can i make ac3 dolby 5.1 with this file?

[zajt]

Audio name in Gspot is : 0x0055(MP3) ID'd as MPEG-1 Layer 3

is this a 5.1 sound file or not?

if not... can i convert this file to an ac3 dolby 5.1 file?
any tip would be greatful.

Or i´m i totally wrong here?

[steveryan]

Audio name in Gspot is : 0x0055(MP3) ID'd as MPEG-1 Layer 3

A complete stab in the dark here but I'd guess it's an MP3 file.

[BJ_M]

mp3 is a pretty darn good guess ! we have some really good people on this board that can figure out the toughest stuff !


since its 2 channels (stereo) , no point to convert to ac3 5.1 .. maybe no point to convert it to anything depending what you are going to do with it .

[CaseyComb]

It's not a 5.1 file so converting it to 5.1 would be redundant, I believe it can be done (dont remember what program does this) but it wouldn't be a real 5.1 .ac3. My suggestion is to just encode it to 2.0 .ac3. I am assuming of course that this is for a dvd? Try BeSweet with the proper plug-ins and codecs.

[muskgrave]

yep..trying to convert stereo to 5.1 is really just spinning your tires.

Think about it..

- If you're trying to convert it to 5.1 that means you have a 5.1 receiver.

- If you have a 5.1 receiver then it's also got Prologic/PrologicII capabilities anyways...and I'll let mr. dolby figure out how to span that stereo signal. He's probably alot better at it than I am anyways :P

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