How do I keep audio tracks separated in Adobe Premiere Pro?

[lnong]

I want to create a Karaoke DVD. I have 1 video file (AVI) and 2 audio files (WAVs), one with just music and the other with both music and vocals. I want to put the audio tracks on the DVD so that I can use my DVD player's remote control's "Audio" button with switch between the Karaoke version (music only) and the normal version (both vocals and sound). I believe this is how commercial Karaoke DVDs work.

I thought I could achieve this by using Adobe Premiere to create a new sequence, putting the AVI on the video track, and putting the WAVs each on a separate audio track. But after I created the DVD and played it, I realize that I cannot use the "Audio" button to switch between the two tracks. In fact, the two audio tracks are played at the same time during playback.

Can someone show me how to do it correctly? Thanks.

[dipstick]

You need to do this in the Authoring stage.

Render out the Video and audios seperatly. Example: Video.m2v, Music.wav and Music/lerics.wav. Use a DVD Authoring app that supports multiple audios (like DVD-Lab Pro) to author the DVD.

[lnong]

Thanks for the reply, dipstick.

But now I'm a little confused. I forgot to mention this but my AVI file is video only, no sound. So with this AVI file and the two WAVs files, doesnt that mean that my video and audios are already separated?

I will find DVD-Lab and try it like you suggested. But I already have Premiere and I believe that supports multiple audio tracks doesnt it?

[dipstick]

OK so you're a little confused, don't worry about it.

Sure Premiere supports lots of audio tracks, but it will merge them to one audio file when you export. That's obviously not what you want.

To be able to switch between audio tracks on your player, you need to Author the DVD with multiple audio tracks (seperate files) so that you can switch between them. For this you need a good DVD Authoring app like DVD-Lab Pro that will let you import multiple audio tracks for your DVD compliant video.

put your avi in the Timeline. If your audio isn't DVD compliant (48khz), then import it also.

Render video only out to m2v.
Render audio only out to wav.
Do the same for other audios, just keep them seperate.

Now you can import the m2v and the seperate wavs (or ac3s) into DVD-Lab Pro.

Read up on the tutorials for DVD-Lab.