TMPGAuthor - No audio on Menu items

[alanparrott]

I succesfully copy TV shows to DVD on my Panasonic DMR E55 and edit with MPEG-VCR, I am nearing the end of my TMPG trial. I have used it to author OK but can not get Audio on the Motion Menus. I have enabled the check box but nothing. The actual program audio is fine.

Would it be that in order for menu audio to work I would need the AC3 plug-in or have to demux in some way?

Thanks

Alan

[hech54]

BGM?

[alanparrott]

Yep, exactly how I have it set.

[hech54]

Here are the properties of the audio for the BGM I used on my last TDA Project:

[alanparrott]

Hech Hi & thanks

In the example above mine is showing AC3 and is greyed out.

So I have converted to audio MPEG out of MPEG-VCR & it works fine.

I therefore assume I would need the AC3 plug-in for it to work directly, although it really is no hassle to do it from MPRG-VCR.

Only thing I don't really understand is that the Titles work just not when used in Menu Items.

Thanks

Alan

[hech54]

TDA allows AC3 passthrough. If your main material is AC3....it will be retained in your authored DVD. I recall trying a menu clip with AC3 once before and it didn't work....so from them on I just made the audio something else.
Never looked into exactly why....