I have a DTS receiver Philips FR996 and the Xbox ....

Can the Xbox play a DTS audio file? These are generally wav files.

Is it possible to make them mp3 (with DTS encoded) and play them?

Is there somebody out there who already tried this?

Thankx

And somebody tried it yet?

Does this mean nobody is interested 'cause they have a dvd-player besides the xbox?

Can anyone serious reply on this topic?

I think I will have to burn a DVD-r(w) with the wav's to get DTS audio to work.

DVD-x2 or the internal xbox audio player should be able to read it then??

I don't have a dvd-rewriter so I am not able to try this.

Please could anyone try this?

It's about ripped DTS audio to wav-format from a DVD with DTS sound on it.

Well now I tried it myself ... the MS internal audio player doesn't play DTS audio .... so watch out because your speakers can be damaged trying this at home yourself.

Can anyone explain why not?

I burnt an DTS audio cd-rw and the MS audio player recognised the tracks but all it gave was bad noise.

Should it work when burnt on a DVD-r(w)?

Thanx I'm waiting ...

I don't think the Xbox has a DTS decoder. I know that you can enable DTS playback in the MS dash settings, but I think that is only for digital output. At least when I play a DVD with DTS it will only send over the optical out to the receiver. The TV speakers will not play any audio.

[QUOTE]Can the Xbox play a DTS audio file? These are generally wav files.[/QUOTE]

Actually dts audio has the extension of .dts, if you have a wav file, that is uncompressed and no longer dts as dts is a form of compression (alot like ac3, but with a much higher bitrate usually).

[quote]Is it possible to make them mp3 (with DTS encoded) and play them?[/quote]

No, mp3 is at best, 2 channel stereo audio.. DTS is at minimum 5.1.

[quote] Well now I tried it myself ... the MS internal audio player doesn't play DTS audio .... so watch out because your speakers can be damaged trying this at home yourself[quote]

The only way it would play DTS is thru dvd, and in that case it would pass the signal to a digital decoder, it would never do the decoding in the xbox itself.

[quote]Well now I tried it myself ... the MS internal audio player doesn't play DTS audio .... so watch out because your speakers can be damaged trying this at home yourself.

Can anyone explain why not?

I burnt an DTS audio cd-rw and the MS audio player recognised the tracks but all it gave was bad noise.[/quote]

Just did explain why not, look up.

[quote]Should it work when burnt on a DVD-r(w)?[/quote]

No, it would need software specifically coded to pass the dts audio thru your digital audio connection.. Like a dvd player would for dvd dts audio.

Hope this answers everything for ya.

[edit]Strange... quote broken?[/edit]

Thankx WiKKiD that explains it!

I'll have to wait for the XBMP developers to add this feature or just buy a cheap DVD player with DTS and digital out ...

I'm not sure if XBMP can play DTS.

But this I know:

The XBOX can play DTS DVDs if you enable it in the dashboard.
The XBOX cannot play DTS in Games.

Yes, you should still be able to play them with the MS dash. You need to have it enabled under settings though. I believe the only way to have that option is if you have an AV pack with digital out.

There is an option in the XBMP setting menu, under sound, that is "Always Output to all speakers" Maybe thats an easier way to listern to your mp3's instead of reencoding them.

Let me know how you go, i am interested in buying a surround sound unit

Dustin

gainpresence: I knew that.

beavis4ever: No not possible even with AV with digital output which I have. Read what I've tried allready ...

dustin: You didn't understand my question. DTS is way better dan forced stereo over 4 speakers. DTS audio on a CD-rw apparently doesn't work.... DVD DTS works via the MS-Dash/ Dongle Free DVD-x2.

just got the a/v kit, enabled digital audio in the ms dashboard, get 5.1 sound there, but in evox, and launching anything from evox, I get no digital sound in anything ? games, media player, etc... ? just analog, stereo any info ? Going back to the ms dashboard I see that both digital audio and DTS is enabled.........

ffletchs: you didn't understand the discussion either ... the problem isn't about dolby digital in games or dts on DVD but the problem is that the ms-dash-audioplayer (or xbmp 2.2) can't direct the DTS-code signal (for example burned on a CD-rw) thru the optical output.