Tmpgenc DVD author wont play AC-3 sound

[weller]

I'm transferring some music videos that i recorded on my standalone to dvdr and i want to use Tmpgenc DVD author to create a menu etc.
I want to insert chapter points inbetween some of the songs but when i go to the edit feature i can't hear the sound (AC-3) being played and so obviously its difficult to know exactly where to put the chapter points.
Any help please

[canadateck]

Do you have the AC3 Plugin?I think you need that to encode and preview the AC3.

[weller]

yes i've got the AC3 Plugin

[Baldrick]

ac3 playing/decoding in the editing is not supported.

"Impossibility...
- AC-3 re-encoding (ex: AC-3 to linear PCM)
- AC-3 play during video edition (playing means decoding)
- Re-edit multi-language DVD-Video
(Use MP2 or linear PCM to ensure re-edition). "

[rkr1958]

ac3 playing/decoding in the editing is not supported.

"Impossibility...
- AC-3 re-encoding (ex: AC-3 to linear PCM)
- AC-3 play during video edition (playing means decoding)
- Re-edit multi-language DVD-Video
(Use MP2 or linear PCM to ensure re-edition). "

Maybe I'm mis-reading your response but I have TMPGEnc DVDAuthor w/ac3 plug-in and I'm able to hear ac3 audio during edit of imported DVDs or TIVO TV capture (written to DVD+RW which has ac3 sound).

[weller]

i've just been reading the help pages and it says "Thanks to this plug-in, it is now possible to decode and encode(2ch) in AC-3 sound. And even if the audio is in AC-3, you can have the sound for the preview, the cut/chapter editing, and also when setting the background image."

[Baldrick]

but why does the pegasys faq say that it is impossibili?

maybe possible if you have ac3 filter installed?

[Baldrick]

okey...must be an ooold faq.

[anzimike]

Sorry to disagree with you Baldrick, but I also have TDA with ac-3 plug-in and yes you can listen while editing, but it is very resource intense (wouldn't work on my old p3 850 laptop, mutes after a few seconds). Weller I would recommend that you uninstall both TDA and plug-in and re-install, I believe you have to install TDA first, then the plug-in. This was the advice I got from pegasys tech support when I lost the plug-in support after an upgrade of TDA. Hope this helps.