No Sound After Authoring With DVD Workshop 2

[kevbach]

I just finished transferring some home videos to my PC and used DVD Workshop 2 to author a DVD. The DVD plays fine on my stand alone DVD player. However, on my HTPC, I can hear sound on the menus but not on the actual video footage. The stand alone sound is connected via RCA cables and the HTPC with a digital optical connection.

Can someone verify this and tell me what settings to use in the future so that the sound will play on all? Im assuming I authored the DVD with the wrong sound format. Also, how would I go about stripping the sound out of the dvd, changing it to a compliant type, and then re-authoring the dvd?

THANKS!!

[thecoalman]

Im assuming I authored the DVD with the wrong sound format. Also, how would I go about stripping the sound out of the dvd,

I don't think you can author a disc with the wrong foramt using DVDWS, it won't allow it. There really is no wrong selection, usually playback issues arise when you use mpeg audio but that only pertains to playback on some NTSC standalone DVD players. Generally computer playback is not a problem.......

If it plays in your standalone I think it's safe to say you have used a compliant format.

Most likely you have a codec issue, what format did you use?

[Richard_G]

As the HTPC uses digital optical, maybe you left the sound at the default setting of LPCM and not AC3. AC3 will be ouitput on an optical output, LPCM may not.