The related Log
file will contain all saturation warning messages that occurred during the encode process along with the
time that each saturation occurred. Each saturation message informs the user that the encode will
playback without saturation as a full decode (Example: A Master Audio file will playback the full decode
Losslessly), but the lossy downmix of that same encode will have saturation at the given time on
playback. (Example: the same Master Audio file played on a 5.1 Legacy system will playback with
saturation at the given time)
DTS Strongly recommends reducing the 5.1 downmix coefficients level until
the stream can encode in full without a Saturation Warning.
7.6.6 Dtshd File Delivery via DVD-R
With the increased capacity of Blu-ray Discs discs, it is possible for .dtshd files to exceed 2 GB. Given
this file size, there is a cross platform file limitation when moving files from Macintosh to Windows, and
visa versa. Errors from transfers (from Mac to PC) can lead to truncated files.
When delivering .dtshd files via DVD-R, you must burn them using the UDF format. On Mac OSX, it is
recommended you use Toast or a similar application for this burning process. On the Windows PC
platform the latest version of Nero is recommended with UDF enabled.
If you encounter truncated files, the transfer should either be redone via DVD-R burnt in the UDF format
or via a different method.