MAJOR skullbuster problem with VCD audio. HEEELLP!!

[roscoe62]

Hi there,

I'm really hoping someone with more VCD knowledge than I (shouldn't take much) can help.

I have 3 downloaded TV episodes that I am burning to VCD. All 3 MPEG files are around 220 Mbs, and all have compliant video (352x240 and 29.97fps). All 3 episodes playback fine as MPEG files on my computer. I used EasyVCD to create the BIN/CUE files and used CDRWin to burn the VCD.

When I play the VCD on my stand-alone DVD Player (a Pioneer 717) The first episode video is fine, but the audio sounds like it's being played underwater. The second episode is perfect - both video and audio are great, and the 3rd episode I get good video but the underwater sound problem again - although not quite so bad. All 3 files were sourced from the same place.

The really weird thing is that if I play back the VCD on my computer, there is no sound problem on any of the episodes! I'm wondering whether my stand-alone DVD player is fussier than my DVD-ROM drive or maybe there is some extra processing going on in my PC that I don't know about.

Anyway, to sum up, is there any way to "fix" the sound on my MPEG files, or is there any way of identifying a possibly errant soundtrack? And if so, how can I solve the sound problem?

ANY help would be greatly appreciated!!!

[roscoe62]

Still no response huh?

C'mon, I can't believe that with the vast amount of experience in this forum that no-one has come across this (or something like it) before.

PLEASE HELP!

[kitty]

Standard VCD audio is 44.1KHz 224kb/s

Check to see that it is within these parameters.

[roscoe62]

Thanks kitty,

I'll check that closely tonight. However, I think PowerDVD (the prog I use to give me file stats) only shows the bitrate and not the sampling frequency. I'll post again once I've made sure.

Are there any other apps out there that will show me sampling frequency?

Nice cat pic btw!

[roscoe62]

Oops.....forgot to ask !

IF the sampling rate is wrong, what app can I use to change it?

I have the free version of TMPGEnc will that do the job?

Thanks again

[andyg]

TMPGEnc will do the job nicely if the sampling frequency and bitrate are wrong. Simply load in your file and if the sound is not 44100Hz 224Kbps (TMPGEnc will tell you what sampling rate and bitrate the audio on your file is at the bottom of the screen) then you'll need to load one of the templates (NTSC film for 23.976fps, PAL for 25 or NTSC for 29.976) and re-encode.

[Beavis]

"ssrc" is a good sample rate conversion program, and TMPGenc uses it as an external tool.