Arbitrary AC3 Re-Encoding by DVDStyler

cyberboy · Member Joined: 04 Jul 2008 Location: United States

In authoring an MPEG-2 file encoded with "AC3 Stereo," DVDStyler has seemingly re-encoded the audio with "AC3 5.1." What sort of consequences does this have in burning and playback?

This change was revealed in DVD Shrink, which shows the original "AC3 Stereo-ch Unspecified" audio maintained under "Compression Settings" when I used a different authoring application on that same MPEG-2 file. Why would DVDStyler appear to change the audio compression setting when that other authoring application left it alone?

Lastly, what would be the consequences if I unchecked the box next to "AC3 5.1-ch Unspecified" (or "AC3 Stereo-ch Unspecified" for that matter) under the "Compression Settings" in DVD Shrink? Thank you.

lordsmurf · Posted: Sep 06, 2008 15:57

DVDStyler may assume you are stupid, and does what it wants to do. Or it may only know 5.1 and not 2.0, due to bad programming.

Unchecking a box in DVD Shrink removes the audio from the disc.
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