distorted audio

[thekingbeyond]

I am getting distorted audio from converted files, the originals all play fine, nothing in my system has changed and I have reinstalled svcd2dvd but nothing fixes it

[thekingbeyond]

************************************************** ******************
************************ SYSTEM INFORMATION ************************
************************************************** ******************

***************************** SVCD2DVD *****************************

Name: SVCD2DVD 2.5
Title: 2.5
Version: 2.5.3600.0
Executable: C:\Program Files\BadgerIT\SVCD2DVD v2.5\SVCD2DVD.exe
Executable size: 2.57 MB
Executable size in bytes: 2703443
Executable CreationTime: 09/12/2007 17:41:26
Executable LastWriteTime: 18/03/2008 09:09:16
Executable LastAccessTime: 18/03/2008 09:09:16

************************* Operating System *************************

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate
Service Pack: Service Pack 1
Version : 6.0.6001
Windows Directory : C:\Windows

OSLanguage: 1033
CodeSet: 1252
CountryCode: 44
Local: 0809

Total Physical Memory: 2.99 GB
Free Physical Memory: 2.14 GB
Total Virtual Memory: 6.19 GB
Free Virtual Memory: 5.29 GB

***************************** Computer *****************************

Computer Manufacturer Name: MSI
Computer Model: MS-7250
System Type: X86-based PC
Computer Name: PDS-PC
DomainRole: x2c3419cdc9b8e007
Number Of Processors: 1
User Name: pds-PC\pds

***************************** Processor ****************************

Manufacturer: AuthenticAMD
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+
Description: x64 Family 15 Model 75 Stepping 2
CPU Speed: 2.4GHz
CPU FSB: 200MHz
L2 Cache Size: 1.00 KB

10:27:50: Logical CPUs: 2
***************************** Time Zone ****************************

Time Zone: (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time : Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London

****************************** VIDEO *******************************

Name: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Processor: GeForce 8800 GT
Mode: 1280 x 1024 x 4294967296 colors
Video Ram: 512 MB
Status: OK

****************************** Drives *******************************

DeviceID: C:
FileSystem: NTFS
Size: 232 GB
FreeSpace: 35.2 GB

DeviceID: E:
FileSystem: NTFS
Size: 114 GB
FreeSpace: 110 GB

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********************* END OF SYSTEM INFORMATION ********************
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************************* ProjectMetaData **************************

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<SVCD2DVD DateTime="18/03/2008 10:27:50" Filename="NONE">
<AssetSet>
<Asset ID="de4122d5-0cff-482c-a1a8-6204974f12b5" Path="C:\Users\pds\Desktop" Filename="video1.avi" />
</AssetSet>
<DVDStructure>
<TitleSet Name="New Movie" PostCmd="" MenuButtonType="0">
<MenuButton X1="0" Y1="0" X2="226" Y2="53" FontFamily="Tahoma" FontSize="28" FontStyle="3">New Movie</MenuButton>
<Title Name="video1.avi" AssetID="de4122d5-0cff-482c-a1a8-6204974f12b5" MplexOffset="0" />
</TitleSet>
<DVDMenu Normal="-1" Highlight="-65536" Active="-16711681" ShowPlayAllButton="False" DSOffsetWidth="1" DSOffsetHeight="1" DSColor="0" DSOnOff="True" BackgroundImagePath="C:\Program Files\BadgerIT\SVCD2DVD v2.5\default.jpg" AudioPath="" />
</DVDStructure>
<Settings>
<General InitialAssetFolder="" InitialDVDFolder="D:\initial" OutputFolderName="SVCD2DVD_OUTPUT" InitialProjectFolder="D:\svcd2dvd" InitialMenuBackgroundFolder="" DeleteS2DFiles="True" UseDVDShrink="False" />
<Menu AudioEncoding="Custom_ac3" DefaultCustomAudioPath="" DefaultCustomImagePath="" TVStandard="NTSC" FontFamily="Tahoma" FontSize="28" FontStyle="3" PlayAllText="Play All" Loop="True" ShowMenuStandardWarning="True" EncodeVideo2AudioDuration="False" MenuAspectRatio="AR_16_9" />
<Process AudioEncoding="ac3" Chapters="Every 5 mins" SkipMPA48="False" SkipAC3="True" PanSan="False" MergeTitles="False" UsePulldown="True" PAL2NTSC="False" AVI2PASS="False" AVI2HALFD1="FS" NoBframes_FullME="False" UseCustomMatrices="False" IntraMatrix="" NonIntraMatrix="" TVOverscanPixels="0" UseThreads="True" ForceWS="True" SafeMaxBitRate="False" OrderAudioStreams="False" ProcessIfNavPacks="False" />
<Program BINExtraction="vcdxrip" VCDGearFIX="False" FastAudioEncode="True" />
<Burning BurningMethod="ImgBurn 2+" ImgBurnPath="C:\Program Files\ImgBurn\ImgBurn.exe" DVDDErase="True" DVDDClose="False" DVDDDontBurn="False" />
</Settings>
</SVCD2DVD>

