LPCM or Dolby Digital ?


Most concert DVD's have both of these streams on the DVD video side. Given a choice of the two formats, which one would you prefer ? and is the LPCM output taken out thru the S/PDIF interface or the 6.1 ch analog output ?

Thanks for any feedback!
nshashidhar
IIRC LPCM is an acronym for something like linear predictive code modulation, but I could be confusing things. It's been a long time. Someone will surely correct me if I'm wrong.

db
GR,

I retrospect, I think the P in LPCM may stand for pulse, not predictive as I wrote in my earlier post.

db
GR & DB -

I did some digging after I posted this question. Linear Pulse Code Modulation is a preferred format for music production because the sound data is NOT compressed like in DD.

GR - as long as your processor can decode 96 KHz /24 bit digital signal, you are in good shape. Otherwise it will be downsampled to 48/16.

nshashidhar