No Audio with AutoGK?

[Goose-101]

okay this is my first time converting DVD to SVCD. i did some research and found that AutoGK seemed to be a good program for converting. i have a Video_TS and Audio_TS folders, however only Video has files in it, Audio is empty.

anyway, in AutoGK i loaded up for input directory 'Video_TS'. but for Audio Track it says '??? AC3 2ch' and 'No Audio Track'. now i have streamed the files to my xbox before with a media player and there was sound to it. but when i did a preview of the file there was no audio.

is there something i am doing wrong? i'm very anxious to get this file converted. please help me. thanks in advance.

[Goose-101]

anyone?

[Goose-101]

can someone please help me with my problem? i really need to get this dvd converted.

[nufan292]

I'm sorry but I don't know the answer to your problem. Have you tried at the doom9 forums?

[Goose-101]

can i have the link please?

[nufan292]

No problem, forum.doom9.org or was it forum.doom9.net, it was one of the two. I might be able to tell you a manual way of muxing it in if you want to hear. By the way, did you select the DTS audio track as the one to use?

[Goose-101]

well the thing is, when i load up the Video_TS folder as the input directory, in the audio track all i have available is '??? AC3 2ch' and 'No Audio Track'.

also, this is a dvd that i have on my hd. i didn't know if that mattered or not.

thanks again for the reply nufan292 and i would like to hear how to manually do it.

[nufan292]

OK I just noticed in your original post you were going from dvd to svcd, just to let you know AutoGK only does dvd to avi (divx and xvid). But as for muxing in the audio, here's a cut and paste from DJRumpy's guide:
AUDIO:
Set the FORMAT for your Audio file (this is pretty self explanitory. If you plan to use an AC3 file exported from DVD2AVI, then set this to AC3. The same for MP2 or MP3 audio.
(note: You can convert your audio to any format using BeSweet. Check the GUIDES section for help with BeSweet)
For our examle, we're keeping the 5.1 AC3 audio from our DVD, so I set our Audio Format to AC3.
(two example 2nd Pass Configs. Left = 1disc, Right = 2disc)

You can select 'Size (kbytes)' for your audio file, and then click the browse button. This will plug in the size of your audio file for you automatically. Do this now. Now note the Average bitrate being displayed (see blue circled area above). If it's less than 800, then consider moving your project so it fits onto 2 CD-R's. In this case, my project is showing that my video bitrate would be only 696 Kbps, so I'm going to change my settings so it fits onto 2 CD-R's. I set my target size to 1433600, and note that my Average Bitrag (right example, circled in BLUE above), now jumps to 1846. Much better.

This video is borderline in regards to making it fit onto a single CD. I could easily convert the audio to MP3 using BeSweet, and the reduction in size for my audio would easily allow it to fit comfortably onto a single CD-R with a higher average bitrate (less space taken by the audio means higher bitrate for the video). Use your own judgment here as to what formats and space allowances you want to use.

Click OK to reutrn to the main XviD configuration page.
Click OK again to return to the VirtualDub CODEC list.
Click OK to return to the VirtualDub main page.
Select FILE -> SAVE AVI, using the exact same filename, path, and checkbox option (i.e. ensure that the 'do not run this job now' option is CHECKED). and click SAVE.

Your now ready to start the encoding process. Click F4, or select FILE -> Job Control.
You should see both 'passes' listed here, Just click the START button, and let it run until completion. When it's finished, you will have an AVI with no audio, and your original audio file (AC3, MP2/MPA, or whatever format DVD2AVI extracted.

Step 7: Muxing your Video and Audio
If you have VirtualDubMod (v1.5.10.1), then you can mux the audio and video with that version. If you do not have that version, then you can use NANDub to mux the video and audio.
Open your VirtualDubMod or NANDub, and drag and drop your new AVI onto it.

Depending on which software you want to use, to multiplex your audio and video (NANDub, or VirtualDubMod), do only one of the following below:

If your using VirtualDubMod:
From the Streams menu, select STREAMS -> STREAMS LIST
Click the ADD button and browse to your audio (AC3/MPA/MP2/WAV/MP3, etc) file. Select it and click ok.
From the Video Menu, select 'Direct Stream Copy'.
From the FILE menu, select FILE -> SAVE AS and input a new AVI filename.
The SAVE AS dialog on this version has a few checkboxes and options:
All the checkboxes should be UNCHECKED.
Ensure VIDEO MODE is set to DIRECT STREAM COPY
Click OK. Your final AVI should be complete in a few minutes.

If your using NANDub:
From the AUDIO menu, select the type of audio to mux with your video (AVI/WAV/MP3/AC3/OGG), etc). When prompted, browse to your audio file.
From the VIDEO menu, select VIDEO -> Direct Stream Copy
From the FILE menu, select FILE -> SAVE AVI.
Input a new filename and click SAVE.
Click OK. Your final AVI should be complete in a few minutes.