Audio Formats Supported by the DVD Specification and
DVD Studio Pro
The following audio formats are supported by the DVD specification and can be imported
into DVD Studio Pro without using the embedded AIFF encoder.
• MPEG-1 Layer 2 audio
• Dolby Digital (AC-3) audio (mono up to six channels)
• DTS multichannel audio (preview not supported)
• PCM audio (pulse code modulation audio; used by the AIFF and WAVE formats)
Note: When importing DVD-compliant audio files, DVD Studio Pro imports only elementary
files (not multiplexed). See
Elementary and Multiplexed MPEG Files
for more information.