Dvd Audio authoring

[toneystone]

I've been upsampling or resampling my audio files for my dvd audio projects. My files are from original cds and some WMA lossless, mp3 files. I assumed that resampling to 96khz 24 bit will enhance the quality but I just recently learned that I'm losing quality when I perform this action. What is the best way to enhance my files so I can import into my dvd audio program? Which method will be better, ripping my cds with dbpoweramp and encoding them to 96/24 or recording my music files in Adobe Audition and then encode (save as) 96/24?

 

[MDS]

If the source is a CD or any lossless encoding, it will be what it is - 16/44.1 in the case of the CD and likely the same for the lossless. If the source is a lossy compression format, like MP3, it has already been degraded and you have to decode it to PCM first and then convert the bit depth and/or resample.

Simply converting the bit depth does nothing. Resampling will create new samples that did not exist in the first place. If you resample you want to use an anti-alias filter and if the program allows it, set it to use the highest accuracy possible for the interpolation. You'll basically be making the original file larger with no increase in sound quality but at least it will be in the correct format for buring to dvd-audio.

If you can actually record the music originally at 24/96 then you can import it directly.