how-to convert dvd to divx and keep ac3-tracks?

[bender06]

hi!

this may be a frequent question, but this forum has become so big, it's hard to find an answer to simple questions...

so, what i want is basically to convert my dvds into divx-files but keep the ac3-tracks and not just one, but maybe two or even three. so i guess it has to be an ogm-file, but which programm is the best or is there a single programm that can do it all-at-once? either windows or mac os works for me.

thanks a lot!


bender06

[redwudz]

Well, I've never tried this, but VirtualDub may do what you want. You could install the AC3 ACM Decompressor to open the AC3 files and if you wanted to convert the audio to OGG, install the OGG Vorbis ACM Codec. At least all of it is freeware.

If you use VirtualDub Mod, you can also open the VOBS directly in VDM. Or use a program like VOB2MPG and extract all the video to one large MPEG file. I'm not sure how to handle the different audio channels, though. But VD or VDM should show them all.

But you can give it a try unless someone has a better solution.

[giannid]

You can use AutoGk and choose 2 audio tracks. In the advanced settings, choose Original for output audio type. Save as divx or Xvid.

That will give you a dual audio divx (xvid) file.

If you want to add another audio track. Redo AutoGk, but this time change the audio input to the audio track you left out. AutoGk will process the audio first. When it goes into the compression test or starts running the first pass, hit abort. Then you will be able open up the agk temp folder and find the audio track that was just processed.

Now open up the dual audio divx (xvid) file from earlier using virtualdubmod. Go to Streams -> Streams List. You should see 2 audio tracks. Now, click on ADD and select the third audio file from the temp AGK folder. You should adjust the timing if necessary (Streams List, Right Click, Interleaving). The audio file's name should tell you how many milliseconds you need to delay the audio.

Click on Video -> Direct Stream Copy

Then save it by clicking on FILE -> SAVE AS

That should give you a divx or xvid file with multiple audio tracks.

[fLYtRap]

[Scarpad]

Dr. Divx also allows you to keep the ac3