Some WinAVI conversions have no sound (Missing Codecs I think)

[KT888]

I'm using WinAVI v11 I was previously using an earlier version and I've noticed that quite frequently with this new version there's no sound on my conversions.
I'm always converting to avi.

I'm pretty sure it's a matter of not having the proper codecs with this new version. Does anyone have any idea how I can find out what codecs I need. and where I can get them. I think a lot of the time the file I'm converting when this happens is mkv but there might have been some mp4s in there as well I wasn't really paying attention when it started because I didn't realize it was now a thing since it never was with the last version I used.

[LigH.de]

No clue without a MediaInfo analysis of both source and result of your conversions...

[KT888]

No clue without a MediaInfo analysis of both source and result of your conversions...

I'll post it when I run into another one that doesn't encode properly.
Thanks for the suggestion.

[KT888]

Hi LigH.de hopefully you see this.
Here's an mkv file that had no sound when I tried to convert it to avi in WinAVI.

Here's the MediInfo analysis of the Source
General
Unique ID : 173456839220550822876898010948008781785 (0x827E927344CF43DF80326583AE69A7D9)
Complete name : F:\Movies\Flight 1942 (2016) WS DVDRip.mkv
Format : Matroska
Format version : Version 4 / Version 2
File size : 564 MiB
Duration : 1 h 21 min
Overall bit rate : 965 kb/s
Encoded date : UTC 2016-04-10 09:08:04
Writing application : mkvmerge v9.0.1 ('Obstacles') 32bit
Writing library : libebml v1.3.3 + libmatroska v1.4.4

Video
ID : 1
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L3.1
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 5 frames
Codec ID : V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC
Duration : 1 h 21 min
Width : 720 pixels
Height : 404 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate mode : Constant
Frame rate : 25.000 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Writing library : x264 core 148 r2665 a01e339

Encoding settings : cabac=1 / ref=5 / deblock=1:-3:-3 / analyse=0x3:0x113 / me=umh / subme=8 / psy=1 / psy_rd=1.00:0.15 / mixed_ref=1 / me_range=16 / chroma_me=1 / trellis=1 / 8x8dct=1 / cqm=0 / deadzone=21,11 / fast_pskip=1 / chroma_qp_offset=-3 / threads=6 / lookahead_threads=1 / sliced_threads=0 / nr=0 / decimate=1 / interlaced=0 / bluray_compat=0 / constrained_intra=0 / bframes=3 / b_pyramid=2 / b_adapt=2 / b_bias=0 / direct=3 / weightb=1 / open_gop=0 / weightp=2 / keyint=250 / keyint_min=25 / scenecut=40 / intra_refresh=0 / rc_lookahead=50 / rc=crf / mbtree=1 / crf=19.0 / qcomp=0.60 / qpmin=0 / qpmax=69 / qpstep=4 / vbv_maxrate=17500 / vbv_bufsize=17500 / crf_max=0.0 / nal_hrd=none / filler=0 / ip_ratio=1.40 / aq=1:0.60

Default : Yes
Forced : No

Audio
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Format profile : LC
Codec ID : A_AAC
Duration : 1 h 21 min
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz
Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 spf)
Compression mode : Lossy
Delay relative to video : 9 ms
Language : English
Default : Yes
Forced : No

Here's the result analysis
General
Complete name : C:\1\Flight 1942 (2016) WS DVDRip.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 631 MiB
Duration : 1 h 21 min
Overall bit rate : 1 079 kb/s
Writing application : Lavf52.57.1

Video
ID : 0
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Codec ID : FMP4
Duration : 1 h 21 min
Bit rate : 1 073 kb/s
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 360 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 29.970 FPS
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Compression mode : Lossy
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.155
Stream size : 627 MiB (99%)

Apparently there was no audio encoded at all. I have no idea why it's the exact same settings I use for all my other conversions (except for file size and dimensions of course) and they work perfectly 98% of the time.

I did use AAC. I also tried mp3, ATSC, mp2, and PCM whatever that is. All produced no sound.

Hope you get to see this.

Cheers

[DB83]

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[LigH.de]

Just a small piece in addition: The target audio format doesn't matter much if the converter of your choice is unable to handle the source audio format. Seems to be the case here. The more elaborate the GUI, the less I trust the features. There is probably more powerful real freeware.

[KT888]

Just a small piece in addition: The target audio format doesn't matter much if the converter of your choice is unable to handle the source audio format. Seems to be the case here. The more elaborate the GUI, the less I trust the features. There is probably more powerful real freeware.

Thanks for responding LigH.de

WinAVI isn't freeware but I guess I'll have to find an alternative. MediaInfo says the source audio format is AAC which WinAVI does have support for. What is it specifically that is non-standard so that WinAvi's support does not include this file. Do you see something in the source info that tells you what exactly is not supported?

Any suggestions on an better alternate

Thanks