VCD audio sync prob

[terryjoebob]

hello all, a newbie here..even tho i'm decently computer savvy, i need a simple solution to these 2 prob's:

when i burn a vcd w/nero, audio is out of sync w/video..is there a simple way to sync this up w/o going thru 500 steps?

also, i have a lot of concert dvd's/vcd's..is there a program that can strip the audio off these discs so i can make an audio cd?

thanx in advance
terry

[setarip]

"when i burn a vcd w/nero, audio is out of sync w/video..is there a simple way to sync this up w/o going thru 500 steps?"



You can resynch the MPEG1-VCD file as follows:

1) Load it into TMPGEnc

2) Set mode to "MPEG-1VideoCD"

3) From under the "Advanced" tab, put a checkmark next to and then double click on "Source Range"

4) Enter an appropriate positive or negative amount of milleseconds (thousandths of a second) next to "Audio gap correct"

5) Save with a new filename

Let us know of your success ;>}

[docstevev]

Dear Terry,

I've successfully stripped DVD audio to MP3 files and consequently burned an audio CD from that, but it's quite a long-winded process. I discovered it when I got into making VCDs, which I haven't done for over 12 months, due to my purchase of a DVD Burner. So, please forgive me if my memory cheats me a little bit or details get a bit sketchy.

I used DVD2SVCD bundle (download free from http://www.dvd2svcd.org) to rip the DVD. First of all, I selected the soundtrack I wanted (I found that the bundle only truly supports one soundtrack per rip). In options, I set up the folder structure so that all the audio goes to the same folder, and checked the "Don't Delete Any Files" tick box. The ripping and re-encoding process takes several hours, but you can stop it once it's completed all the audio processing.

Open the "Audio" sub-folder within the folder containing ripped files and there should be a couple of files there, which Media Player should support. Once you have the correct one, you can edit it using GoldWave (download free from http://www.goldwave.com), and save the results in the music file format of your choice.

Once you have completed editing, you can burn the results to audio CD in the usual way.

Let us know how you get on.