So FRUSTRATED!! Too many variables!! Audio just buzzes!!

[Intuit]

Happy Holidays everyone! I am hoping one of you gracious folks can help me with a problem that I'm very close to ripping my hair out over! I keep getting a buzzing noise when I try and play my dvds. I have video, but only buzzing audio. I have a TEAC DV-W58E burner, a KOSS 4110 standalone and a cyberhome 300 dvd player. I have tried the following:

imation rw dvd+rw 2x = good on KOSS
fujifilm dvd+r 4x = good with original to copy, bad with avi to dvd (buzz sound) - Cyberhome
HP dvd+R 8x = buzz sound on Cyberhome
HP DVD+RW 4x = buzz sound on cyberhome
Ritek dvd+r 4x = good with original to copy, not sure about avi to dvd

I also have another dvd player that plays pretty much everything.

I use canopus, besweet, TDA, and copytodvd to make my avi to dvd. 224 audio.

I need to find a media that will work with my burner and three dvd players. One is my grandfathers and I'm trying to give him so things to watch, but I'm having no luck. I'm thinking this may be an audio issue since original to copys always seem to work...but when I create my own from an avi it doesn't. Can anyone help?

[guns1inger]

Does the audio play OK on your PC software player before you burn to DVD ?

It sounds like a problem with your audio encoding in BeSweet. I'd suggest posting your audio encoding process and settings in the hope that someone can spot a flaw.

[wwjd]

What type of Canopus do you have? Just curious because if it is the ADVC-100 then the audio should be locked in sync with the video. What I am driving at is that it seems as though you really do not need to use Besweet.

My suggestion, since you already have TDA is to use CCE Basic to convert
your avi to compliant MPEG and then author and burn your DVD with TDA. Leave the audio alone. CCE Basic is an excellent avi to mpeg converter and is reasonably priced at $58.

wwjd

[FulciLives]

Use LPCM audio or AC-3 audo but DO NOT use MP2 audio.

- John "FulciLives" Coleman

[lordsmurf]

The kind of disc makes no difference. Data is data is data.

[Intuit]

What type of Canopus do you have? Just curious because if it is the ADVC-100 then the audio should be locked in sync with the video. What I am driving at is that it seems as though you really do not need to use Besweet.

My suggestion, since you already have TDA is to use CCE Basic to convert
your avi to compliant MPEG and then author and burn your DVD with TDA. Leave the audio alone. CCE Basic is an excellent avi to mpeg converter and is reasonably priced at $58.

wwjd

I use Procoder, which gives me two streams a video and an audio. I use Besweet to convert the .wav to an AC3 file. I wouldn't mind creating a 5.1 dolby digital audio to use but I havent' figured that out yet.. I really haven't had any problems with sync. I'm just wondering how good the quality is of the sound file that Procoder gives me?

[Intuit]

The kind of disc makes no difference. Data is data is data.

Why will some disks work on standalones and others will not?

[Intuit]

Does the audio play OK on your PC software player before you burn to DVD ?

It sounds like a problem with your audio encoding in BeSweet. I'd suggest posting your audio encoding process and settings in the hope that someone can spot a flaw.

I don't know if it play alright or not, POWERDVD is not working anymore. I used this guide but used the audio from Procoder instead and Besweet to convert

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/userguides/129419.php

[Brent212]

If you need another software DVD player, try Media Player Classic. It's small, free, and fast. I prefer it over PowerDVD most of the time. And it's only one file, with no installation required. So nice.

[Intuit]

Is there a difference in sound quality with PCM like what I get when I load AVI into Canopus and it spits out an audio stream and AC3 which I get from loading that audio stream into Besweet and converting it? It seems as though my dvds are now working when I don't use Besweet to convert to AC3. Is there anyway to convert an avi file to audio with 5.1 dolby digital? I think most of the stuff I have is only two channel though...

[yoda313]

Hello,

Why will some disks work on standalones and others will not?

First of all the player may or may not be able to play the -r or +r type (old ones may not like them).

Second of all - MEDIA QUALITY. Though I've never had a problem with el cheapo discs if you don't get good quality discs you very well may have trouble playing them.

Third - Authoring - if somethings not done right sometimes it may not play correctly. Or if the structure got corrupted some how.

There - it's usually the disc itself not the stuff on it - though if it's not in proper dvd format it might not play properly either.

Kevin

(and also - it's BURNED not PRESSED - so it won't work 100% of the time on 100% of the players. That's the nature of recordable media )

[AVNerd]

Is there anyway to convert an avi file to audio with 5.1 dolby digital? I think most of the stuff I have is only two channel though...

If its a stereo source then I wouldnt even bother. It would require the use of some pretty crazy audio editing software and you probably wont get as good of quallity as you would just running your stereo track in Pro Logic or Neo:6 mode on your DVD Player/Receiver.

For stereo vids, (ie: Divx AVI w/ MP3 stream) I usually just rip the audio stream to wav using VirtualDubMod, convert to AC3 using BeSweet, and then run it through AC3Fix to make sure its DVD compliant.

For 5.1 vids (which should already have an AC3 stream) I use the Demux option in VirtualDubMod and then run it through AC3Fix (might not always be required, but its good to be safe)