Question About Dvd Audio

[Speed Damage]

For those of you that have used a program like DVD Shrink to 'backup' your DVDs, I have a question. I want to make the video quality as best possible (but keep the extras/etc and not have to reauther it/modify the menu), and most DVDs have 2-ch and 5.1 ch audio tracks.

If I remove the 2-ch and only leave the 5.1 ch, will that cause any problems on a tv/stereo that doesn't support 5.1? Theres no point in having both (and reducing the video quality) if you don't need both...but I want to be sure.

Thanks

[leglessmoof]

I'm pretty sure that Dolby Digital 5.1 can be downsampled to 2.0 by most DVD players. (However, DTS 5.1 can't be downsampled.)

So it's probably safe to remove the 2.0 track.

[jarrur]

I guess we are talking about the audio on dvd and not the dvd-audio.

Yep, it's downsampled. And you can test it simply hooking your dvd to your tv and playing the 5.1 audio track.

[sorrowman]

I guess I won't harm to leave all but the 5.1 track out. I do that all the time, and have never had any trouble with it.

Indeed, you have to make sure it's NOT the 5.1 DTS, cause in most cases you won't hear a thing, unless u have a DTS compatible ampifier connected to ur TV/PC or whatever.