Originally posted by: wadetv
I have heard alot about people saying to stick with the PCM audio when making the DVDs. However, I think it would be best simply to grab the 5.1 audio off the upcoming official DVD release and then take out any sound that was different from the original and mix it with a 5.1 track off the LD. I figure that 95% of the sound on the DVD will not be diffferent from the original release and it will sound better than the LD audio (plus the theatrical release was in surround sound I believe so it will be staying true to the original).
Bad idea. We want to use the original material. Further, Prologic-II is a standard format just like 5.1 now is, and it can be played back on anyone's surround-setup. Also, the idea that you need menus needs to be dropped. How many times do you actually use a menu to navigate to a specific scene? I usually use NEXT, PREVIOUS or GOTO on my remote. Most of the time I see a menu on a DVD I think "this is just wasting my time" and you click NEXT NEXT NEXT but half the time it does nothing. Yeah okay, so the menus on the bootlegs won't be invasive like that, but that's still the mood when seeing those menus. I have heard alot about people saying to stick with the PCM audio when making the DVDs. However, I think it would be best simply to grab the 5.1 audio off the upcoming official DVD release and then take out any sound that was different from the original and mix it with a 5.1 track off the LD. I figure that 95% of the sound on the DVD will not be diffferent from the original release and it will sound better than the LD audio (plus the theatrical release was in surround sound I believe so it will be staying true to the original).