No sound on some avi's..

[sj1]

Hi all,
I've got a load of divX files (avi's) that I'm trying to convert to vcd. I'm using TMPGEnc..
When I get to the screen to select the start/end frames, I notices the sound wave (a green line) was flat.. So I converted a minute or so and sure enough the mpg has no sound. The avi is OK by the way. Some of the avi's convert OK. What am I doing wrong? Is there a better (free) app to convert divx to vcd?

Hope you can help...

sj

[Triton]

Go into the TOOLS section and get the program called Virtual Dub...then open the movie file in VDUB go under the Audio Tab and click Full Processing mode...then go under the audio tab again and go to Compression set this to "NONE". Then go into Audio 1 last time and under conversion set it to 4100 leave everything else alone....And last but not least Under the File tab click on SAVE WAV.it will save the sound from the movie into a WAV file....then when you selelct your audio source in TMPGEnc pick the wav file for the audio...the avi for the movie and good luck from there....

[sj1]

Cheers, works a treat. Strange how on some avi's it worked and some not 'cos apparently now TMP can do avi's OK and selects tha avi for video and audio....No ideas?
Is using virtualdub then TMPGEnc as good a way as any to convert divx to vcd? Virtualdub seems to be able to do a lot more than 'just' extract audio. Is that it's main purpose or what else does it do?

SJ

[KingJohn]

What else does it do... I like that... I guess it does a lot more than save out things

[Akai Rounin]

"Virtualdub ... what else does it do?"

Video capture - Some prefer using VirtualDub to software that comes included with their video capture cards. Why? It can be configured to use all sorts of audio and video codecs during the capture process.

Video editing - VirtualDub allows you to quickly and easily select a section of video to save as a clip. It allows you to convert an entire video to a different file size using different audio or video codecs. VirtualDub can change the frame rate of video or change the duration to match any given audio source. VirtualDub gives the ability to apply several different filters at once to its output. Among these functions are resize/resample, crop/letterbox, soften/sharpen, add subtitles and many, many more.

Actually, if standalone DivX players were the norm in households, all VirtualDub would need is some type of CD-R/DVD-R burning capability to become an all-in-one solution to all your audio/visual capture and archiving needs. Absolutely astounding that it is free. If it cost money, I'd buy it. A couple of times.

Toyoniya Hiyaku, Noromuoy!

Akai Rounin, The Cyber Sage

[sj1]

Cheers for that.
If Virtualdub does so much... do I actually need TMPGenc to convert avi (divx) to mpg? Does virtualdub 'do it all'?

SJ