DWS and audio sync

[Morheus]

I have been using Spruce up for about a year now using TMPG to encode at 352x480 and vbr between 2000 an 4000 without any problems. Now i have DVD Workshop and my first two burns have both had audio gaps (big ones approx 1 1/2 to 2 minutes).
Any suggestions on this?
By the way the "Finish" area in DWS plays the mpeg2 just fine audio perfect.


thanks
rg

[Specialist]

What I do is skip the 3rd party encoder because there's no telling what such encoders really do to affect sync.

I use the Ulead MPEG.Now codec with the ADVANCED options activated:

To enable these options on a Windows 2000 or Windows XP computer, simply click MY COMPUTER>C: DRIVE>DOCUMENTS & SETTINGS>ALL USERS>APPLICATION DATA>ULEAD SYSTEMS FOLDER>ULEAD DVD WORKSHOP FOLDER>1.0 FOLDER>DVDWS (INI FILE).

Then add ADVANCE=1 under the [VIODRIVER] heading.

Save the change.

Then reboot.

When you open Ulead DVD Workshop afterward, you will be able to enter the DISC TEMPLATE OPTIONS and click a new ADVANCED button that appears under the COMPRESSION tab to access a new array of custom encoding parameter choices.

The Ulead MPEG.Now codec was developed by Ulead using the MainConcept SDK.

A zipped, PDF file explaining the settings in the ADVANCED encoding option is located here:

http://digitalvideo.8m.net/mc-adv-doc.zip

No audio sync issues here.

Jerry Jones
http://www.jonesgroup.net

[Morheus]

So, are you telling me that it's a codec problem? this beautiful avi for RELOADED from Sharereactor is perfect when authored with Spruce so it's not the mpeg (it's Workshop) ... should I try DVD LAB instead?

or any other suggestions?

thanks
Tony