No sound on some titles [NeroVision Express]

[rarahim]

Hi, i'm new and i'm not sure if a similar issue has been dealt with before, if this is the case pls delete this and point me to the thread, thanks for that. Otherwise here is my problem...

Some background on devices used...

DVD recorder = locally made GC DVD Burner [http://www.gcsb.com.my/gc-dvr7725.htm]

PC DVD writer = Samsung [http://www.lelong.com.my/auc/list/2007-04desale4585597_auction_lastest_18x_speed_samsu...r_warranty.htm]

Burning software = NeroVision Express (bundled with Samsung DVD writer)

My main use of the DVD recorder is to transfer old videos from old VHS tapes onto dvds. I quickly realized that my dvd recorder was not exempted from having the common problem which i read on the net where every now and then the recorder will stop recording mid-way with "no signal" message whenever it finds an empty gap between video clips..and this occurs a lot on home-made videos where you record and stop recording and record again and on and on.

So after wasting away more than 10 pieces of DVD+R, i though that i would first record from VHS to a DVD+RW because this would allow me to delete any erroneous titles or erase the whole dvd in case the "no signal" error occurs, so this would save me from throwing away corrupted DVD+Rs. Then after the DVD+RW is full i would then use my PC dvd writer to copy the video onto another DVD+R. Sounds like a good idea and it does work...to a certain extent.

So i purchased 2 DVD+RWs and one DVD-RW (which was bought by mistake really) for the intermediate transfer process. Initially what i did was to record on the RW dics and then use NeroVision to burn the content onto an image, and then burn that image onto a new DVD+R. This worked like a charm..until i discovered other wonderful features of NeroVision software.

I soon discovered that NeroVision allows us to transfer all the movie content from my RW disc into the hdd and then let me rearrange and manipulate the .mpg files to produce a new dvd with custom menu, effects, etc. i thought this was so cool. Since then i started using this feature (i think it's called Make Own DVDs from NeroVision's menu).

So using this feature i was able to split and cut portions from a movie file, rearrange and combine movie files taken from different RW discs and so on. The outcome was great until i discovered that in one of the burnt DVD+R, one of the titles didn't have any sound when played on my home dvd player. i checked the video file on my pc and it played fine with the sound in tact, even when played through NeroVision final review stage, there was no problem with the sound whatsoever. Since then i got stuck with that problem. One in a few burnt DVD+Rs will have one or two titles without any sound.

I tried to do some troubleshooting of this problem myself. I found that one way to work around this was to disable SmartEncoding which is enabled by default. by disabling this all video files will be re-transcoded during the burning process. This managed to eliminate the no-sound problem but the burning process takes ages and the resulting burnt movie has the quality reduced....and i'm not too happy about it.

So that is where i'm at right now and still stuck. I wish i didnt have to do much more trial-and-error myself and wasting more DVD+Rs along the way, so that is why i registered in this forum hoping that soemone with much better knowledge in this matter would give me some help. Thanks.

p/s sorry for my broken English as i'm not a native speaker of English...but i hope you can understand..

[Baldrick]

What version of nerovision? maybe try upgrade to latest.

Another tool that is VERY good for recreate dvds is Tmpgenc dvd author, you select add dvd video and then can you edit, remake new menus and so.

And welcome to our forum!

[rarahim]

I'm not quite sure. My nero desktop shortcut is called Nero StartSmart. It comes with many Nero apps e.g. Nero express, NeroVision express, Nero BackItUp, Nero Recode, etc. When i checked in Nero Product Centre 'Serial Numbers' tab it says Nero Express 6. But on the 'Programs' tab it says

Installed Version
Nero Digital 3.1.0.14
Nero OEM 6.6.0.19
Nero Media Player 1.4.0.32

What is driving me crazy is that only some of the titles have the sound missing although all the titles have been recorded using the same dvd recorder, and imported using the same Nero's Make Your Own DVD app. In fact, i can confirm that one of the affected title even had been recorded onto the same DVD+RW with a few other titles that were not affected.

I will check out the other app you mentioned but i really wish to be able to stick to Nero because it is such user-friendly. How about the other app?

[MysticE]

Well I use this version of NVE.

http://www.dvdplusvideo.com/NVE-3.1.0.21_no_yt.exe

You might also try this patch.

http://ww2.nero.com/nero6/enu/Patch_for_NVE3.html