Soft audio on standalones

[vr6225]

I'm having trouble with the loudness of audio on self captured DVDs. The audio is just barely audible when played but when the burned DVD is played on the PC, it sounds perfect. I was hoping someone here can help me out.

I use the Pinnacle Moviebox USB to capture my VHS home movies to PC in MPEG2. I demux the file, convert my MP2 to WAV, and then bring it into Soundforge to Normalize and Hiss cut. When played back in Soundforge after normalization, the audio is much louder than the original file and peaks out just a bit into the red on the scale.

I convert the new WAV to AC3 in Besweet with a bitrate of 384 (i didnt set this, I believe this is the default?) I take the video and audio into TMPGEnc DVD Author, create the DVD and burn using Nero 6. I have also tried authoring in DVDMaestro, creating a IMG file and burning with RecordNow only to have the same problem occur.

So here I am, stumped and frustrated. I have tried 3 different standalone players and all have the same result. I am using RiData 4x DVD-R media and burning with a Pioneer 105 drive at 4x. Anyone see something im doing wrong or forgetting? The audio sounds very good on the PC, I just wish it would sound good on my standalones. Thanks a lot guys and sorry for such a long post.

[vr6225]

Anyone have anything I can try?