No sound!!!

[Risqu_e]

Hello all.
I am VERY new to the board. I have a question that I am sure has been answered a million times over. Tonight I ripped & burned my purchased copy (really) of "Passion of the Christ" using Shrink3.2 & Roxio 6.0. I read in a post on here that there is not supposed to be any files in the Audio TS file, but that the audio should be contained in the Video TS file. So I assumed that it was o.k. to burn. I also assumed that I did not need any special codecs to copy/burn a "store-bought" disk, but I could have been wrong. When I did burn the disk -(menus,titles,chapters,everything! ) including the picture quality was superb, just no audio

ALSO- there was no audio while in preview mode during the analysis and encoding procedure.



Please HELP the Nube.

Thanks in advance.

[ormonde]

Are you sure that you did not "Uncheck" the main audio stream by mistake before you performed your backup?

[Risqu_e]

I don't think I "unchecked" anything. Besides, how would I know which one was the "main audio stream"? When I have the main title highlighted..............there are '3' audio ops'.....2-ac3 & 1-dts. I don't believe I unchecked any of these.............are you perhaps referring to some other streams?

Thanks again.

[ormonde]

"Besides, how would I know which one was the "main audio stream"?"

The usual main audio stream will be the one that is "Ch-2 5.1 - ac3" or something similar. Also, look at the size (MB) of the audio stream. Most likely, it will be the largest one in terms of size.

[Risqu_e]

I know now that I did not "uncheck" any ops' having to do with audio! I guess the related problem (drawing on my previous comment) is that even before I choose to anylize/rip the movie, there is no audio in the preview window. Is there supposed to be, I thought there was, so that you can after all "preview" it? I really need a solution to this.

[ormonde]

"there is no audio in the preview window. Is there supposed to be, I thought there was, so that you can after all "preview" it? "

Go to "Edit" > "Preferences" and click the "Preview" tab. Is "Enable video and audio preview" checked?

[Risqu_e]

Yes it is. see, I'm stumped!

[ormonde]

Have you attempted to play the backup in a "Software" DVD player such as "WinDVD" or PowerDVD"? Is the audio present? Also, as an experiment, backup the DVD again but this time "Uncheck" the DTS audio stream - leaving just the ac3 stream.

[Risqu_e]

Yeah, I played it in PowerDVD just now................but to no avail! I guess I'll try to 'back-it-up' again without the DTS encoding. I'll let you know................thanks ormonde.

[ormonde]

"Yeah, I played it in PowerDVD just now................but to no avail!"

It sounds as if you need to install an Ac3 codec.

[Risqu_e]

Yeah ormonde, I tried to re-rip the disk excluding the DTS encoding, and still no sound in the finished rip nor while previewing.........................have you ever heard of something so strange???

I don't know where to find an AC3 codec....................my only experience with codecs came in the form of a 'codec pack" I got off of Kazaa. Any help as to where to find the needed codec would be very appreciated.

Thanks for your help and patience.

[ormonde]

"Any help as to where to find the needed codec would be very appreciated."

Uninstall the "Codec Pack" you got from Kazaa and install the Ac3 Filter. Get it here:

http://ac3filter.sourceforge.net/

[setarip]

To Risqu_e

"When I did burn the disk -(menus,titles,chapters,everything! ) including the picture quality was superb, just no audio"

1) Have you tried playing the burned DVD on a standalone DVD player? If so, use either the remote or the onscreen DVD menu to select a different audiostream.

2) Re-post your question in the DVD Shrink-specific sub-forum(s) here - and read the many similar questions and posted responses there...