AVI Inaudible Audio Problem

[Kyron]

Hello All..I've tried to find an answer to this with no luck so I'm hoping someone can help. I have an AVI file that when played on my Philips DVP642 has no audio. G-Spot says the audio is encoded as...
"0x0055(MP3) ID'd as MPEG-1 Layer 3"

...and it plays fine on my PC.

So....I used Virtual Dub to extract the audio as a Wav file thinking I can Re-Encode it and fix the problem.

I set VirtualDub to Direct Stream Copy for the Video, Full Processing for the Audio, Selected the WAV file I'd extracted...BUT !!!! when I select MPEG Layer 3 as the Compression format and check the box "Show all Formats" the BEST rate available is only 56Kb/s, 24Khz Stereo. A FAR cry from the typical (looking at other AVi files) 128Kb/s 48Khz Stereo.

Am I missing SOMETHING? I've never had a problem playing any AVI's on my PC so I can only ASSUME I have all the appropriate codecs installed. I tried using a different Filter (CCITT u-Law 94Kb/s 48Khz Stereo) and the file wouldn't play at all on the Philips.

Any and ALL help will be GREATLY appreciated.
Cheers....Dean.

[Baldrick]

install lame mp3 acm and you can select lame mp3 in virtualdub...using any bitrate.

[Kyron]

Thank you Baldrick !!! In fact while waiting for a reply I did just that. I got the "Lame" hint from a Tutorial I found while searching.

SAD thing is...Encoding went well, VirtualDub had no complaints, the file STILL plays fine(audio and video) within Windows Media Player, yet the Philips WON'T play it. It plays the original fine (with no audio though) but the re-encoded version is ignored. I made sure I used "Direct Stream Copy" so as to not mess with the Video stream but I'm guessing the Philips doesn't like the "Lame" audio encoding. I'm going to try a different file that plays perfectly (audio and video) to see if it will play after re-encoding the audio with Lame. That'll determine if Lame is the problem or something else.

Any further thoughts though anyone ???

Cheers....Dean.

[Baldrick]

what version of lame are you using?

[Kyron]

I'm using Lame Version 3.96.1

To update...I read somewhere to resave the AVI using AVI OLD format (within Virtualdub) and that didn't help either. Now I'm re-encoding the Entire file (both Video and audio) hoping THAT might help.

Very strange ????