Convertxtodvd wont convert audio in .avi to dvd....................

[jcurrieirocz]

here's the error message i get:
31/10/2008 3:46:22 PM warning Stream #1 (audio) - Codec tag "" unsupported

here's the info on the .avi file:

General
Complete name : C:\Users\***************.avi
Format : AVI
Format/Info : Audio Video Interleave
File size : 697 MiB
Duration : 1h 28mn
Overall bit rate : 1 104 Kbps
Writing application : VirtualDubMod 1.5.4.1 (build 2178/release)
Writing library : VirtualDubMod build 2178/release

Video
Format : MPEG-4 Visual
Format profile : Streaming Video@L1
Format settings, BVOP : Yes
Format settings, QPel : No
Format settings, GMC : No warppoints
Format settings, Matrix : Default
Muxing mode : Packed bitstream
Codec ID : XVID
Codec ID/Hint : XviD
Duration : 1h 28mn
Bit rate : 649 Kbps
Width : 640 pixels
Height : 352 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16/9
Frame rate : 23.976 fps
Resolution : 24 bits
Colorimetry : 4:2:0
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.120
Stream size : 410 MiB (59%)
Writing library : XviD 1.2.0.dev47 (UTC 2006-11-01)

Audio
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Codec ID : 2000
Duration : 1h 28mn
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 4 channels
Channel positions : Front: L C R, Rear: C
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Stream size : 283 MiB (41%)
Alignment : Split accross interleaves
Interleave, duration : 83 ms (2.00 video frames)
Interleave, preload duration : 500 ms
Language : English

[darkknight145]

what version of ConvertXtoDVD are you using........ earlier versions had a problem with AC3 which was rectified in later versions. suggest upgrading to later version

[poisondeathray]

It might be having issues with the non-standard 4-channel AC3 in your .avi

[guns1inger]

4 channel AC3 is perfectly legal and used in commercial discs. I own several that have 4 channel mixes.

Try FAVC and tell it to use the existing AC3 audio.

[jcurrieirocz]

my version of convertxtodvd i thought was pretty recent..... ver. 3.2.1.55

maybe ill try the FAVC

[jcurrieirocz]

ok so i installed FAVC and the newest avisyth and i guess im doing something wrong as it doesnt work either...its not useing avisyth like it should maybe i did something wrong?

[poisondeathray]

Do you have .net framework installed?

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0856eacb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15...DisplayLang=en

[jcurrieirocz]

yep microsoft netframework 1.1
when i try to convert the file it says i dont have the right codec or that i dont have avisyth (even tho i do have it installed)

get this.... this file as an .avi has ac3 audio but my divx player doesnt even recognise it and wont play it either. it says i need a direct show decoder to hear the audio with divx player 6.8.2

[poisondeathray]

I think you need .net framework 2.0

Install xvid and AC3Filter

[jcurrieirocz]

ok still installing framework 3.5 as i type and ac3filter is all installed.
whats xvid? a program? or do you mean divx player i have that.
update: i can now hear the audio when i play the file in divx player!

[poisondeathray]

xvid is a codec. Your input video is encoded with xvid. You need a decoder that can work in directshow for FAVC to work (for both audio & video). The most common options are: 1) xvid 2) ffdshow (with xvid enabled in the configuration)

[jcurrieirocz]

oh the codec ok but i thought that i had that codec when i got divx player and all that.
sence the xvid codec isnt coming up like a link, like the rest of the programs wheres a good spot to get that codec?

edit: after reading my own post i made the link myself.... ok now ill try it all out lets see if i can follow all this.

edit #2: ok FAVC is working away now we'll see later,,,thanks ALOT you were a big help!! thanks all!

[jcurrieirocz]

well something went wrong....... after FAVC was done it opened up imgburn for me and burned nothing to a cd only the video and audio folders with nothing in them????
im soo lost now!!!

[guns1inger]

It sounds like FAVC did not finish. Did you close any windows that it opened, specifically a black window with white text in it ? If so, you killed the script before it completed. You can also check the temporary working files folder to see if your encoded files are there. If so, you can author them with any authoring tool to create the DVD. if not, you will have to start again.

[jcurrieirocz]

there was files there yes but they were zero bytes. I did leave the screens open yes... it even let me burn it afterwards but it burned the same think the files but nothing in them...it also didnt say there was an error or anything.

Regardless I was able to convert it a different way. 1st i used nero to convert the 4channel avi to a mpeg2 then i used convertxtodvd to convert it to a dvd.