[hef]

i recently did a 5.1 direct to dvd which was being encoded by the distributor for release. However i needed to make a 5.1 AC3 DVD for a screening at a theater. it came out fine. i used Compressor to make the AC3 file, and used the highest bit rate. i put it in "DVD Audio" setting- (for some reason when i tried the "DVD Video" setting the disc wasn't right. and i used the highest bit rate. Dial Norm -27.

also, in this movie there is a lot of strings and orchestration (all recorded 5.0), which sounded pretty good at the theater and on a home setup. Even the composer thought so at the screening.

its surprising that 6 files each over 400 mb compressed to one smaller file can sound as good as it did. but it did.

you need to listen to the AC3 encoded DVD yourself on a system setup correctly- because it could be your clients setup thats messing it up. or obviously it could be your just using a really low bit rate.