
Since the op says that the file he has is signed (as i have assumed in my example), chances are the file is 16bits. from 0 to 255), while 16bit samples are signed (from -32768 to 32767). In DOS/Windows at least, 8bit samples were unsigned (i.e. But it is obvious that the lower the sampling rate, the worse it sounds.Įdit: Now that i have corrected the 8bit file, there is one suggestion about the file being 16bits and not 8 bits.

I've imported the file with the three alternative settings that we've talked in this thread (the one the OP has found to fit his options, and two more of mine).Īll four files seem to play well (at least at the appropiate speed). I started with an original which is 8bit, mono, 16Khz. You can encode a CD soundtrack (16bit PCM 44Khz) into a DVD linear PCM track, however youll use a lot of disk space and youll have to upsample from 44 Khz.

PCM is usually uncompressed although some deviations can feature some sort of compression such as ADPCM. I've posted in this thread four samples which demonstrate what i mean. A WAV file is the format PCM data is converted into file without any compression.

I thought the best way to explain it would be with an example:
