DVD - with SVCD quality video can I encode with AC3??

[danman78]

This is not to ask "Can i put SVCD's on DVD's" I have done that it worked fine exept for the MP3 Sound compression and my dvd player never like each other..........

Whenever I have a Video without AC3... and this is something I was trying to figure out by making a dvd wth AC3...instead of Mp3 compressed sound..

Here is my problem. My DVD player sucks, I think that is the root problem...but.... Whenever I play a dvd or vcd or svcd or any of the other various standards, it will read the disk and try. The video 99% of the time is Perfect. However the audio is choppy, Skips off sync. All of thease disks have been tested on a PC software dvd player, and on a couple of dvd players and work fine... (with the dvd players it varies) So I know that I am making the disks ok....

My question: Is there another common way to compress the audio that is compatable with my dvd player... (AC3, which i now know works fine) Can i convert a file with Mpg3 sound to a two channel AC3 file. (I know how to do this) I can do this for sure with a standard DVD disc. I have not tried it yet but I am sure it works fine! Mainly I am looking to fit more video time on a DVD, Making a VCD-DVD I have dont this before, Or a SVCD-DVD this I have also done. You CAN fit a lot of video on a DVD using MPEG-2 at 1200k or so. But I was under the impression that these files had to have MP3 sound or wav or something.

Can I insert AC3 (or are there other alturnatives that i may try?) sound onto a SVCD-DVD, not to acheave 5.1 sound, But so that the stream is AC3 and NOT MP3???? (two channels is fine I want to get non-choppy sound Not 5.1) ( I could also use 5.1 when it is available) (I am recording from TV mostly for this so there is no AC3)

And if so How. Same with a dvd encoded file...(mpeg-2 2000k-6000k)?? Will Spruce Take a Mpeg2 file encoded at 1200K and then let me use the ac3 file named the same??

(I did fit 10 svcd quality episodes of Enterprise on one DVD) ( the audio was choppy on my dvd player....I was using MP3 sound compression)

Dan

[Baldrick]

The dvd standard do not support mp3(mpeg1 layer3) audio. Do you mean mp2 (mpeg1 layer 2) audio?

You can convert to ac3 with besweet or Sonics Soft Encode.
http://www.vcdhelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=129419

[DJRumpy]

If your having playback problems, then I'd think you aren't sticking to standard, either on your audio, or your video. The fact that your having playback problems on other DVD players could be an indicator. Baldrick is correct. MP3 is not a supported audio format for VCD, CVD, SVCD, or DVD video.

DVD
48Khz
MP2, AC3, PCM.

(VCD 2.0)
MP2 Audio (44.1Khz)
• Joint stereo, stereo or dual channel audio streams at 128, 192, 224 or 384 kbit/sec bit-rate.
• Mono audio streams at 64, 96 or 192 kbit/sec bit-rate.

(SVCD)
32 - 384 kbit/sec MPEG-1 Layer2 (MP2)
44.1Khz

[redcell34]

mpeg2 on dvdr
I don't know if this answers your question but this works great for me. After ripping movie. I framserve with dvdx (not the new all in one copy program). I change resolution to 720 X480 and convert audio to dolby. I then have an MPEG2 @720 x 480 with the sound already encoded in it. I then run through DVDitP to demux and covert audio. It gives you option for PCM or Stereo 2 channel. It also burns and finalizes the disk. This works great if the movie is over 4.6Gigs. If you want true digital sound and the movie is less than that. I suggest you use IFOedit and Nero. All my movie backups that way have true DTS sound. Hope this helps.