************************* ProjectMetaData **************************
Processing assets for DVD creation

=================== AV Details ===================
File Size: 940 MB
file=C:\\Users\\pds\\Desktop\\video1.avi
FormatName=avi
Num_Frames=141126
DurationInSecs=5886
Duration=01:38:06.1
VideoCodec=mpeg4
VideoFFSTNum=0
Width=720
Height=480
Standard=NTSC (Film)
BitRate=1340
AudioStreamCount=1
Audio1FFSTNum=1
Audio1StreamID=[0x1]
Audio1SampleRate=48000
Audio1Codec=mp3
Audio1BitRate=128
Audio1Channels=2
=================== AV Details ===================

AVI2MPG: 5720kbs Full-D1
10:27:50: Looking for AVI PAR...
10:27:50: ForceWS: VTS will be 16:9
Pass 1/1: Processing video1.avi
10:27:51: FFmpeg version SVN-r7159, Copyright (c) 2000-2006 Fabrice Bellard, et al.

10:27:51: configuration: --enable-memalign-hack --disable-debug --enable-pthreads --enable-a52 --enable-gpl --enable-dts --enable-faad --enable-avisynth

10:27:51: libavutil version: 49.1.0

10:27:51: libavcodec version: 51.27.0

10:27:51: libavformat version: 51.12.1

10:27:51: built on Sep 13 2007 10:38:52, gcc: 4.3.0 20061204 (experimental)

10:27:51: Input #0, avi, from 'C:\Users\pds\Desktop\video1.avi':

10:27:51: Duration: 01:38:06.1, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 1340 kb/s

10:27:51: Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 720x480, 23.98 fps(r)

10:27:51: Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 128 kb/s

10:27:51: Output #0, dvd, to 'C:\Users\pds\Desktop\video1_S2D.mpg':

10:27:51: Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg2video, yuv420p, 720x480, q=1-31, 5720 kb/s, 23.98 fps(c)

10:27:51: Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 448 kb/s

10:27:51: Stream mapping:

10:27:51: Stream #0.0 -> #0.0

10:27:51: Stream #0.1 -> #0.1

10:27:51: Press [q] to stop encoding

10:55:48: Using pulldown.

10:55:48: video:3858127kB audio:321895kB global headers:0kB muxing overhead 2.044011%

10:55:48: AVI2MPG: done.
10:55:48: Done: Processing assets for DVD creation
Authoring DVD Folders
10:55:48: Creating TitleSet # 1
10:55:48: SVCD2DVD: DVDfolders

Generating DVD folders please wait....

10:55:48: -->: DVDFolders creating VTS

10:55:48: -->: VTS 01

10:55:48:
DVD Folders: Processing C:\Users\pds\Desktop\video1_S2D.mpg...

11:03:22:

11:06:17:

11:06:17: Finalising DVD...
11:06:17: SVCD2DVD: DVDfolders

Generating DVD folders please wait....

11:06:17: -->: DVDFolders creating table of contents

11:06:17: scanning C:\Users\pds\Desktop\SVCD2DVD_OUTPUT\VIDEO_TS/VTS_01_0.IFO

11:06:17: Finalising DVD...Done
11:06:17: Done: Authoring DVD Folders
Burning DVD folder
11:06:18: Burning DVD with ImgBurn...
11:28:19: Burning ISO...Done
11:28:19: Done: Burning DVD folder

[Jikchung]

What kind of distortion?
Have you always converted to AC3?
If you load the source file into VirtualDub, do you get a warning about "VBR" audio?

[thekingbeyond]

I have always converted to ac3, never had a problem before and I dont get any vbr warnings about this file. Its not just this one video, its any file I convert at the moment.
The distortion is like the sound is to loud, muffled and distorted with the occasional pop, i have played this back on various computers using various media players and standalone players

[ChrissyBoy]

Any file? Can you upload one to my ftp? Email/PM me for details.