Surround Sound Problem

[jazper]

I burned some movies from divx to DVD with TMPGenc but when I try playing them through my DVD player there`s no surround sound, I have to use the tv sound instead.

What am I doing wrong

[jtoolman2000]

Your Divx originals may only contain a 2 channel audio. How do they play on your PC with a 5:1 sound system?

[Guest]

Do you mean there is no sound at all or that you dont get the surround sound effects. Do you have a home theater? What do you mean by tv sound? Will it only play thru the tv's speakers?

[jazper]

I`v got a home theatre and no sound comes from the surround speakers, I have use tv speakers. If I put an original in there`s no problem, just the ones I made. They play ok on my pc.

[glockjs]

do u have optical setup on your amp? might be the frequency its encoded in. i know my amp works fine with the rca's even on vcd's, but has probs with probs with optical connection. try switching your amp(reciever, whatever) to annolog connection.

[JimJohnD]

Also, when you do the transcoding of your video make sure you create true stereo (2 ch) audio and not "Joint Stereo". "Joint Stereo" tends to loose the phasing information required to produce the rear audio in a dolby surround sound mix.

[Guest]

I`v got a home theatre and no sound comes from the surround speakers, I have use tv speakers. If I put an original in there`s no problem, just the ones I made. They play ok on my pc.

Do yuou mean any of the home theater speakers or just the rear ones?

[jazper]

I just tried an older film I made, disc 1 was ok but disc 2 has no surround like the others, so something must have changed.
I only used stereo in the audio settings.

No sound comes from any of the speakers. I don`t know about the connections, I did`nt set it up.

[Nilfennasion]

I don`t know about the connections, I did`nt set it up.

Here's a thought: learn about them. Then you'll know what to do when it happens again.