mainconcept encoder and ac3

[tommcd64]

I am trying to create a DVD and maintain the 5.1 surround. I have a question and hopefully someone has the answer. I an xvid file that has ac3 audio (stereos 5 identified by virtualdub). I extracted audio with virtualdub. When i encode with the mainconcept 1.3 encoder, it identifies the sound for dvd as LPCM. If I encode it this way converting to DVD, is that likely to keep the 5.1 sound? I encoded a couple of minutes worth to see if it would have sound when I played it back with a dvd program on the computer and it sounded like 5.1 to me but I don't a 5.1 setup on my computer (I use the old 4 point surround from cambridge and creative labs)?

[BJ_M]

nope - do video only and remux ac3 file back into video w/ tmpgenc .. to bad because MC muxer is very good

[tommcd64]

Do you know of another program that could mux the audio and video? Everytime I have tried to mux audio/video with tmpgenc, the sound is always off from the video. Also does the main encoder mux it down to dolby surround? I was just curious as to what it did to the audio. Thanks for the info.

[BJ_M]

main concept audio output is pcm or mpeg1 audio

yes there are other muxers such as vitec and manzanita, but they are expensive .. manzanita (which i use) allows for any offset for either/or both video or audio.

[tommcd64]

Thanks for the info.