MainConcept Encoder 1.3.1 - Won't recognise MP3 audio stream

[steptoe]

Strange one this :

I'm using a registered version of the encoder, but it refuses to recognise any MP3 audio streams in any of the AVI films I want to convert to put onto DVD

I could use another converter I have, but this one does everything I'm looking for, and it doesn't fall over if it can't do the conversion in a batch, unlike a couple others I've used before

It recognises MPEG Layer-2 streams, but any AVI that has a MPEG layer-3 stream, it insists there is no audio, weird thing is they all play via any of the players I use

I've uninstalled, and reinstalled the codec, blocked that codec and installed another MPEG codec, removed any MPEG codec that may be causing conflicts, still the same

Now, if the players can play the films, and I disabled the MP3 codec to try this, they were silent, re-enable the codec, you have sound again

Why can't MainConcept see the codec, instead of winging there is no audio stream

The players I've tried and use are :

IrfanView, MS MediaPlayer and The Core Media Player. They all play anything I throw at them, with no complaints

I'm guessing its a codec fault somewhere, and as I've just spent a week reinstalling, and setting back up my whole system after reinstalling WinXP Pro to a fresh format, I know the system is clean with no conflicts

Thanks for any help

[Laddydaddy]

Try using Virtual Dub to save the audio part as a wav file. Main Concept will accept that. I would also save the video portion of the avi without the audio using Vdub. Load the video only portion and the audio only wav file into Main Concept.

[BJ_M]

go to options -> import modules ...

try disable avi (so directshow only decodes the avi instead) ..