Page 3 - Contents
Contents 1. INSTALLATION 2 1.1. PC Standalone Installation 2 1.2. Mac Standalone Installation 3 2. OVERVIEW 6 3. USING THE PRO PACKER 7 4. ENCODING IMMEDIATELY AFTER PACKING 12 5. USING THE ENCODER IN STANDALONE MODE 14 6. ENCRYPTING A FILE 18 6.1. Decrypting a File 19 7. DVD AUTHORING FOR DTS 20 8....
Page 4 - Installation; PC Standalone Installation
1. Installation 1.1 PC Standalone Installation System requirements ■ PC computer, Pentium 4, 1GHz or higher (recommended) ■ 256 MB RAM ■ 1 hard drive, 7200 RPM minimum, 200 MB free disk space ■ Greater than 20 GB disk space for audio files ■ USB port for the license adapter key (dongle) ■ Windows XP...
Page 5 - Mac Standalone Installation
3. Install the adapter key (dongle) (DTS #E907-02) into a USB port on your PC after the software has completed installation. Note: It is the responsibility of the owner of the DTS Pro Series Surround Encoder to keep the adapter key (dongle) in a safe and secure location. If theadapter is lost, DTS h...
Page 7 - Filename; Pro Packer Utility –
5. Double-click the blue WIBU Vise icon to launch the installer. Choose Easy Install . The wizard will take you through the rest of the procedure. 6. Install the DTS Encoder. Double-click on the icon DTSProSeriesEncoder.pkgto start the installer. The wizard will take you through the rest of theproce...
Page 8 - All audio files to be encoded must first be processed using the; Open the DTS Encoder first,; if there are files that have
2. Overview There are three components to the Pro Series Surround Encoder system, Pro Packer, Pro Encoder, and Pro Encrypter utility. Important: All audio files to be encoded must first be processed using the Pro Packer. Start with the Pro Packer The purpose of the Pro Packer is to bring all the sou...
Page 9 - Using the Pro Packer; Select channel mapping L C R for the
3. Using the Pro Packer Start the DTS Multi-channel Pro Packer (activate the Pro Packer icon).The Pro Packer screen will display. Figure 2. Pro Packer — Initial screen Our example In this example, 48 kHz files are being packed and then encoded to produce a DTS 5.1 DVD. 1. Select channel mapping L C ...
Page 10 - dB Rear channel attenuation is left OFF.; of the desired directory. Click the target directory
3. LFE is set to ON. See Table 1, page 11. 4. Sample rate is set to 48 kHz. The Sample rate here must match the samplerate of the source files. See note 1, after step 12, page 10. 5. 3 dB Rear channel attenuation is left OFF. 3 dB rear channel attenuation is used in cases where you have a theatrical...
Page 11 - If the audio track is intended to sync with video, be sure to; The; section of the screen is where you select the individual
10. Frame rate: If the audio track is intended to sync with video, be sure to match its frame rate. If the video reference is drop frame , you MUST select d rop frame here. If it is important to match the start of the audio track to some specific point inthe video, enter the Start time here, in hour...
Page 13 - Click; to generate the packed file and launch the; Channel Configuration Combinations
Click “Pack and Encode” to generate the packed file and launch the encoder. (If the output file already exists, the Packer will prompt you tooverwrite it.) The above prompt will display when the packing is finished. Then theSurround Encoder program will be automatically activated (next step). At thi...
Page 14 - Encoding Immediately after Packing; Since we chose; in our example, the Pro Surround Encoder; are; and
4. Encoding Immediately after Packing Since we chose “Pack and Encode” in our example, the Pro Surround Encoder program starts automatically when the Packer is finished (Figure 3) and runs in aseparate window on the desktop. Figure 3. DTS Pro Series Surrounf Encoder Screen 1. Almost all the settings...
Page 16 - Using the Encoder in Standalone Mode
5. Click the Encode button. A window will prompt you to review the encoder settings and confirm. Click Encode. A progress bar will display. 6. When encoding is finished, a confirmation prompt will appear. It indicates the output file name and location. Click OK. In the Output directory, you will see...
Page 19 - Click the; A confirmation prompt will appear.
7. Click the Encode button. A confirmation prompt will appear. Review the settings and, if they are OK, click Encode. 8. A status bar at the bottom of the screen will indicate the progress of theencode task. Next, a prompt will inform you that the encoding task is finished. Click OK. In the output d...
Page 20 - The DTS Pro Encrypter screen will display.
6. Encrypting a File Use the Pro Encrypter program to encrypt an .agm packed file for sending overan unsecure network to another location. The DTS Pro Encrypter screen will display. Figure 4: Encryption Utility screen 1. In the Source section, use the Browse function to select the source .agm fileto...
Page 21 - Decrypting a File
3. Enter a password (at least 8 characters long), and type the password again toconfirm. 4. Click the Encrypt button to begin the process. A confirmation prompt will display. Review the choices, then click Yes to proceed. 5. A progress bar will display at the bottom of the screen while the encryptio...
Page 22 - DVD Authoring for DTS; Uninstalling the Software
7. DVD Authoring for DTS A complete discussion of audio encoding for DTS can be found in DVD-Video Production with DTS Coherent Acoustics Audio, document number E818, which can be downloaded from the DTS website at: http://www.dtsonline.com/media/uploads/pdfs/DVD_Authoring.pdf 8. Uninstalling the So...
Page 23 - Dialog Normalization; DIALNORM value
7. Move any aliases you manually created to the Trash. 8. Empty the Trash after deleting the above files and folder. 9. Dialog Normalization Dialog Normalization is the use of metadata to control playback level. It has noeffect on encoding or decoding. It is an instruction to playback equipment toad...
Page 28 - DTS Pro Series; surround
DTS Pro Series Surround Encoder – Installation and User Manual 28 Refer questions to: DTS Customer Service Tel: (818) 706-3525(800) 959-4109 (USA only) Fax: (818) 879-2746 Email: [email protected] DTS Pro Series surround encoder A Full-Featured Suite for Today’s Digital Audio Workstation DTS te...