SVCD Sound

[dpolo]

(I hope this is the correct forum to post this)

I have converted a .avi file to a mpeg using TMPGenc, but my mpeg is converting without sound. The original .avi has sound but the converted mpeg doesn't. I have downloaded every codec known to man (Nimo, Divx 3.11, 4 &5). I have WinDVD software on my CPU and I still can't get any audio. I have even burned the soundless mpg with NERO 5.5 to a SVCD disk hoping the audio would play on my DVD player even though it wouldn't on my CPU. My only assumption is that i'm not setting TMPGenc correctly. Any help to get audio on my conversions would be appreciated.

-Polo

[cheftaz]

Load original avi into vdub
click audio
select full processing mode
still under audio select conversion
now select 44100
now select file>save wav

Now open tmpg
load template
load original avi as video source and load the wav file as audio source and everything should be fine

[dpolo]

SVCD Sound

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Okay, I opened the avi file in vdub and under the audio tab selected avi audio and full processing. Also under the audio tab I selected conversion (The sound is defaulted to 48000Hz, 8 bit precision and stereo channels). When I go to file and select save wav I get the following message.

[I]The requested audio compression is not compatible with the input format. Check that the sampling rate and channel count match those of the requested format.[\I]

I tried changing the 48000hz to 441000hz but I get the same error.

I had problems with no sound on this avi file when I first downloaded it, but I installed the Nimo pack and finally got sound working so, I thought the nimo pack would do the same for my TPMGenc converted mpg file.

Any thoughts on the matter would be appreciated.

-Polo

[cheftaz]

load the avi file in vdub again and click file>file properties and post all info you get as well as any error messages

[dpolo]

SVCD Sound

Heres the info from the avi file

Audio Stream
Sampling Rate - 48000hz
Channel - 5 Stereo
Sample Precision - 0 Bit
Compression - Unknown (tag 2000)
Preload Skew - 24000 Samples (0.50s)
# of Frames - 41047
Min\Avg\Max\Total Frame Size - 960\1920\24000(76984K)

Video Stream
Frame Size - 640X352 25fps
# of Frames - 41058 (27.22)
Decompressor Divx - MPEG4 Low Motion
Number of Key Frames - 416
Min\Avg\Max\Total Key Frame Size - 2625\17394\45938(7067K)
Min\Avg\Max\Total Delta Frame Size -173\7601\34859(30705K)

Let me know if there's any other info I could supply

-Polo

[cheftaz]

dpolo

your avi is encoded in ac3 format (tag 2000)
I could tell you to use nandub or a special version of vdub but you may as well see different ways of getting it to work

click on search and type tag 2000

I just tried it and there is a bunch of different answers as well as links to download any and everything you need and instructions in detail. Good luck and let us know which method you used and if it worked

[dpolo]

Thanks for your help. I got it figured out. I used TMPGenc to convert the avi's sound into a wav.

I Loaded VD and made sure Direct Stream was selected on the Audio tab. Then I selected FIle->Save wav.

After saving the file I renamed the extension to ac3 (audio.wav->audio.ac3).

Downloaded HeadAC3he from here http://www.doom9.org. Loaded the AC3 file and selected the Destination Format=Wav and Resample to 44.1KHz. Then clicked start and it converted the .ac3 into a uncompressed wav file.

Started TMPGEnc and loaded the avi file as video source and the wav file I just made as the audio source.

Everything meshed together and looks\sounds great.