Audio formats for broadcast from DVD

Hi--
I have a 2 minute project that will be aired on TV from a DVD. I am trying to choose the best format in Compressor to export for DVD. Seeing as it's such a short piece, I have plenty of room. My project is cut on FCP 5.1.2 and is a 720x480 NTSC - CCIR/DV project with footage mostly from DVD and audio from a stereo CD and other stereo and mono sources.
On the video side, I have noticed no quality difference between exporting an uncompressed 10-bit file and an mpeg-2 6.2Mbps 2-pass 4:3 file. They look the same to me on DVD on my TV.
On the audio side, I am not sure whether to use Dolby or AIFF, then within those options whether to use AIFF 96/24 (that's PCM, right?) or 48/24 or Dolby (Auto) or 2.0. I just don't know enough about audio.
I use Toast Titanium to burn my DVDs, and it too has a variety of custom output options. It allows me to have an average and maximum bit rate up to 9.0 Mbps and allows me either PCM 96/24 or Dolby Digital up to 448 kbps.
My research has only granted me piecemeal info, as most people are concerned with file size and have to make choices with that in mind. I know people are reluctant to give strict guidelines on this site and that some of this is subjective, but can someone tell me what would technically give me the best (meaning most) video resolution and audio clarity?
Thanks,
Mike
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Is PCM the same as 96 khz/24 bit AIFF, or are there ranges of PCM?
If my original sequence audio is set at 48 khz/16 bit, is there any advantage to PCM or is it just an exercise in futility?
PCM and AIFF are basically the same thing: uncompressed audio. Look this links just as information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIFF
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCM#EncodingforTransmission
You can have uncompressed audio 48kHz/16bit and 96kHz/24 bit. DVD standard accept PCM (AIFF) 48kHz/16bit. Then your original audio format from your sequence is fine to use for DVD authoring.
What is the difference difference between MPEG-2 with a high Mbps and Uncompressed 10-bit? What should I really be using for a DVD?
If your FCP project/timeline is DV NTDC, no use to export as Uncompressed 10-bit. You cannot get a better quality than your footage, and this is encoded as DV.
MPEG-2 is the oded video used in SD DVDs. No matter what video source you use to build your disc in Toast, finally you'll disc will have a MPEG2 video inside.
Then from FCP sequence use Export > Quicktime Movie > Selfcontained leaving currect settings. You'll get an independent file with same quality that your timeline that you can use for your build in Toast or encoding in Compressor.
Hope it helps!
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