No Sound Whatsoever.

[Sarah_Smarts]

I am trying to make an AVI file from a DVD of a party, but there is no sound coming through at all when i press "Play" at the top. Also the app does not recognise the audio tracks automatically.

I know that there is sound because when i open the dvd in VLC, it plays fine!

Has anyone elso had this odd problem?

thanks guys!

[major]

Is your source VOB or VIDEO_TS? Which format is the audio track?

[Joe Mac]

I have the same problem. I'm using a VOB file and whatever I try to convert with, I end up with no sound when I try and play with QT.

[gtole]

I am also having this problem. it does a great job converting the video but there is no audio. When I check the info in quicktime it seems there was no audio track created. I'm converting .vob to Avi using MP4 (.AVI) mencoder
Any Ideas. Original vob has a stereo AC3 audio track at 48Khz

[Joe Mac]

I managed to get the audio to convert along with the video, but when I burned it to a VCD, the audio was delayed about half a second so it was slightly off. How do I correct this?

Thank you

Joe Mac

[iUser]

I'm suffering the same problem. I've only tried it using the Quick Preset: DivX (libavc) to convert a VIDEO_TS folder. I did try a .vob file as well but the same problem resulted.

Major, can you fix this problem or at least tell us what we're doing wrong?

[major]

Post or email the process output to major4@mac.com. Without the process output, it's difficult to decide which was the source of your problem.

[iUser]

Ladies and Gentlemen, I believe I have found the solution!

After Major's last post, I tried to recreate the problem, but found I could encode my movie with sound without problems. Then I retraced my footsteps and discovered what I had changed.

When you encode a VIDEO_TS folder, it must be named VIDEO_TS otherwise FFmpegX doesn't recognise the audio tracks. Take a look under the audio tab and then at the audio track. If your folder isn't labelled VIDEO_TS, you will find it says "0" with other numbers up to 9 under the drop down menu.

What you should see is something like "ac3 (5.1) language: en". You will only see this if your folder is labelled VIDEO_TS. Give it a try!

I can't explain why I couldn't encode a .vob file's sound before as I can now (without changing its file name). I will let you know Major if it happens again and I'll be sure to include the process output.

Thanks for such a blinding piece of software.

Regards,
iUser