DVD Studio Pro 1.5: Formats Supported by DVD Studio Pro

DVD Studio Pro accepts MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video. MPEG-1 video is lower quality but takes up less space. MPEG-2 is higher quality and takes a moderate amount of space.

MPEG-2 is the most commonly used video format. You can export MPEG-2 video streams using the QuickTime MPEG Encoder that is included with DVD Studio Pro.

DVD Studio Pro accepts audio streams in these formats: PCM audio (AIFF, SoundDesigner, or WAVE format, 16- or 24-bit resolution, 48 or 96 kHz sample rate, stereo or mono files); MPEG audio (MPEG-1, layer 2 audio, 48 kHz resolution, 32 to 384 Kbps data rate; MPEG-2 audio is not supported); Dolby AC-3 audio.

AC-3 audio is the most commonly used audio format. You can encode AC-3 audio using the Apple A.Pack application included with DVD Studio Pro. See the DVD Studio Pro User's Manual for more information.