TMPGEnc Authoring Works v4 – weird warning.

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After converting an *.avi to *.m2v+*.mp2 (using TMPGEnc Xpress v4.7), when trying to import the *.m2v and to create the proxy file, I receive a weird warning about the VSfilter: “Wrong file version”.

My OS is Windows 7 x64, and as such I installed the Shark007 codecs pack, including the x64Components add-on. As far as I understand, it means that the authoring prog uses the same DirectVobSub filter as the converter. How can it be “wrong version” is beyond my limited knowledge. I’m missing something here and it’s very frustrating.

May someone provide a hint? Any help will be much appreciated.

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Some more information.

I made quite a few trials. Here are the results.

It appears that the “wrong file version” thing pops-up only when working with a particular *.avi. When converting other *.avi’s there are no warnings, but the results are the same: no audio.

Converting the *.avi to *.mv2+*.mp2 using TMPGEnc Xpress seems to be normal: the *.mp2 outputted may be played and/or edited. Anyway, when imported in DVDLab Pro there is no warning, but the authored DVD has no sound.

Trying to convert the *.avi to *.mpg, TMPGEnc Xpress warns “VSFilter: Wrong file version”. Forcing execution didn’t help: the authored DVD had no sound.

I opened the *.avi file in VitualDub and saved as *.avi (video compression to Xvid MPEG-4, audio to MPEG-3, as the original).

This time TMPGEnc Xpress converted it to *.mpg without warnings. The outputted *.mpg played normally in any player. Once again, when importing in both DVDLab and TMPGEnc Authoring Works, both authored DVD’s have no sound.

I repeated the process with several others *.avi’s, converting to *.mv2+*.mp2 AND *mpg . The authored DVD’s (by both DVDLab and TAW) have no sound. The only difference is that TAW warns:

"Audio stream absent from track.
The track does not contain an audio stream that conforms to the DVD standard"

although the *.mp2 and *.mpg outputted by TMPGEnc Xpress are proper audio and video files.

By the way, the same apps work flawlessly on my old XP platform and the authored DVD's are fine.

Any idea what may cause this?

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Problem solved.
If you use an 64bit OS, don’t convert to mp2. Convert to Dolby Digital or linear PCM.