AVI to DVD via TMPGenc - Picture no sound

[CaptainChaos]

Hi

I am trying to convert/encode an .avi file to DVD, using TMPGenc Plus, but there is no sound (picture is fine).

I have read your stickies & other ideas mentioned in your Newbie Conversion forum, using VirtualDub & Goldwave to split the audio into a .wav (which plays back fine), then "add" that into the audio part of TMPGenc, but it makes no difference - still no sound .... The .avi plays fine with video & audio through Windows Media Player, DivX Player & VLC Media Player ... when I try with TMPGenc, it disappears again ....

I used G-Spot on the avi & got this about the audio ...

Audio Format:
Code: 0x0055
Name: WAVE_FORMAT_MPEGLAYER3 (MP3)
Vendor: ISO/MPEG

The following codecs should both capable of processing this format:

--> {Fraunhofer IIS MPEG Layer-3 Codec (advanced)}
--> {MPEG Layer-3 Decoder}

What (if anything) am I doing wrong?

[Baldrick]

no sound after you have converted it? on your computer or/and dvd player?
or just convert the audio with something else like ffmpeggui,belight and add the video and audio when you author to a dvd with for example tmpgenc dvd author.

[CaptainChaos]

There is sound when I play the "original" .avi, but as soon as I try to encode it (either using "original" .avi audio, or after converting sound using VirtualDub or GSpot), the sound seems to disappear ... I haven't even got as far as burning yet until I can sort the audio out!

[Baldrick]

Convert the video with tmpgenc.
Convert the audio to ac3 or mp2 with belight or ffmpeggui.
Author the video and audio.
Done.

[CaptainChaos]

Isn't that what I did with VirtualDub & GoldWave? Do the 2 you mentioned do a better/diiferent job? Sorry to ask so much ......

[CaptainChaos]

Erm ... I just d'loaded those 2 programmes you mentioned & ... neither of them "recognise" the .avi file .... maybe it's corrupt .... weird though that I can play the avi on my computer with sound, and Goldwave & VirtualDub DO recognise it!

Thanks for the help so far, but ... any more ideas?[/b]

[Baldrick]

try open the wav.

[CaptainChaos]

Ok, I got ffmpeggui to "get" the file by manually copying the filename & adding it to be converted ... Belight says "can't find BeSweet" or something ... are you saying in your last post that if I convert the avi audio to wav using VirtualDub or Goldwave, do I STILL need to convert that using one of the 2 programmes you suggested? Then, use TMPGenc to encode the video with the mp2 audio?

Please excuse my dimness in this ....

addition: Just tried adding the ffmpeggui audio file to convert & it made no difference - no sound .... I really don't know what to do now ... and the wav's that GoldWave/VirtualDub created played fine.

[jimmalenko]

http://members.dodo.net.au/~jimmalenko/AVI2DVD.htm tells you all you need to know about encoding Video Only with TMPGEnc Plus and the audio with ffmpeggui.


BTW, Belight is a GUI for Besweet, so you need to download Besweet as well


So you can play the WAV file, right ?

Then you use ffmpeggui to convert to ... what, AC3 or MP2 ?

[CaptainChaos]

Ok, I'm going to try again ..... Yes the VirtualDub & ffmpeg wavs play back fine ... I'll use your guide to see if it makes a difference. It'll take a while to encode, but I'll let you know - thanks for the help.

[marco_the_boy]

This is what I did when TMPGEnc Plus encoded a video with no sound:

I increased the priority of the DirectShow plugin.

To do this, go to 'Option' in TMPGEnc menu.
'Environmental Setting',
'VFAPI plug-in',
right-click on 'DirectShow Multimedia File Reader' and choose 'Higher Priority'. Move it to the top.

You should now get sound in all your encodings.
Test it with a small sample of the movie (using 'Source Range' option) before doing the full movie.

[September1]

hi CaptainChaos,
Have you manged the conversion? If not, maybe you can have a try on winavi. I used it with the avi to dvd conversion, and it works pretty good.