Using TMPGEnc

[proctor]

I'm using TMPGEnc for making a VCD out of the *.d2v and *.wav I extracted using DVD2AVI.exe. Now my question is: Can I enhance the volume of the audio in the finished (or in the making of...) the *.mpg (VCD) movie ?
I tried to listen to the *.wav file made by DVD2AVI and its audio is VERY low and I need to pump my speakers audio VERY high in order to hear anything... so its probably something that I did wrong with DVD2AVI .. what was it I didn't do right or should check now ?

<font size=-1>[ This Message was edited by: proctor on 2001-11-19 00:11:22 ]</font>

[RoopeT]

Under TMPGEnc advanced MPEG settings: Audio effect (change volume, normalize to 100%). This scans through the audio file to determine the correct volume, so it doesn't work when frameserving from virtual dub / flask, but this should't be a problem for you as you already have your audio as a separate .wav file.

[proctor]

Like I also said in the first thread for this topic, it seems that the *.wav file made with DVD2AVI.exe was (when played via Winamp) with low volume, so I thing the origin of my wave file's volume problem is a misuse of DVD2AVI and I'd like someone to tell me what it might be.

[stanwebber]

there are lots of ways to screw up the audio in dvd2avi. what are the properties of your source and what exact settings did you use?

[proctor]

The source are the *.vob files that I extracted using DVD Decrypter (I don't know how to tell you the exact properties of the source it does...). Would telling you that the *.wav file that came out of using DVD2AVI was named:
movie AC3 T01 3_2ch 448Kbps 48KHz.wav ?
And about the settings... which exactly do you want to know of ?

[stanwebber]

is the audio track dd3/2 or dd2.0(press f5 to preview)? dolby surround downmix is inappropriate for dd2.0. select normal or light dynamic range compression dependant on your dolby hardware setup. set normalization to between 70-100 & run pre-scale decision. if you want to downsample to 44.1khz choose the high quality setting

[Vejita-sama]

I think the simplest way is to do this back in DVD2AVI:

1) Click on audio
2) Choose Normalize
3) Click the little box in the top right conner of the normalize dialog box to enable it.
4) Choose a setting (I find that 72-75 works well).

[proctor]

Problem solved, thanks.