on a Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds concert disc that earns a perfect audio score). Here’s what a typical audio entry looks like for a movie that includes a Dolby TrueHD track: Audio Codec is Dolby TrueHD.The Audio Channels (sound scheme) is nearly always...

direct sound from ambience sound by processing the signal in the frequency domain. That makes it possible to identify and extract ambient sound, such as the reverberation of a hall or applause, in order to use it for the surround channels, while extracting...

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so you could play them directly in a software DVD player. But special features like multiple angles and branching can cause problems. Also, details like the aspect ratio are in the IFO files, so you need to copy or extract multiple files. The largest IFO file...

Zen V, it's high time Creative turned its attention to taking some market share away from the mighty mini Nano.. ["Function" "Adjust to Screen Size" "View Full Screen" "Adjust Volume"] The Creative Zen can read audio files with the following formats: MP3,...

Ergonomics. mp3 players. iRiver's iFP-790 and iFP-890 MP3 players get the formula right for audio file play and storage. Software glitches unfortunately get in the way of the fun.. The ergonomics, however, are a little debatable. It's not the handling of...

SSL VPN server.. SSL Explorer is actually available in two flavors: the basic "Community" edition and an enhanced "Enterprise" edition. Complete feature lists for each version are available at 3SP's Website, but here are a few to whet your appetite: "Community"...

faster read speeds than normal CD drives. As a side note, RecordNow has a button labeled 'DVD Data Extraction Speed Test.' I inserted a data CD into the Pioneer DVD drive, and RecordNow reported that the CD data extraction speed rate was 8.1X. When I put a...