help me out and win a PRIZE.....

[Red96TA]

PRIZE: A copy of my completed dvd with a flash intro giving you the credit you deserve!

PREMISE: Compiling an episodic dvd with AC3 in DVD-lab

HISTORY:
1. converted xvid files to elementary streams and demuxed/corrected AC3 audio.
2. converted 'first play' to mpg2 format
3. compiled disk using streams and motion menu.
first play has no audio

4. demuxed 'first play' to m2v and converted mpg audio to AC3 using Besweet.
5. recompiled disk using ALL AC3 to make it more compatible with DVD-lab (episodes, menu, first play all have AC3 audio now...all files were corrected with Besliced).
first play still doesn't have audio

The PROBLEM: Despite having ALL the streams extracted, corrected, etc...I still can't get the audio to work properly on the first play

The error I get with DVD-lab even after extracting the audio, converting to AC3, correcting AC3, remuxing is: "Cause: wrong frequency, DVD supports 48khz, file frequency 44.1khz, some DVD players may have problems with playback." What do I need to do to get this stream corrected?

Is there anybody who can help me out with this? Even if you don't want the dvd, I would sure apprectiate the help....argggg..

As always, thanks a million...

[Red96TA]

got it!

used the azid dll to resample the 44.1 into a 48khz wav and then sent it back to AC3 using besweet...

I'll send myself the dvd...lol

[akbor75]

my version of dvdlab converts to 48 kHz automatically.
doesn't yours?

[Red96TA]

hmmm....apparently not.

The problem I was running into was that I was converting a 44.1khz .wav file into an AC3...and then mixing audion streams. DVD-lab didn't like that I was mixing the streams...and then didn't like that my converted wavs were in the wrong format....

I'm using 'lab 1.3

[akbor75]

what's the use of converting a wav to ac3 in stead of mp2, does ac3 sound better? (i have never tried this)

i thought ac3 is used with dolby 5.1/dts audio.
i may be wrong about this, just wondering.

[andkiich]

MP2 audio is not a "standard" or required audio format for DVD players in the U.S. The "stanrd" formats are PCM and AC3, although, I have yet to come across a player that could not play the MP2 audio.

[Red96TA]

The reason I have to use AC3 is because the episodes have AC3 audio...with DVD-lab, you need your audio to ALL be the exact same format or it'll give you fits. In my particular case, the first play was mpg audio and didn't work with the AC3 audio...as a result, everything had to be muxed up to AC3....who would want to lose the 5.1DD in the episodes?

[bugster]

with DVD-lab, you need your audio to ALL be the exact same format or it'll give you fits.

Dvd-Lab, like many lower priced (and some more expensive) DVD authoring tools will only produce a single titleset. If I understand correctly, the main (or only) audio stream must be of the same type throughout the titleset. That is why all your audio must be the same type. You can mix Ac3 2.0 and Ac3 5.1 within a titleset but not AC3 and PCM or mp2.

If you used an authoring proggy capable of producing mutiple title sets you could use mixed audio types.