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JeremyErwin · 03-04-2008, 05:35 PM

All of the dts soundtracks have a core, which can be interpreted by the most basic dts decoder, and extensions, which add extra channels, higher sampling rates, etc, by "correcting" the core.

An analogy:

There are 365.2425 days in the Gregorian year. But fractional days have their problems. So we assume that the year has 365 days and add a leap year every four years, except when it's the end of a century, unless the century is divisible by four.

365 is the core data-- the leap days correct it.

If the player only decodes the "Core" portion of DTS-MAHD, it's not giving you anything special-- it won't be lossless, it won't be 192/24, it won't be 7.1.

03-04-2008, 05:35 PM	#4 of 13
JeremyErwin Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Local Time: 11:19 PM Local Date: 10-10-2008 Posts: 3,296	Re: DTS? Core? HD-MA? huh?? All of the dts soundtracks have a core, which can be interpreted by the most basic dts decoder, and extensions, which add extra channels, higher sampling rates, etc, by "correcting" the core. An analogy: There are 365.2425 days in the Gregorian year. But fractional days have their problems. So we assume that the year has 365 days and add a leap year every four years, except when it's the end of a century, unless the century is divisible by four. 365 is the core data-- the leap days correct it. If the player only decodes the "Core" portion of DTS-MAHD, it's not giving you anything special-- it won't be lossless, it won't be 192/24, it won't be 7.1. Last edited by JeremyErwin : 03-04-2008 at 06:37 PM.