title=<font size="14" face="arial" color="#000000"><b>Dolby Digital Hardware Encoders</b></font>
&daTextBox=<font size="11" face="arial" color="#000000">These products will allow users to encode audio into Dolby Digital (AC-3) files. Much like other audio-compression sound formats, Dolby Digital files may not be mixed with real-time sound effects unless they are first decoded by the game platform. Most platforms, such as the Playstation 2, simply pass the Dolby Digital data directly to a console's digital output and are decoded by a gamer's A/V receiver with Dolby Digital decoding.
Dolby Digital files can be decoded during gameplay and mixed with real-time sound effects in PC games that support either the Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 series or the Sound Blaster Audigy series of soundcards. Dolby Digital files are used only in cutscenes on the Playstation 2, and cannot be decoded and mixed with real-time sound effects.
Please refer to the Dolby Digital Interactive Solutions section for more details on the various platforms.
<b>Dolby Laboratories DP569</b><br>The Dolby DP569 is a professional reference Dolby Digital encoder. Its inputs are all BNC, so you'll need some 75-110 ohm transformers if you are connecting your balanced inputs to it in order to hook it up! For more information check out:<br><a href="http://www.dolby.com/pro/digaudio/569.pdf" target="_blank"><u>http://www.dolby.com/pro/digaudio/569.pdf</u></a>
<b>Steinberg Nuendo Dolby Digital Encoder</b><br>The Nuendo Dolby Digital Encoder is a plug-in that allows Steinberg Nuendo projects to be coded into Dolby Digital. Licensed by Dolby Laboratories, the encoder offers the same full functionality as the original Dolby hardware, supporting encoded bit rates from 56 to 640 kbps and channel configurations from mono to 5.1. Dolby 's Bitstream mode, Dialog Normalization, Surround and Center Downmixing Level settings are all included; up to six files from the export dialog or the entire Nuendo project can easily be selected and sent to the plug-in for immediate encoding.<br><a href="http://www.nuendo.com/" target="_blank"><u>http://www.nuendo.com/</u></a></font>
