problem with AVStoDVD

[Bamahusker]

I tried converting a movie to the video_ts using AVStoDVD last night. the audio seemed to have been slightly out of sync to the video like maybe half a second to 1 second off. maybe just a tad more,as i'm not sure exactly. but regardless it's out of sync. Is there a way to fix this? Maybe another similar program would be better? DVD Styler was recommended too but according to the download page there is spyware or spyware like stuff in it. Anyway,whatever advice you can give, let me know.

[manono]

Is there a way to fix this?

Lemme guess. The source was something you downloaded from somewhere. You get what you pay for. AvsToDVD is the best there is for these conversions to DVD and I'd guess any other all-in-one program would have the same problem. Anyway, assuming the synch is off by the same amount all the way through:
1. Demux (PGCDemux)
2. Remove the delay (DelayCut)
3. Reauthor with the fixed audio (Muxman)
4. Stick your new in-synch version back into the one AvsToDVD made for you (VobBlanker)

[Bamahusker]

well I came here looking for help on putting a video to dvd and what the suggestion was on this board was avstodvd. so if it was bot recommended i'd go with something else. anyway, not sure what to do.

[Kerry56]

If you tried converting the audio with Wavi + Aften (the default), try it with ffmpeg in Safe Mode. You can change this in Preferences, Audio tab.

And if you want to work with the existing dvd-video that you have, you can follow manono's advice to demux it with PGCDemux and change the timing of the audio stream in Delaycut. You'll need to know the amount of delay to apply.

If you use PGCDemux to get the audio stream and also demux the video stream, you can use these in AVStoDVD to build your new dvd-video. Get both streams, adjust the audio, then import the video stream (it will be an m2v file). Right click on it in the main window of AVStoDVD and you'll have to the option to import the adjusted audio. One thing to be aware of...AVStoDVD will often misidentify the size of the imported video stream, so change your output size to DVD-9. Once you start the process of making the new dvd-video, AVStoDVD will recognize that both streams are already compliant, and will not re-encode them. The resulting dvd-video will be the same size as the first one you made.

[Bamahusker]

i think both of those exist in avstodvd. i'm not sure how to turn just those on within the program though.

[_MrC_]

@Bamahusker

a good starting point is to attach here the log file of the project with the audio out-of-sync issue.



Bye

[Bamahusker]

I don't know how to find this log. can you help?

[Bamahusker]

I found the .log but the problem is a man in California custom made an adult title for me so if I post it, it might be against the rules. I don't want to get in trouble over this. but if it does not matter, i'll post the .log

[Bamahusker]

my .log

[_MrC_]

@Bamahusker

from the log file everything during conversion is ok.

If the audio delay is constant (e.g. 1 second) thru all the stream, you can use the 'Edit Title'/'AviSynth'/'Audio'/'Delay Audio' option to introduce a fixed sync adjustment.



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[Bamahusker]

when I did that, and I had to uncheck something to even go through the edits, I clicked what you told me to, and a box came up and it said "0" on it and it described that anything positive, it would not delay, but if it was negative it would advance. so by saying 0 it should work?

[_MrC_]

0 -> default value in ms -> no change
+X -> delay of X ms
-X -> advance of X ms



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[Bamahusker]

not sure what that means. so I change it from 0 to +x? even if I have to type the amount of seconds I wouldn't know what to type. if I try 1 it might not be enough.

[manono]

not sure what that means. so I change it from 0 to +x? even if I have to type the amount of seconds I wouldn't know what to type. if I try 1 it might not be enough.

Yes, plus x if you want to delay the audio, minus x if you want to advance the audio (if it lags behind the video now).

As for finding out the delay, play the video in a player where you can adjust the delay, ones such as MPC-HC or MPC-BE where you use the + and - keys to advance or delay the audio in 10ms increments. If you are just guessing without figuring it out in advance, it could take you half a dozen tries. Remember, 1000ms=1 second.

[Bamahusker]

well i'm still confused. I have Asperger's so sometimes things confuse me.

[manono]

So ask someone at home or a friend to help. All the posts here have explained things simply and coherently.

[Bamahusker]

I don't know anyone to help. that's why I came here.

[Bamahusker]

if anything can someone recommend a better video to dvd convertor that's free?

[manono]

There is no better all-in-one DVD converter than AVSToDVD. _MrC_ has already clearly explained how to set a delay within his fine program. Beyond that it's up to you.

[Bamahusker]

well again I have Asperger's so sometimes I get confused when it comes to explaining things. if I can simply say -x to advance the audio to avoid the delay and have it do it automatically, then that's all I need to do. but if it's more then that I need to know.

[manono]

...if I can simply say -x to advance the audio to avoid the delay and have it do it automatically, then that's all I need to do.

Of course that's not all you have to do. You have to discover for yourself the value of 'x' in milliseconds by playing the video and adjusting the delay on-the-fly so you find out what 'x' is supposed to be.

If you like, upload a small section of the VOB that has to have the delay fixed the next time you use AvsToDVD and one of us can do his/her best to figure it out. It would be better to enclose a 10 second sample with a sharp sound in it - a door slamming, a gunshot, something like that. Failing that, a closeup of someone speaking will do in a pinch. Maybe sanlyn will repost his guide to uploading a video to VideoHelp.com.

[Bamahusker]

well I guess I could try something like that/ i'll see what I can do as I think I could load the vob in windows live movie maker then take up to 10 seconds of the clip or maybe less. I''ll post shortly.

[Bamahusker]

sorry for the delay. I don't think the vob works on this program as I only hear audio but see no video. is there an editor I could use that's better?

[manono]

is there an editor I could use that's better?

Better than Windows Movie Maker? Anything is better than WMM. Here's sanlyn's guide to cutting a piece from a VOB and then uploading it to this thread:

https://forum.videohelp.com/threads/359295-Record-without-interlacing?p=2272359&viewful...=1#post2272359

[Bamahusker]

ok It didn't take long to do the clip but sadly it only did the video only. there's no sound. not sure what happened there.

[Bamahusker]

well anyway here it is. it doesn't do anything audio using thos program for some reason. it plays back with audio in itself but when editing the vid the audio is muted. lt me know if you hear anything though.

[Bamahusker]

by the way even without that, it created a .ac3 file to the saved demux and at the end of the title it says delay -93 ms. so I guess that is my answer?

[manono]

Oh, right, we need the audio. My turn to apologize. DGIndex gives you an M2V which is only the video. Try MPEG2Cut which will give you a VOB. Get it from the link below and follow the same directions as before when cutting your VOB file. Again, I'm sorry for wasting your time.

https://www.videohelp.com/download/MPEG2Cut.zip

[Bamahusker]

it does the same thing. no audio.

[Bamahusker]

you can try it though.