Audio Problem with Smart Ripper

[paskow]

Hello,
I've been ripping the Scooter Encore (The Whole Story) DVD. Everything has been fine until I started on Music Video #9.

The Tools I'm Using are:

Smart Ripper 2.40
vob2audio

After I rip with Smart Ripper I look at the audio stream and it says "[0xC0] Audio Not Specified MPEG1(2Ch)48kHz 16bit"
then after I do the rip. I use vob2audio for the audio.
This is the message I get with vob2audio,

"Ligos Splitter seems to miss an audio stream!
Use the AudioVob-option in Smart Ripper!
Or use VobTools to delete first segment."

I'm not sure how to correct this problem. Can someone please help?

Paskow

[UncasMS]

an alternative way of extracting and converting audio streams is this:

- extract stream with dvd2avi
- convert the output file with besweet


for the dvd2avi part take a look at my guide (@ part 2.0):

http://www.atlandide.net/~uncasms/en/index.php?page=gordian

[paskow]

Audio Problem with Smart Ripper

Thank you UncasMS,
I was able to get the audio. However, it seems too loud, distorted. It's ok, I can live with it. It would be fine if this project was for me. I bought the DVD. But a friend of mine can't play PAL DVD's on her system.

Is there a way I can get Smart Ripper to see the audio track? Usually, I like how it deals with audio. After Smart Ripper I use vob2audio. As far as I can tell the sound is very clean.

This is the only DVD I've ever had a problem with.

Thanks again,
Paskow

[UncasMS]

when you extract the original AC3 soundstream a distorted file AFTER converting the ac3 to mp3 must be the result of the way/parameter you used for the conversion.

HOW exactly did you achieve your sound file?
ac3 => mp3 via dvd2avi => besweet?

if so, which settings did you use in besweet?

and by the way: i too prefer the preciseness vob2audio provides and thats why i after all advise the use of vob2audio in my guide.

[paskow]

Audio Problem with Smart Ripper

Thanks UncasMS so far you've been a great help.
I'm at work right now, so I'll try to remember what I did.
I ripped the track I needed and then followed your guide.

For audio:
Track Number: 1
Channel Format: Auto Select
Dolby Digital: Demux All Tracks
Mpeg Audio: Demux All Tracks
48 => 44.1khz: Off

When the audio file is done it makes a .mpa file. Then I rename it to .mp3. (I hope that was the right thing to do.)

Then I put it in TMPGEnc.

Thank you,
Paskow

[paskow]

Audio Problem with Smart Ripper

By the way, I'm not getting an AC3 sound file. It's a .mpa file.

Paskow

[UncasMS]

i'm puzzled by a few details here:

my guide aims for MPEG4/avi

you're talking about using TMPEG, which is not part of the routine i describe!

thus my question is: which format do you want to create?

avi/mpeg4
svcd/mpeg2
vcd/mpeg1

?


MPA audio does NOT equal MP3 audio!


in case you wanted to have an MP3 file in the end, convert that mpa stream to mp3 with Besweet.

[paskow]

Sorry Sorry Sorry.

I feel like a goof.

I'm trying to create a vcd/mpeg1.

I apologise for not following your rutine to the letter. I thought as long as I had the audio file, I would be ok. I was wrong.
I'll follow it exactly when I get home tonight.

By the way, what is a .mpa file?

Paskow

[UncasMS]

for VCD stay away from my guide since it deals with mpeg4 not mpeg1!

mpa is an audio format


for infos on the conversion from dvd to vcd c.f. here:

http://www.vcdhelp.com/convert

in case your dvd player supports Svcd you should rather create those mpeg2/svcd files, since their quality is much better than vcd.

for SVCD creation DVD2SVCD is an excellent tool!

http://www.dvd2svcd.org/