AC3 and DVD2SVCD

[arve28]

Do i need to convert AC3 to mpeg5.1 in DVD2SVCD? Can i put the AC3 file in whitout converting it.

I tried the mpeg5.1 in 192 but not a good sound.

Can you make a SVCD whit DTS sound?


My player is Pioneer DV 454-K

[BJ_M]

are you sure you mean mpeg5:1 ? not mpeg 2ch ?

anyway no to a dts svcd (afaik)

put the ac3 file in w/o coverting it

- not with out great difficulty and mixed results

[michalpro]

Hey!
In SVCD standard you can put only MPEG Multichannel audio or MPEG1 stereo file up to 384 kbps. Remember that only the highest bitrate allows the acceptable quality with MPEG 5.1. I have couple of SVCD's recorder with MPEG 5.1 but all are 384 kbit/s and even than sometimes one can hear "compression" in signal. In 192 kbps there is unacceptable sound.
You cannot put DTS or AC3 sound to SVCD stream. I made some tests and: AC3 and DTS multiplexed with TMPEGenc is recognized by my player (Grundig Xenaro) as MPEG 5.1 and there is a silence. PowerDVD recognizes AC3 and.. plays it!
Remember either that only few DVD players accept MPEG 5.1 stream in SVCD stream. And, of course, a few amplituners decode this stream.
To encode AC3 direct without vision you can use Besweet with GUI (try search in download section).
Best regards,
Michal (Poland)