no audio on dvd movie

[natty]

when I play movie on my home dvd player there is no audio how can I fix this but if i play it on my pc using nero showtime it has audio

[lumis]

what type of audio are you using? dts, ac3 (5.1, 2.0), mp2, lpcm?

[natty]

well all I know is ac3 works on my home dvd player but this movie says mpeg 1 2 and it dont have any audiob when i play it on my home dvd i need to change it to ac3 but how do i do this and save it back to the vob file

[jimmalenko]

Sounds like your DVD player doesn't play MP2 audio.

I find that ripping the DVD to one big VOB using DVDDecrypter and then demuxing it using VOBEdit is probably the easiest way to isolate the video and audio streams. You can then convert your audio to AC3 using ffmpeggui, besweet or belight. Then reauthor the M2V and your converted AC3 file using your favorite authoring software.

[AlecWest]

Question to anyone in the know. Personally, I've never had a DVD player that didn't recognize MP2 audio. But, I'm curious whether DVD player manufacturers are moving toward embracing MP2 compatability or away from it. Also, is there a list of DVD players that don't recognize MP2 audio?

[jimmalenko]

One would assume that this means that the DVD Player in question doesn't support VCD or SVCD. Either that or it's just really picky that MP2 audio isn't part of the NTSC DVD Spec.

[lumis]

alec west raises a good point here.. i've ran in to many crappy dvd players (even expensive ones).. but i've never ran in to one that wouldnt play mp2 audio.. and i did go through a phase there for a while where i was patching svcd mpeg file headers and using mp2 audio..

can someone let us know where this magical mp2-less dvd player is?