Problem authoring in DVD Maestro creating Sync Audio File

[digital_EUR]

hi there everybody,

i´m trying to give my first footsteps with Dvd Maestro and i have the following problem:

i´m trying to merge 2 video files ( m2v ) and their respective audio files ( ac3 ).
dvd maestro allows me to put the 2 video files one followed by the other but it doesnt allow me to do the same with the audio files.
One has to create a sync audio file ( whatever that is ) but when i assign each audio file to its respective video file and order the create new audio file when the process reaches 95% it hangs the dvd maestro.
if i invert the audio files ( not wanted obviously but as a experience ) it no longer hangs!

can anyone tell me where is the problem? or what am i doing wrong?

is the problem on the video files offset timecode? how can i reset the offset timecode in both video files? better yet for what is the offset for?

i m lost in here, i was almost getting to compile a 2 part dvd concert into one single dvd, which is more pratical.

thanks advance for any help

best regards

[thingimijig]

how long do you actually let it hang ?

mine always hangs at 95% for a good 2 minutes, i believe it is at that point that it is syncronising the audio, the 95% is compiling again.

is your files named the same 1.m2v, 1.ac3 etc.

thingimijig.

[digital_EUR]

hi,

well i let it hang for a while, almost 20 min.
i´ve tried something that was importing the ALL.ac3 and let it be parsed and voilá it gives an error when parsing :

Cannot locate a frame SYNC word at an expected byte offset.
Data might be corrupted.
(0xc1070042)

I´ve ripped inicially the ac3 files with smart ripper but after that i tried with decrypter and it no longer hangs when creating thw sync audio file.

the only thing i dont understand is how 2 programs rip 2 different files, always with frames differences when compared with the video files.

smart ripper had less frames than video file giving a parsing error when importing the asset into maestro.

decrypter had more frames than video file dont giving the parsing error.

the parsing error is : a not complete frame is found?!


do you know any way to change the offset time off m2v files?

thanks in advance

best regards

[BJ_M]

you can change the offset time of the ac3 file by sliding it on the time line ..

you cant have the video start later than the audio - so there is no offset -- but you can trim the end of it in maestro ..