Abstract: If one wishes one's audio to be as high-quality as one's Blu-ray video, then one may be disappointed with DVD AS5.0--but very happy if one wishes to produce only SD DVDs.
Method:
I burned 4 different discs with DVD AS5 as follows:
1. A SD DVD with Dolby Digital (AC-3) audio.
2. A Blu-ray disc wih the audio output from PRE7 as AC-3 but recompressed by DVD AS5 to PCM.
3. A Blu-ray disc wih the audio output from PRE7 as PCM but recompressed by DVD AS5 to PCM.
4. A Blu-ray disc wih the audio output from PRE7 as PCM audio ony, which resulted in a WAV file that needed no recompression and which I placed on the DVD AS5 timeline.
Results:
1. When playing each disc on a desktop LG Blu-ray player, only #1 played all the way through without "hanging" and
2. Only with #1 was my Onkyo 7.1 home theater able to create surround sound.
Conclusions:
1. If one intends to create only SD DVDs, then DVD AS5 is a fabulous program but if
2. one wishes to have high-quality surround sound that does not hang to accompany one's HD video but one also wishes to take advantage of the program's many other capabilites for burning Blu-rays, then it appears one may need to purchase Vegas Movie Studio 10 which, according to RJ, is capable of burning AC-3 audio. (DVD Architect Pro cannot be purchased separately, according to RJ.)
The Pro program lists for $600