What is DTS?
DTS (Digital Theatre System) is, like Dolby Digital, a type of digital multi-channel sound system used to present movies in cinemas. Dolby adapted their digital sound format (known as DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1 or AC-3) for use in home entertainment and DTS is now starting to do this also. At this stage, however, Dolbys digital system is still the audio standard used by most studios. However the availability of dual DD5.
DTS is a competing encoding standard to Dolby Digital. DTS supports multi-channel 5.1 encoding. ForceWare Multimedia supports DTS decoding done directly in the application or outputting DTS encoded audio through the S/PDIF connector for external decoding (compatible hardware is required). For more information on DTS, please visit www.dtsonline.com. • What is S/PDIF? S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a standard audio transfer file format. S/PDIF allows the transfer of audio from one file to another without the conversion to and from an analog format, which could degrade the signal quality. ForceWare Multimedia supports outputting encoded audio via a PC’s S/PDIF connector for external decoding on support devices. • What is dynamic range control? Dynamic range control enables boosting soft sounds and attenuating loud sounds, valuable when using headphones or late night listening.
