Unusual audio sync problem using TMPGEnc and Ulead Workshop

[bladerunner2019]

This has been driving me crazy.

I've been caturing analogue video to my PC with the Canopus ADVC-100, then using TMPGEnc to encode the .AVI files to MPEG 2, and finally authoring and burning DVDs with Ulead Workshop 2. Ulead does no converting of the source video at all.

The problem is that the finished DVDs are just slightly out of sync during certain parts of the film. It will start out okay, then become slightly out of sync, and then go back to normal again. Sometimes it starts out fine and then gradually goes out of sync and never returns to normal.

Now I've read about fixes and solutions to this problem, but here is the factor that I don't understand. The completed DVD is out of sync, but the MPEG 2 file I used to make the DVD is not!! It plays perfectly on the PC using Media Player - no sync problems at all. This totally in-sync MPEG 2 file that plays perfectly on the computer undergoes some kind of change when Ulead makes the disc. Is Ulead Workshop the problem? Is the TMPGEnc converted file unstable or something? The audio is always MPEG 2 128K, if that helps.

Thanks in advance

[Mikewho19]

i'm having that problem too but with me i've been using tmpgenc dvd author. i dont know how to fix it either.. its annoying as hell. i tried not encoding my audio but it doesnt let me not encode it.. i think the problem is that it starts out in 44mhz or wateva it is.. form of audio and it encodes it to 48mhz so it kinda messes up the timing i guess.. but then again i'm not expert... thats jus what i think is happening.. but i can also use some tips and advice i need help too

[bek]

I am having the same problem with DVD Workshop 2. It occurs with various MPEG files (not just one specific one), and occurs even if DVDWS2 does NOT re-encode!

I am puzzled, and very frustrated with DVDWS2.

[victor010170]

I have the same problem. I do not know the cause but here is how I found out and fixed.

1. I never had the problem before. I used windv to pc. Use tmpgenc to encode and tmpgenc author to burn to dvd. Again, this method never had the problem.

2. I use ulead 7 video to spli scene and cut/edit the clip in avi file. Once I finished edited each clip, I save as avi files. Then I use tmpgenc to encode each small part, merge together and finally burn to dvd. Still no problem.

3. Use ulead to edit the whole movie, about 1.5 hours. Save the whole movie (output as avi file, I do not save each small clips) with ulead. Encode with tmpgenc and burn with tmpgenc. Result, sync ok at the beginning, then slightly out and ok then slightly out again to finish.

So, in order to correct that, I redo with step #2 and no problem.