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DVDs use PCM (LPCM?) which is lossless.
by thrdbndndn 5y ago
DVDs use PCM (LPCM?) which is lossless.
- MrRadar 5y agoDVDs can use PCM, however every commercial release I've seen uses Dolby Digital/AC3/A52 or DTS. (Apparently PAL DVDs may also use MP2 but as an American I've never personally encountered that on a commercially-released disc.)
- thrdbndndn 5y agoMy bad, shouldn't generalize. It probably depends on region and genre then. I collect Japanese music DVDs (music videos, lives), 99% of them use stereo PCM.
- MrRadar 5y agoYeah, I mostly collect(ed) films and TV. I can imagine that the people authoring music DVDs would decide the bitrate tradeoff would be worth it to get the better quality when the focus of the disc is on the sound.