Audio Conversion...xVid AVI to DVD

[Petes457]

Hi All:

Very much a newbie, but have done some conversion before with success while learning. Read many of the guides, but hopefully someone can get me over the hump here.

I have an AVI that I want to convert to DVD. When I use AVICodec, here's the results:

File: 695MB, 1095kbps, duration 1:28:57, type AVI, quality 73%
Video: 614 Mb, 99kbps, 29.97, res. 576*320 (16:9), xvid=XVID Mpeg-4, VFW ok
Audio: 82 Mb, 129 kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 1 stream, 0x55 = MP3 encoder, VFW ok

Everything checks out, I can play it with Windows Media Player, no problem.

I am using TMPGenc 3.0 Xpress and when I add the avi file, I get the following:

Video Source: 159995 frames, 29.97, 1h.28.57 sec 576x320 AVI file reader

BUT...

Audio Source: 759140548 samples, 48000 Hz, 4h. 23 min.35, 2 ch AVI file reader

I'm sure there's a good explanation that me being a newbie doesn't understand. But the audio source in TMPGenc is much longer than the video.

So, I encode the video and audio separately using the ES video and ES Audio options which creates a mv2 file (3.37GB) and a mpeg file (370 MB). I noticed when I play the mpeg audio file in WMP, there's no sound.(Shouldn't I be hearing the audio?)

So, I use these files to put into TMPGenc Author to create the DVD files to burn and then burn to create the DVD. I play the DVD in my standalone DVD player (or WMP) and I get video, but no audio.

I'm researching through all this info, but I'm not finding it. Can someone help and give me some new leads on how to do this?

Thanks in advance.

Pete

[junkmalle]

The audio is probably variable bitrate. TMPEGEnc doesn't handle that well. Use a program like VirtualDub to extract that audio as WAV then use the WAV file as the audio source in TMPEGEnc.

[fritzi93]

Others will disagree, but I never let TMPGEnc handle the audio. Easiest to convert it directly from the mp3 to mp2 or ac3 with ffmpegGUI. Use that when authoring. Oh, and you are probably dealing with variable bitrate audio, which TMPGEnc pukes on in any case. Notice the odd bitrate on that mp3? :P Good luck.

Edit: Oh well, beat me to it.

[scottie78]

Firstly, congrats on a fantastic first post. You'll go far with your attitude.

I use lame, toolame and ssrc as plug-ins to TMPGEnc with typically decent results.

It does sound like VBR MP3 Audio. Load your AVI into VirtualDub, Go to audio > Full Processing, Go to Audio > Compression and check that PCM (WAV) is selected, Go to File > Save as WAV.

Good luck !

[Petes457]

Well....I got it done with everyone's help.

Per your suggestions, I downloaded Virtual Dub, created a WAV file, and then used TMPGenc Xpress to create the MP2 file. Used TMPGenc DVD Author to create the DVD-Video files and Nero to burn. I haven't checked the whole movie - I was a bit concerned that TMPG still reports that the movie is 4:23 long - but it did start up with audio and video in sync.

Thanks to all who provided very valuable help.

Pete

[dazbuster]

simple answer = use winavi WORKS A TREAT