DTS to SOU Converter

Re-encode DTS cinema tracks into vintage SOU online

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Fast DTS to SOU

Server-side engines handle DTS to SOU transcoding swiftly, freeing your device from heavy audio processing.

Privacy First

Your uploaded audio is deleted right after conversion. Output files are automatically removed from our servers within 24 hours.

Easy Interface

A clean, guided interface walks you through the conversion. No audio expertise required — just upload and download.

How to convert DTS to SOU

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Select files from Computer, Google Drive, Dropbox, URL or by dragging it on the page.

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Choose sou or any other format you need as a result (more than 200 formats supported)

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Let the file convert and you can download your sou file right afterwards

About formats

DTS (Digital Theater Systems) is a multi-channel audio codec originally engineered for cinema sound, now a staple of home theater and Blu-ray releases. Conceived by DTS, Inc. and first showcased theatrically alongside the 1993 film Jurassic Park, the technology delivers up to 5.1 discrete channels of surround sound at bit rates typically between 768 kbps and 1.5 Mbps. Unlike competing codecs that lean on aggressive psychoacoustic modeling, DTS allocates a higher data budget to each channel, preserving finer spatial detail and low-level dynamics. The format encodes audio using sub-band ADPCM combined with vector quantization, producing a perceptibly rich sound field. Its extended variant, DTS-HD Master Audio, adds a lossless extension layer for bit-for-bit accuracy up to 24-bit/192 kHz. Key strengths include broad hardware adoption across AV receivers, gaming consoles, and automotive infotainment systems, along with robust error concealment that masks minor disc or stream glitches. For anyone working with surround-sound content intended for physical media or high-end streaming, DTS provides a proven pathway from studio mix to living room.
Developer: DTS, Inc.
Initial release: 1993
SOU is a raw audio format designation that functions as an alias for unsigned 8-bit PCM data (u8) in the SoX audio processing framework. Files with the .sou extension contain headerless, uncompressed audio samples stored as unsigned 8-bit integers — each byte represents a single amplitude value from 0 to 255, with 128 as the silence midpoint. Because there is no header, playback parameters such as sample rate and channel count must be specified externally. The default assumption is typically mono at 8000 Hz, though the data can represent any rate the recording hardware supported. The u8 encoding that SOU aliases is one of the simplest possible digital audio representations, predating structured audio containers like WAV and AIFF. Raw unsigned PCM was commonly produced by early sound cards and digitizers in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when storage constraints and limited processing power made headerless formats a practical choice. One advantage is absolute simplicity: SOU files can be read by any program capable of basic file I/O, with no parsing of container structures or metadata decoding required — useful for embedded systems, hardware diagnostics, and educational contexts where audio fundamentals are being explored. The format's minimal overhead also means that conversion to any modern container is lossless and instantaneous, since the raw PCM samples can be wrapped in a WAV or AIFF header without any transcoding.
Developer: SoX Contributors
Initial release: 1991

Frequently Asked Questions

Why convert DTS to SOU?

Converting DTS to SOU lets you use theater audio in retro projects or legacy systems requiring the SOU format.

What programs can open SOU?

SOU is supported by SoX and basic raw audio players.

Is there quality loss converting to SOU?

SOU is a specialized format with its own encoding constraints. Quality depends on SOU capabilities and the settings you choose.

Can I convert multiple DTS tracks at once?

Yes — upload several DTS files and convert them all to SOU in a single batch. No need to process each one individually.

Is my audio data kept private?

Uploaded DTS files are deleted immediately after conversion. The resulting SOU outputs are removed from our servers within 24 hours.