Can TMPGenc boost sound levels in encode process?

[joeAgain------]

I noticed a captured video of a family band had a somewhat lower sound level than the VHS tape it was taken from.

Can TMPGenc boost the sound any, during encoding for other things that I want to do?

[hitch]

Don't know if TMPGEnc can do it, but you can use toolame (or BeSweet which is a GUI for toolame and other command line audio tools) to boost the gain when converting to MP2. You can also use BeSweet to compress the dynamic range which can have the effect of giving the audio more punch!

My personal preference is to use an audio editor directly on an uncompressed wav file to normalize and boost the gain. Since you're dealing with a captured file, you should be able to demux the captured avi and save to a WAV file (via direct stream copy) in V-dub and use the audio editor on that. Once you're done, use BeSweet GUI to encode to MP2 for muxing with the video file TMPGEnc makes.

[mh2360]

Click Setting>Audio check the Use Audio edit button and select "edit", you can then change the volume of the audio...

[gonz0]

Can TMPGenc boost the sound any, during encoding for other things that I want to do?

Yes, it can. Select the Settings button. Then select the Audio tab > Setting > Normalize > and then enter a percentage. TMPGEnc will scan the audio, and then choose the scaling factor for you. Once you do this, I think you can play the audio to get an idea of the sound level before you encode.

You can also specify an alternative audio encoder under Options > Environmental Setting > External Tools... TooLame is one such encoder, but I prefer SCMPX (http://www.hitsquad.com/smm/programs/SCMPX/). I also use SSRC (http://shibatch.sourceforge.net/) as a sample rate converter.

For MPG's you've already encoded, you can re-encode the audio and MUX it back into the video. The MUX/DEMUX options are found under File > MPEG Tools.