what tool do I need for joining dual ...

[michaelny]

audio tracks - to be exact - there got to be a way so to join two different languages who will be present in the left and right channel - so to speak sub and main audio - than i could author this with TMPGEnc author

[andkiich]

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you're talking about DVD?

If so, a free solution to multiple audio tracks would be to use IfoEdit to merge 2 audio tracks into one VOB, then import the VOBs directly into an authoring program that supports them(TMPGEN author/DVD-Lab) and author that way. There is a guide for this already that takes you through the step by step.

[FOO]

you can take 2 mono wav files and put them
on left and right of a stereo wav with Cooledit for sure
and probably GoldWave and many others

It can also be done with Avisynth


BTW, how do you add audio channels with IfoEdit ?

[michaelny]

@ andkiich - no sorry - because than it starts jerking around with ifo edit

[michaelny]

@FOO

so i got now GoldWave but there are already two issues - the sound has some wired noises - some sort of cracle and to be honest I have no idea how to get them two now joined ????

[FOO]

My memory is bad. I'm sure I stuck two different
mono files into a stereo with cooledit. I never did that with GoldWave.
The noise thing usually means that somebody (someprogram) is confused
about formats, if the source isn't trashed.
If you really care you need to get rigorous and do experiments.
That's the only way except for asking the Pope who is infallible.

[spectroelectro]

CoolEdit is probably not as good a choice as Sound FOrge XP. YOu can pick up SF XP for < $45 on ebay, and it often comes bundled for free with a sound card (taht's how I got my copy).
Sound Forge XP features built-in separate channel processing. You just click inside that channel instead of on the waveform roughly in between both channels, and this selects one channel or hte other. Do CTRL-A (select ALL) and then cut. Wait a while. You now have one audio channel and a blank audio channel.
Next, open up the second language audio file with SF XP without closing the first sound file.
Now select one audio channel in your 2nd language file, do CTRL-A and select CUT from edit.
Now carefully place your cursor right at the start of the stereo sound file with one blank channel and select EDIT -> PASTE SPECIAL -> MIX. Presto!
You now have a stereo soundfile with 2 different pieces of audio program material, one on each channel.
I've done this so I know it works.

[FOO]

That's nice but if I wanted results right now for free I'd
make Avisynth do it.

[michaelny]

I do know someone how ownes Sound FOrge XP so I will give it a go and let you know - thanks so far

[michaelny]

so i got sound forge xp to do what I want to do but the final file is a wave file with almost 1 gig so that i cant get it into the dvd - damn