Audio rip help required with Tmpenc and virtualDub

[Cupid]

I am trying to convert a Harry Potter Dix.avi to either dvd or SVCD but I am stuggling with the sound.

I believe the right codecs are installed as the film plays and sounds great. However if I try and rip the sound using AudioDub saving it as a .wav the end result is jerky.

If I try and encode directly using Tmpgenc ( with toolame installed ) I am unable to select the .avi as a sound source as it tells me it is unsupported.

If this a stupid question then I apologise as I am relatively new to this.

Many thanks

Cupid

[Netfreak]

Hi
I can't help you with a fix, all I can say is YOUR NOT ALONE. I posted a message a couple of days ago about the same problem. It seems these DivX files may have been encoded using the AC3 format from the original DVD, i.e you have 5 channel sound support for 5 channel decoders etc. I've installed the latest Nimo Codec pack etc & still can't get a conversion. I've emailed the author of VirtualDub & Baldrick at VCD Help about this problem. Maybe you & anyone else having this problem could do the same? :P

[Netfreak]

Hi,
Since posting my previous reply, ,I've found a utility called AVI2VCD at this address.
http://www.mnsi.net/~jschlic1/
It comes in 2 parts, one of them being a decompressor. Launch the decompressor, select your AVI file & let it decompress it. Unlike VirtualDub it works. 8) You can then extract the audio from the decompressed file if you want, or do a straight re-encode using TMPEnc. Hope this helps. It worked for me. :P The only thing I noticed was a slight loss in volume on the decompressed file. But this can be easily rectified.

[Cupid]

Thanks. I will try it and see what happens .

[wee haggis]

Virtualdub works fine if you want to extract your audio as a WAV.
File open > Audio > Full Processing > Save As Wav