Average Joe DVD player’s not going to be able to decode opus. It might do aac. Most all decode Dolby digital AC3 and DTS since that’s what all commercial DVDs come with. They can decode PCM for sure, but that’s likely going to be too big for a DVD.
Ffmpeg does have an encoder for AC3. It’s fine so long as you’re not encoding more than two channels.
The goal for Topaz is to create a sticky relationship by creating a level of performance, innovation, low bug rate, timely delivery of update and upgrade and remain a leader in an increasing competive space. Getting audio enhancements is a small part of this.
Thank you, ForSerious.
For maximum compatibility in streaming apps, use AAC in MP4. For real-time or VoIP (WebRTC) use, Opus is supported in nearly all modern browsers except legacy Internet Explorer.
If it works in a browser, that I can figure out a way to serve the file over the Internet.
Demostrates the point: audio quality matters.
Makes the point: Audio can carry the story.
Hi Polyphyodonty, I and other users would really like to see Topaz AI Audio. I have a lot of movies and video clips on VHS, there are also DVDs. And 80 percent of these DVDs are the same VHS, not the best quality of both video and audio. And alas, there is no other source, and some do not have a DVD or LaserDisck release at all.
The all-important UI & UX issues. It needs to be dead simple. No dials. Live graphs of each track. And all the cool stuff audio engineers drool over. It needs to be perhaps a few presets. Four of less would be ideal. None would be ideal. [What software can’t tell the difference between voice and music…automatically?]Then press and forget. It just has to be that simple.
Hello redman.41.2077,
I notice your profile indicated No GPU! How do you do it? I mean with video. Is it down to the three web apps. It seems OK for one or two hours of upscaling. But a collecton of VHS and DVD’s from the 1980’s sounds like it would be costly to convert.
At least one person has considered buying a dead piece of software:
Hello again Polyphyodonty, well, I managed to assemble a new PC about 4 months ago. With AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D, TEAMGROUP T-FORCE VULCAN 64Gb DDR5 6000MHz, GIGABYTE NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER WINDFORCE V2 16Gb, MSI B650 GAMING PLUS WIFI AM5 DDR5 ATX, SSD Kingston KC3000 1024Gb M.2 NVME, 1STPLAYER NGDP ATX 3.0 PLATINUM 1000W Black 80 PLUS Platinum. Well, in general, it cost me 3,500 usd. And I haven’t changed the profile yet, there is the configuration of the old PC. I have some ancient Topaz, version 5.3.6 downloaded for testing in demo mode with a logo. Decided to test it but it seems to be OK, everything depends on the source. In my case I will wait for new versions and new AI models, since it is weak for VHS. I agree it is better to subscribe for a year than through the cloud, here no loans and money will be enough. Of course, if you are not a multimillionaire, in this case you need not a PC but a huge collider with 2-3 nuclear stations for Topaz for 10 years ahead 
But seriously, if I were Topaz, I would think about AI Audio. The niche is not occupied yet, except for the AudioSR demo on GitHub. Otherwise, it will be too late if some large company occupies this niche and becomes a monopolist. Then it will be too late.
Mystery solved. So there is a GPU in your household. And quite a nice one. Congratultions.
