Dolby Digital
Cinema audio format
Dolby Digital is an audio encoding system that compresses multiple channels of sound into a digital signal, standard in DVDs, Blu-rays, streaming services, and movie theaters.
The format typically delivers 5.1 surround sound—five directional speakers plus a subwoofer for bass.
The film's Dolby Digital soundtrack made explosions feel immersive.
- soundtrackMusic accompanying visual media
- bitstreamSequential binary data transmission
- film industryCommercial moviemaking sector
- immersive audioThree-dimensional listening experience
- movie nightPlanned viewing gathering
action movie · surround sound · Dolby Atmos · codec · DVD-Video · compression · audio fidelity · speaker system · sound bar · AAC · MPEG · Blu-ray · sound engineering · MKV · audio technology · gain · HDMI · HDR
- Dolby formatsDolby Atmos
- audio systemssurround sound, spatial audio, stereo, multichannel, 5.1
- Audio CodecsAAC, MP3, FLAC, WMA, AMR
- CodecsAAC, MP3, H.264, VP9, FLAC
- audio formatsMP3, WAV, FLAC, AAC, WMA
- DVDsDVD, DVD player, DVD players, DVD drive, DVD drives
Dolby Digitalanalog sound
Non-digital audio waves
analog · vinyl · magnetic tape · analog recording · vinyl records
Dolby Digitalmono
Single, as prefix
monaural · monophonic · stereo · mono sound
digital, digit, digits, digitize, digitized, digitizing, digitization, digitally, digitise